Bacon beer

[scarymonster69]

I tried to mix my two favorite things, bacon and beer. I started out with a brittish bitter recipe and dumped in 1 lb of fried bacon into the wort 30 min into the boil. I then added liquid smoke when putting it into the 1st carboy. It doesn't tast like bacon or smoke. Any suggestions?

[Barleyhogg]

As strange of a combo it may be I doubt you will get it to work. The very process of the boil and rapid chilling caused proteins to drop out of suspension. I think if you are trying for a smoky finish try using some rauch malt. It's smoked barley. One work of warning, a little goes a long way. Do a search for rauchbeer and you'll find plenty of info.

[MixnMatchBrew]

Bacon beer. I love it. I think it would be easier and much tastier if you just fried up a batch of bacon when you drink your beer.

Plus it will be crunchy. The bacon... not your beer.

[BrewManMatt]

You could try liquid smoke and pork bullion

[Aramark13]

I had a beer that tasted like bacon once, not the best but if your going that direction i think they used smoked grains.

[ironhippie]

I had a beer in France that tasted just like ham... it used peat-smoked malt, but it really tasted like ham.

[SpudClampDawg]

Rauchbiers are like drinking a campfire while eating bacon strips. Rauch malt or smoked peat is what you are looking for.

[Dierksenkougan]

This post doesn't quite strike me as real.

I almost guarantee that if this WAS done, the salt in the bacon would kill the yeast. Too much sodium=inhospitable environment.

[bucko]

You actually need to mash the bacon in order to convert its fats to an oil...

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

[Beeromania]

This is a great forum!
How about fry up about 2 lb. get it good and crispy (like bacon bits) I imagin that will bring out more transferable flavor. Pat it dry and treat it like an aroma addition, the last 2 min. leaving it in until it is cool. I would stay away from liquid smoke that might mask what bacon infusion you do get. If you use a nice smoked bacon and get it crispy, it has got to impart some of that special goodness. Let us know if you ever get a good balance with Bacon Beer.

[oblivious]

Did you fry the bacon and get it crispy BEFORE you added the onions? You did add onions, right???

Seriously, meat doesn't belong IN beer, it goes WITH beer, on the outside of the beer, not on the inside. Yes, look up rauch beer recipes, there are a lot.

This thread brought back bad memories of when I was stationed in Germany years ago, and I didn't have a great command of the language. I was at the local getranke (drink store) and bought a variety of local beers. One was rauch beer, it said so clearly on the bottle. I didn't know what that meant, but later I found out it was like if someone dropped a cigarette butt in your beer and you didn't notice... nasty! And I've never tried another, but of course, your milage may vary.

[brooklynbrewer]

I tried to mix my two favorite things, bacon and beer. I started out with a brittish bitter recipe and dumped in 1 lb of fried bacon into the wort 30 min into the boil. I then added liquid smoke when putting it into the 1st carboy. It doesn't tast like bacon or smoke. Any suggestions?

you are a true pioneer. If I owned a hat it would be off to you.

[yddraig]

I've actually made a rauch bier, it was the only beer I've made that I didn't like. I smoked 1/2 lb of 60 lvb crysta malt in hickory smoke for about 1/2 hour then made a dark amber with it. Waaayyy to smokey. It was okay with a heavy meal like ham or smoked turkey but just to drink it way to smokey. I imagine that if you were carefull not to use too much smoked barley you could find a good ballance. I've also had spruce beer, tasted like a burnt down house.

[scarymonster69]

The main goal of the bacon beer is to give a slight aftertase of bacon to the beer. I don't think I will use real bacon next time because i dont like to waste bacon. I am looking for artifical bacon flavoring but can't seem to find it anywhere except in bacon bits. I was considering adding some to the fermentor like you would add oak chips.

[blksabbath]

Maybe have a screen of malt over some cooking bacon on a closed grill or smoker?

Or just get some rauch malt.