What Is Pickle Juice, Is Pickle Juice Good For You And What Can You Use It For?

What Is Pickle Juice?

Pickle juice is the liquid that cucumbers are pickled in turning them into pickles. Pickle juice is usually made of water, salt, calcium chloride and vinegar, and if flavored, like in the case of dill pickles, flavoring is added as well.

Is Pickle Juice Good For You?

The answer is yes and no. In moderation pickle juice has been found to have many benefits. The benefits mostly derive from the electrolytes found in pickle juice and sodium is a major player here. Some reports indicate that pickle juice has 15 to 30 times the electrolytes of leading sports drinks.

The same sodium that makes pickle juice great for re-hydration, preventing cramps or electrolyte replacement can be harmful to you if taken in too high a quantity.

Therefore, pickle juice has may benefits (more detail is provided under the heading Pickle Juice Benefits in the menu on the right) but only in moderation.

What Other Uses Are There For Pickle Juice?

While pickle juice is known mostly for pickling cucumbers, and lately has received press as a sport drink,, there are a multitude of uses for pickle juice beyond the pickle jar. Before you pour it down the drain after eating that last pickle, stop, and read about the many uses the juice the pickle left behind.

I have been using pickle juice for more than five years now in a variety of ways. I drink it, use it in marinades, make soup with it, prepare rice with it, make cocktails with it, and I could go on, but that is what this site is here for.

We have gathered for you, faithful reader, information, ideas and uses for pickle juice within the categories to the right. Enjoy your visit here, I hope that you find the information you were looking for and leave with a new appreciation of the juice the pickles left behind.

What Is A Pickleback?

A Pickleback is a cocktail, sort of. There is no mixing or measuring per say and it is not something you would sip at a cocktail party. A Pickleback in its most basic sense is a shot of whiskey drank and followed immediately by a shot of pickle juice. Though deceptively simple and crude, it is one of the hottest bar drinks sweeping the country. Because of its simplicity only two questions regarding its preparation remain. What kind of whiskey and what kind of pickle juice. The whiskey answer is easier. Most people agree that Jameson’s Irish Whisky is the [...]

Is The Pickle Juice Hangover Cure For Real?

Pickle Juice is most often thought of as that liquid in the jar that pickles come in and then thought of no more. Recently, pickle juice has surged in popularity as a sport drink to relieve cramps, as an accompaniment to some alcoholic beverages (called a pickleback) and now, as a soldier in the fight to cure hangovers. The question is: Is there any merit to idea that pickle juice can help cure a hangover. The answer is no, it will not cure a hangover. However, it has been shown by many a drinker to lessen the effects and duration [...]

Recipe: Basic Pickle Juice Salad Dressing

Pickle juice has many benefits and uses. Unfortunately most people pour it down the drain after the pickles it protected and flavored are consumed. Click here to read about more uses for pickle juice. One of the most basic and by the way, very tasty, things to do with leftover pickle juice is make a salad dressing. Below is our basic pickle juice salad dressing recipe. Enjoy! 1/3 cup pickle juice (Using dill pickle juice is very tasty, but any will work depending on your tastes.) 2/3 cup mayonnaise 1 1/3 teaspoons dried dill (cut to 1 teaspoon if you [...]

Pickle Juice For Cramps: The Ultimate Sports Drink?

In 2008, a large number of athletic trainers around the country were interviewed and one quarter of them admitted to giving athletes with cramps pickle juice. The theory is that the sodium in the pickle juice replaces lost sodium during physical exertion and lessens dehydration, thus alleviating cramping. This theory assumes that muscle cramping is due to dehydration and loss of sodium. A study from Brigham Young University published in The Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine has both proved and debunked the theory of pickle juice as a cramp relieving drink. The study was done of a [...]