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  • IVERYANI IVERYAN

    Hey Austin & Jon-I came across this new commercial brat being marketed. This looks like it would be fun and maybe easy to replicate. I am curious what your thoughts are on this. Thanks. https://mybeerbuzz.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2020-02-14T00:34:00-08:00&max-results=15#.XkgGQ2W0bn8.link
    Im not sure that this link goes directly to the correct post. You may have to scroll down a little bit to find.

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    IVERYAN I make a large number of beer brats using local brewers. They are quite popular at the shop. Last week we paired up with a brewery that was pouring at a neighboring pizza place and offered a beer sausage pizza. It was easily their highest seller that day!

    Better Living Through BBQ!

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      Joe Hell Ive tried some brat recipes with beer before using watered down adjunct lagers. I like the idea of using habenero/mango combined with a full blown IPA. It sounds like a great combination and it would be easy to replicate since that seasoning combo & beer are readily available. The only thing I dont know is the correct ratio of beer to use.

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        When I make my beer brats I usually just displace the beer for the stated amount of water. They also make beer flakes that give you more beer flavor to add to anything that you are making.

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        • IVERYANI IVERYAN

          Joe Hell Ive tried some brat recipes with beer before using watered down adjunct lagers. I like the idea of using habenero/mango combined with a full blown IPA. It sounds like a great combination and it would be easy to replicate since that seasoning combo & beer are readily available. The only thing I dont know is the correct ratio of beer to use.

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          IVERYAN I typically use about 250-300 ml of water, beer or wine to all scratch made fresh sausage recipes. IPA’s work great from my experience. Heavier malty beers can easily overpower

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            IVERYAN We might have to see if our local whole foods has this brat, then try to replicate. Shouldn’t be hard. We just take our standard habanero mango brat, and add in some beer. I’m thinking two or three 12 ounce beers for a 25 lb batch.

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              IVERYAN We might have to see if our local whole foods has this brat, then try to replicate. Shouldn’t be hard. We just take our standard habanero mango brat, and add in some beer. I’m thinking two or three 12 ounce beers for a 25 lb batch.

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              Austin I wouldn’t go more than 2 beers for 25 lbs…might not even need that much.

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                Joe Hell Probably depends on the beer and personal taste buds. If I did a light beer, I’d definitely do more than if I did a double/triple IPA or barrel aged stout or something else heavy. I’m sure we’ll do some testing here in the next couple weeks and we’ll have a recipe and guidance to put out there.

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                • AustinA Austin

                  Joe Hell Probably depends on the beer and personal taste buds. If I did a light beer, I’d definitely do more than if I did a double/triple IPA or barrel aged stout or something else heavy. I’m sure we’ll do some testing here in the next couple weeks and we’ll have a recipe and guidance to put out there.

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                  Austin I’ve found that anything more than 450 ml on a 22 lb batch will start ‘leaking’ within 24 hours. Carrot Fiber could fix that though.

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                    Joe Hell yeah, that would be weird. I don’t think it should “leak”. We’ll definitely have to test a few amounts and see what happens, but yes, Carrot Fiber should fix that.

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                    • AustinA Austin

                      Joe Hell yeah, that would be weird. I don’t think it should “leak”. We’ll definitely have to test a few amounts and see what happens, but yes, Carrot Fiber should fix that.

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                      Austin I’ve also found that with the heavier. malty beers that less is more. Something like a scotch heavy style is overpowering.

                      Better Living Through BBQ!

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                        Austin Unless you are going to force me with the threat of losing my job I will not be using an IPA (as they are the most disgusting of all beers) I will be using something like newcastle. However…maybe the play here is a split batch? Try some with your flower beer (IPA) and some with real beer? See how many times the real beer one is better?!

                        Joe Hell You use the Space dust IPA, right? Is that better than the voodoo ranger? IVERYAN We will get this run in the next week or so, I’ll pop up a post on it to let you know how it went and then do a full video a few weeks later.

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                          Austin Unless you are going to force me with the threat of losing my job I will not be using an IPA (as they are the most disgusting of all beers) I will be using something like newcastle. However…maybe the play here is a split batch? Try some with your flower beer (IPA) and some with real beer? See how many times the real beer one is better?!

