Posted: 2/29/2012 11:08:43 AM EDT
| Boiling brats of course... So what beer do you guys use for beer boiled brats? I usually go with miller lite, its great, and i usually have a bunch on hand, but i have experimented with other brands. Guinness gives it a nice flavor, and hard ciders are good too. What have you guys tried? |
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I actually like em in like a Sunset Wheat or similar beer.
I also like to grill them first then put them into a crockpot with beer and sauteed onions and peppers. Add some spices of your choosing and little them sit in there for a few hours. They turn out real good that way. |
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I usually do them in Leini's Honey Weiss or Sunset Wheat. I've actually found lately that Vernor's ginger ale does a really good job, too. Ginger ale sounds interesting, I'll have to try that. Especially since ginger ale is one of my favorite sodas. Do you boil or soak them and for how long? |
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Quoted: Quoted: I usually do them in Leini's Honey Weiss or Sunset Wheat. I've actually found lately that Vernor's ginger ale does a really good job, too. Ginger ale sounds interesting, I'll have to try that. Especially since ginger ale is one of my favorite sodas. Do you boil or soak them and for how long? If it were me, I'd use Dang Ginger Ale and boil them in it, then grill and transfer back into the onion/boiling mix after to soak/stay warm. Of course, if it were me, I couldn't just go in my lab and mix up some Ginger Ale, so much for that idea.  I also second the Honey Weiss. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I usually do them in Leini's Honey Weiss or Sunset Wheat. I've actually found lately that Vernor's ginger ale does a really good job, too. Ginger ale sounds interesting, I'll have to try that. Especially since ginger ale is one of my favorite sodas. Do you boil or soak them and for how long? While we are on the subject of Dang... anyone experimented with butterscotch rootbeer BBQ sauce yet? I see potential. I've had some good "Root Beer BBQ" sauces at various BBQ establishments. |
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I usually do them in Leini's Honey Weiss or Sunset Wheat. I've actually found lately that Vernor's ginger ale does a really good job, too. Ginger ale sounds interesting, I'll have to try that. Especially since ginger ale is one of my favorite sodas. Do you boil or soak them and for how long? While we are on the subject of Dang... anyone experimented with butterscotch rootbeer BBQ sauce yet? I see potential. I've had some good "Root Beer BBQ" sauces at various BBQ establishments. Huh.. Never thought of that maybe Unique can get on that.. 
On a side note I use what ever is Cheapest to boil my wursts. I currently have some Busch Light in the house. Wanna a hint !!! Boil them in beer and tomato juice!!!! Then just touch them off on the grill!! I use about 1 Large Can of Tomato Juice and 2 can's of beer! |
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I use a nice full bodied beer. Last time I used a dark beer, can't remember what it was. Then it goes on the smoker, no pan, around 350 degrees. And I add wood. Cherry or Maple. LOTS of wood. Then when fully cooked, back in the dark beer and then add onions. Perfect! Note: whatever you boil in isn't as important as what it is cooked (or smoked) over. IMHO. ps. I hope I can make it over this saturday. I want to pick up some soda, and see what they have for sale there. And talk about mixing up a Dang good BBQ sauce!  JR will you be bringing something for me to mix up in my soda machine??? |
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Quoted: I use a nice full bodied beer. Last time I used a dark beer, can't remember what it was. Then it goes on the smoker, no pan, around 350 degrees. And I add wood. Cherry or Maple. LOTS of wood. Then when fully cooked, back in the dark beer and then add onions. Perfect! Note: whatever you boil in isn't as important as what it is cooked (or smoked) over. IMHO. ps. I hope I can make it over this saturday. I want to pick up some soda, and see what they have for sale there. And talk about mixing up a Dang good BBQ sauce! JR will you be bringing something for me to mix up in my soda machine??? Did you know I'm buying a SodaStream just because of that (and your recommendation of course)?  |
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Quoted: Quoted: I use a nice full bodied beer. Last time I used a dark beer, can't remember what it was. Then it goes on the smoker, no pan, around 350 degrees. And I add wood. Cherry or Maple. LOTS of wood. Then when fully cooked, back in the dark beer and then add onions. Perfect! Note: whatever you boil in isn't as important as what it is cooked (or smoked) over. IMHO. ps. I hope I can make it over this saturday. I want to pick up some soda, and see what they have for sale there. And talk about mixing up a Dang good BBQ sauce! JR will you be bringing something for me to mix up in my soda machine??? Did you know I'm buying a SodaStream just because of that (and your recommendation of course)? Hint for you. I've been buying Mio lately. That stuff to flavor water. It's OUTSTANDING with the soda stream. And a heck of a lot less calories. But I am DYING to try some DANG good soda`!~!~~~ |
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I use a nice full bodied beer. Last time I used a dark beer, can't remember what it was. Then it goes on the smoker, no pan, around 350 degrees. And I add wood. Cherry or Maple. LOTS of wood. Then when fully cooked, back in the dark beer and then add onions. Perfect! Note: whatever you boil in isn't as important as what it is cooked (or smoked) over. IMHO.
ps. I hope I can make it over this saturday. I want to pick up some soda, and see what they have for sale there. And talk about mixing up a Dang good BBQ sauce!
JR will you be bringing something for me to mix up in my soda machine???
Did you know I'm buying a SodaStream just because of that (and your recommendation of course)?
