The Wheelhouse 8 is the “permanent collection”: Bread & Butter Pickles, Top Shelf Beets, Sour Barrel Cucumbers, Big Bang Okra, Irma’s Pears, Full Contact Sport Peppers, Gin n’ Turnips and Horseradish Spiked Wax Beans. For those who are more adventurous, there’s the Wheelhouse Whims, experimental or small-batch pickles made from seasonal local produce. So basically, the Wheelhouse 8 are the tried and true creations and the Wheelhouse Whims are part of the experimenting process to find new varieties. So far, I’ve tried the permanent Big Bang Okra and Top Shelf Beets and they are fun and delicious! I love okra but have never had pickled ones but these taste great and would go really well with beer. The beets are pickled with fennel and exude a complexity in flavor that makes me want to keep eating them. The great thing about these beets, as my sister pointed out, is that unlike other pickled beets that lose their crunch and become soft and rubbery, Wheelhouse pickled beets keep the solid texture that is so fulfilling to bite into.