Brooklyn Brine Company

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Had to write this after seeing the bad review for the Deli style pickles. Had them for the first time at Pickle Shack and loved them — they are my favorite of all the pickles. Try them for yourself!

If you love all things local and pickled, Brooklyn Brine Co has you covered! I have been a fan of their pickled goods for a while but I had no clue they had a storefront until recently, all thanks to Peter D!
The storefront itself is tiny but packed with the stuff you see in most of the stores that sells their stuff but also pickled things that you can’t find elsewhere. They have a fridge of the stuff they’re trying out to see if it’s a success. Did you know they make their own preserved lemons? Yup. Now you know where to get it when it’s time to make a Chicken Tagine!
Shop local, eat pickles and… that’s all I got.

The NYC Deli Pickles are the WORST pickles I have ever had!!! Only buy if you feel like eating something that tastes like a stick of butter yet is not a bread and butter pickle. My wife and I took one bite and threw the jar away disgusted we purchased these pickles. Try them before you buy them to avoid wasting your money!

I’ve made pickles before and there is nothing better than homemade pickles… thats until Brooklyn Brine came along… how good are these?

I’ve never had better pickles. Anytime I walk by and see the pickle sign out, I stop in and grab one of the spicy loose pickles. Also bought the siracha from here and have loved every bite. Highly recommend.

They are pretty much the best pickles I’ve ever had. The flavors are so unique Like there Hop pickles or their whisky sour pickles (which are my favorite.) I generally always have a jar in my fridge!

First thing that a pickle maker needs to understand: what «pickling» means!
In a nutshell, it means to preserve. In the case of the common vernacular that a cucumber is a pickle, it means a preserved cucumber.
Devising all sorts of trendy – and admittedly delicious! – flavors is of no use when the «pickled» cucumbers are mushy to the point of boiled away.
I have only tried the Maple Bourbon Bread & Butter pickles. I truly hope others are better.

The store front fridge has some store only pickle finds! (I grabbed preserved lemons and pickled peppers) The standard finds from the web site are also available here as well as retail outlets throughout Brooklyn and the city.
The maple bourbon bread and butter pickles as well as the NY Deli pickles are a constant staple in my fridge.
For all you pickle people, this is a definite stop while roaming Gowanus or Park Slope. You may even feel you’ve been brined while in the shop.

The people at Brooklyn Brine are fantastic. I came in in a pre-​Thanksgiving day haze and they were kind and calm. They didn’t have what I was looking for – but they helped me find something that worked pretty well. Their oak barrel half sours are pretty darn good and this from a pickle oficianado. Thank you Brooklyn Brine!

REALLY good pickles. friendly folks.
wish they had tastings, but otherwise can’t complain.
I got the maple bourbon spicy bread and butters – so good.
they had plenty of other pickled veggies, beets and beans
they also have the refrigerated sour and half sours kind of pickles – those pickles that are supposed to be good for the digestive system.
they had something called lavender half sours – what?

I’ve been a huge fan of Brooklyn Brine for a while now. Mostly because they are locally producing spicy beans, the pickled green beans that are absolutely vital to a legit Bloody Mary.* I believe they call them ‘Moroccan Beans’ or ‘Serrano Beans’…these are probably separate products now that I think about it, but they always serve the purpose.
You can find their products in nearly every specialty food store in this fine borough, so I actually didn’t even know they had a storefront. But they do! And it’s over here on President!
Evidently, this is the new factory where they produce their damn fine pickled goods; since they no longer share space with other folks, you can buy straight out of the front. It’s a very simple shop: a lot of barrels, a couple of fridges, nothing to really write home about. But you’re buying pickles, you don’t need any bells and whistles.
It was just fate that I wandered by as I was running low on spicy beans. I came in all excited to talk about pickling and things, but the lady manning the counter… wasn’t. I wouldn’t call her unfriendly exactly, but it was clear that she hated me on sight. Not that I don’t get that a lot or anything.
So once I got completely stonewalled on the pickle discussion, I just decided to buy my pickled beans and go. They didn’t have my normal go-​to, but in one of the fridges I found a jar of Spicy Garlic Dill Wax Beans (I’m assuming they were still in the experimental stage, as the label was handwritten). They are definitely different than spicy beans, but I’ve found them to be an excellent addition to anything, and fun to munch on their own.
Basically, Brooklyn Brine is making quality pickle products. All the jars are $ 8 in house, which is pretty much the same price as they are elsewhere. Not exactly cheap, but always tasty. Give ‘em a shot, especially if your Bloody Marys need to be taken up another notch.
I’m looking forward to trying the pickles they are producing with Dogfish Head, but I will probably just find them at Stinky or something, because I’m pretty sure that Brooklyn Brine lady wanted to murder me.
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*Seriously, these things poop all over celery as an accompaniment.
Combine McClure’s Bloody Mix, Brooklyn Brine’s spicy beans and some sort of local vodka (Brooklyn Republic, Industry City Distillery) and you’ve got a Brooklyn Bloody as good as it gets.

We stumbled upon Brine, while taking a walk down President Street in Brooklyn, to take a peek into the Film Biz Prop Shop (which is right down the street). While trying not to die of a heat stroke, we were walking slowly, and were stopped by the amazing smells that were coming out of the shop. We decided to take a step in, and immediately we were amazed! It was an open format, with bookcases in the storefront, stacked with all different types pickles. The «reception» table that stood in front of us had large jars full of pickled veggies. Quickly, an employee greeted us, and began explaining about what was in front of us; pickled cucumbers, ramps, and all sorts of other treats. He took us over to the pickles they had on display, and showed us the differences between them. He was so friendly! He asked us if we were interested in seeing what the brine looked like, we said we were, and he took us into the back where they had a large table FULL of jars, and 3 happy workers stuffing jars full of cucumbers and peppers. The vats in the back were ridiculous; he showed us the one where they had partnered with Dogfish Head beer (90 min IPA, which is on it’s own, delicious). The used the beer and made a brine, as he stirred the brine the smell rose and wafted in our direction and was amazing. He then took us to the walk in fridge, and we got to take a peek at the fermented pickles infused with lavender. Yup, amazing.
We ended up purchasing the NY Deli style pickles and the 90 min Dogfish Head pickles. We just tasted them. Holy crap! They are delicious!!! I don’t think we thanked them enough for their kindness while we were there. We will certainly be ordering some for home (we don’t live close otherwise we would probably be sitting out back, taking in the yummy smells.) Great job Brooklyn Brine Company! You guys are the real deal!