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Attention, shoppers! Please meet Shamus Jones, ginger-haired pickle maven and head of Brooklyn Brine. If you like pickles, you will like Shamus. We brought the Brooklyn Brine line to Philly this spring, stocking several varieties of vinegar-soaked, unusually spiced, Lancaster-sourced heirloom veg, including the spicy cukes given the seal of approval by Esquire scribe (and Philly girl) Francine Maroukian and a nod in Details recent feature, “Artisanal America” (also included: Green Aisle purveyor Mast Bros. chocolate). “Sorry I’m a little spaced,” Shamus explained when we picked up 150 jars of pickles last Thursday, “I’ve just been drinking Guinness and making lavender asparagus all day.” After the jump, peep a (very-amateur) video we took of Shamus making pickles off-hours in Greenpoint’s Lamb & Jaffy, followed by our current Brooklyn Brine selection. Read the rest of this entry »
