Can you pickle in alcohol?

Oh my yes you can, as every teenager who’s pinched a forgotten bottle of their parents’ pear brandy knows. I have a recipe for pickled peppers in brandy given to me by an old German chef I knew in Chicago, the products of which can actually be used for physical combat. For obvious reasons, alcohol-based pickles have limited utility, especially in school lunches where they’ve been shown to depress grade point averages.