This Gourmet Pickling Vinegar is Hengstenberg's classic, tried and true recipe to produce home-made pickled cucumbers and other vegetables Very easy, very delicious and very German. Simply dilute one bottle of this brandy vinegar (German: Branntweinessig) with 1.5 Liter of water. Fill about 3.5 kg of small cucumbers into glass jars, add the diluted vinegar, close the glasses tightly, heat to 190 degree For 25 min, cool down slowly. A great way for hobby gardeners and home cooks to have their favorite pickles all year round.

From Hengstenberg, a leader in German vinegars and sauces, founded in 1876 in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany.  In 1876 Richard Alfried Hengstenberg founded the Hengstenberg company in Esslingen am Necker, a town in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

Since then, the name Hengstenberg has stood for fine taste, genuine enjoyment and the highest quality.