My family tried 5 brands of jarred pickles from the grocery store. One beat the others by a landslide.

• My family and I tried and ranked five brands of jarred pickles to see which one we liked best.
• We didn’t like the Vlasic pickles and thought they had an unpleasant aftertaste.
• Claussen’s kosher dill pickles were the best option by far.

Everyone in my family of four enjoys pickles, but I don’t normally give much thought as to which brand to buy.

However, in an effort to be more intentional about my purchases, I recently bought and tasted five brands of supermarket dill pickles to see which ones we liked best.

Here’s how they stacked up from worst to first.