                          Joe Hell You use the Space dust IPA, right? Is that better than the voodoo ranger? IVERYAN We will get this run in the next week or so, I’ll pop up a post on it to let you know how it went and then do a full video a few weeks later.

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                          @Jonathon- I understand not liking IPA’s. I dont care for them myself. That being said, the hoppy/fruity profile from the IPA mixed with the haberno/mango is intriguing to me. As far as Newcastle goes, I find it to be fairly bland, and I question whether much flavor will come through. I like your idea of trying some batches with a couple of different beer styles. I suggest a contest, and if you lose, you have to drink the leftover IPA’s on a livestream.

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                            Austin Unless you are going to force me with the threat of losing my job I will not be using an IPA (as they are the most disgusting of all beers) I will be using something like newcastle. However…maybe the play here is a split batch? Try some with your flower beer (IPA) and some with real beer? See how many times the real beer one is better?!

                            Joe Hell You use the Space dust IPA, right? Is that better than the voodoo ranger? IVERYAN We will get this run in the next week or so, I’ll pop up a post on it to let you know how it went and then do a full video a few weeks later.

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                            Jonathon I haven’t had the Voodoo Ranger but I’ll look around for it. I expected the Space Dust to overpower the brat as it is quite hoppy…that wasn’t the case at all. The beer has a citrusy hops profile and despite the strong bitter character I didn’t notice that coming through into the finished product. I used another local brewed IPA with the Chicago brats and it turned out very well! That sausage was a huge hit at the local pizza place and the brewers were thrilled to partner with us. Everyone involved sold a boat load of product that day!

                            Better Living Through BBQ!

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                              Jonathon I would definitely try the Voodoo Ranger since that is a sausage out there already. Would be interesting to side by side compare. I’m not a huge fan of trying Newcastle, because like IVERYAN said, it is a fairly bland beer in my opinion.
                              Joe Hell Space Dust is a great beer! I would definitely put that on my list to try in a brat!

                              –Austin Walton
                              VP of Operations at Walton’s & Meatgistics Host

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                              • AustinA Austin

                                Jonathon I would definitely try the Voodoo Ranger since that is a sausage out there already. Would be interesting to side by side compare. I’m not a huge fan of trying Newcastle, because like IVERYAN said, it is a fairly bland beer in my opinion.
                                Joe Hell Space Dust is a great beer! I would definitely put that on my list to try in a brat!

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                                Austin I heard about New Castle long before I had a chance to try it and was looking forward to it. It was boring. I don’t understand the hype. I think I’ll grab a sixer of the Voodoo today. I’m offering Jambalaya brat and Andouille at the shop this weekend. I think Voodoo brats would help keep the Mardi Gras theme rolling nicely!

                                Better Living Through BBQ!

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                                  Austin I heard about New Castle long before I had a chance to try it and was looking forward to it. It was boring. I don’t understand the hype. I think I’ll grab a sixer of the Voodoo today. I’m offering Jambalaya brat and Andouille at the shop this weekend. I think Voodoo brats would help keep the Mardi Gras theme rolling nicely!

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                                  Joe Hell New Castle is for people weaning themselves off of Bud Light!
                                  That said, it is good for quantity drinking

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                                    Joe Hell New Castle is for people weaning themselves off of Bud Light!
                                    That said, it is good for quantity drinking

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                                    glen I just ran to the store for the Voodoo Imperial IPA. Holy crap, that was expensive! It came to $23 after tax for a 12 pack…OUCH!

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                                      Joe Hell looks like you got the imperial. Per New Belgiums website there are several versions. I think the brat company is using the standard ipa. Fyi- the imperial is 9% abv, 70 ibus & 250 calories. 🤣🤣

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                                      • IVERYANI IVERYAN

                                        Joe Hell looks like you got the imperial. Per New Belgiums website there are several versions. I think the brat company is using the standard ipa. Fyi- the imperial is 9% abv, 70 ibus & 250 calories. 🤣🤣

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                                        IVERYAN I had the choice of the standard IPA with an abv of 5% at $10.99/6-pack or the 9% Imperial for $21.49 for the 12. I figured at nearly double the alcohol it was the bigger bang for the buck and my only option!

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                                          Joe Hell sounds like you made the right call. Cant wait to hear how they turn out.

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