3.8 out of 5

This rootin tootin kickin pickle has a lot going on.  To start with it looks like the label was printed on the first color printer ever made with the wrong color paper.  I think they ran out of actual printer paper so they used brown grocery bags cut to standard paper size and tried to stuff it in the printer only to realize it didn’t print very clearly but they ran out of paper bags also so they had to roll with it.  In good ol’ Greenford Ohio.  I’ve lived in Ohio for 40 years and never heard of Greenford.. probably a made up place from the creative minds at GreenStar manufacturing.  Whew… now that that’s out of the way let’s talk about what really matters.  Once you finally get into this somewhat unappealing jar you find yourself staring at a well packed jar of good looking pickle chips.  This is not going to be a dill pickle, it’s on the sweeter side with really nice undertones of heat.  I wouldn’t say spice, although one of the ingredients listed on the aforementioned bag label is “Spice” so really, what do i know?  It also includes garlic and crushed red pepper which you can really see sitting at the bottom of the jar.  Give this thing a good shake and dive right in!  The pickle has enough crunch to not be soggy, but it’s soft enough to not be crunchy.  The flavor has depth and for a sweet pickle, it’s pretty sweet, you will have sticky fingers if you go on a two finger pickle finding mission into the depths of that sweet sticky brine.  But its not as bad as some others I’ve encountered which could be attributed to the calcium chloride also listed as in ingredient on the paper bag label.  When it all comes down to it, this is a reasonable pickle with a lot of consistency in the chips and overall a flavor that despite your sticky fingers keeps you coming back for another try.  Not too spicy, not too sweet, just a Farm & Vine, Kickin’ good time!