Hint for you. I've been buying Mio lately. That stuff to flavor water. It's OUTSTANDING with the soda stream. And a heck of a lot less calories. But I am DYING to try some DANG good soda`!~!~~~
I could probably throw some flavors into 12 oz. bottles. Anything in particular? I'm not sure how well it will work though. In looking at the sodastream flavors, they are a blend of sugar & artificial sweeteners. That was obviously done so that they could make it super concentrated to allow for what appears to be a 1:23 ratio (10mL flavor + 230mL water). Normal sugared syrups are at a 1:5 ratio. Without using some sort of artificial sweeteners, it would be impossible to achieve a concentration like that. Not knowing how those systems exactly work, I'm figuring that at a 1:5 ratio the finished product would not be well mixed and under carbonated. Now using a diet 1:5 concentration could work OK since the concentrate is not a thick sugared syrup but just uses water as it's carrier. The results with this may be satisfactory since the water in the concentrate will also carbonate. I could throw a mix of sugared & diet concentrated and let you play with them. Will you be at MI on Saturday? On a related note, just yesterday my brother and I were talking about making some of the Dang! specific flavors for the sodastream as a niche type item. I'll pick one up shortly and start playing in the lab trying to develop some sort of sugar & artificial sweetener blend without compromising the taste of the original root beers too much. Talk about coincidence.... |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I use a nice full bodied beer. Last time I used a dark beer, can't remember what it was. Then it goes on the smoker, no pan, around 350 degrees. And I add wood. Cherry or Maple. LOTS of wood. Then when fully cooked, back in the dark beer and then add onions. Perfect! Note: whatever you boil in isn't as important as what it is cooked (or smoked) over. IMHO. ps. I hope I can make it over this saturday. I want to pick up some soda, and see what they have for sale there. And talk about mixing up a Dang good BBQ sauce! JR will you be bringing something for me to mix up in my soda machine??? Did you know I'm buying a SodaStream just because of that (and your recommendation of course)? Hint for you. I've been buying Mio lately. That stuff to flavor water. It's OUTSTANDING with the soda stream. And a heck of a lot less calories. But I am DYING to try some DANG good soda`!~!~~~ I could probably throw some flavors into 12 oz. bottles. Anything in particular? I'm not sure how well it will work though. In looking at the sodastream flavors, they are a blend of sugar & artificial sweeteners. That was obviously done so that they could make it super concentrated to allow for what appears to be a 1:23 ratio (10mL flavor + 230mL water). Normal sugared syrups are at a 1:5 ratio. Without using some sort of artificial sweeteners, it would be impossible to achieve a concentration like that. Not knowing how those systems exactly work, I'm figuring that at a 1:5 ratio the finished product would not be well mixed and under carbonated. Now using a diet 1:5 concentration could work OK since the concentrate is not a thick sugared syrup but just uses water as it's carrier. The results with this may be satisfactory since the water in the concentrate will also carbonate. I could throw a mix of sugared & diet concentrated and let you play with them. Will you be at MI on Saturday? On a related note, just yesterday my brother and I were talking about making some of the Dang! specific flavors for the sodastream as a niche type item. I'll pick one up shortly and start playing in the lab trying to develop some sort of sugar & artificial sweetener blend without compromising the taste of the original root beers too much. Talk about coincidence.... I do taste the artificial sweetners, and can't say I like that part of it. I'd be willing to help and explore some flavors. I do like orange, root beer, ginger ale, who am I kidding? I like everything!!! Not a huge diet fan, as you'll see when we meet.  Parrothead and I were even thinking of making some smoked meats to bring saturday. but we didn't want to take anything away from the real M.I. Show!!! Maybe this summer we can do a special cookout there!!! Something to think about... |
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I usually do them in Leini's Honey Weiss or Sunset Wheat. I've actually found lately that Vernor's ginger ale does a really good job, too. Ginger ale sounds interesting, I'll have to try that. Especially since ginger ale is one of my favorite sodas. Do you boil or soak them and for how long? I actually stick them in the crock pot with onions and ginger ale (on low) for about 4-5 hours if fresh or about 7-8 hours if frozen. ETA: of course, finish on the grill or smoker. No other way to get the smoke on them than with real smoke.
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What is the benefit of boiling your sausages in beer? After boiling, do you then throw them on the grill or do you just boil them? Why waste a good beer by boiling off all the alcohol? This is a WI thing that I haven't picked up on yet. Please explain...thanks! |
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I use a nice full bodied beer. Last time I used a dark beer, can't remember what it was. Then it goes on the smoker, no pan, around 350 degrees. And I add wood. Cherry or Maple. LOTS of wood. Then when fully cooked, back in the dark beer and then add onions. Perfect! Note: whatever you boil in isn't as important as what it is cooked (or smoked) over. IMHO.
ps. I hope I can make it over this saturday. I want to pick up some soda, and see what they have for sale there. And talk about mixing up a Dang good BBQ sauce!
JR will you be bringing something for me to mix up in my soda machine???
Did you know I'm buying a SodaStream just because of that (and your recommendation of course)?
Hint for you. I've been buying Mio lately. That stuff to flavor water. It's OUTSTANDING with the soda stream. And a heck of a lot less calories. But I am DYING to try some DANG good soda`!~!~~~
I could probably throw some flavors into 12 oz. bottles. Anything in particular? I'm not sure how well it will work though. In looking at the sodastream flavors, they are a blend of sugar & artificial sweeteners. That was obviously done so that they could make it super concentrated to allow for what appears to be a 1:23 ratio (10mL flavor + 230mL water). Normal sugared syrups are at a 1:5 ratio. Without using some sort of artificial sweeteners, it would be impossible to achieve a concentration like that. Not knowing how those systems exactly work, I'm figuring that at a 1:5 ratio the finished product would not be well mixed and under carbonated. Now using a diet 1:5 concentration could work OK since the concentrate is not a thick sugared syrup but just uses water as it's carrier. The results with this may be satisfactory since the water in the concentrate will also carbonate. I could throw a mix of sugared & diet concentrated and let you play with them. Will you be at MI on Saturday? On a related note, just yesterday my brother and I were talking about making some of the Dang! specific flavors for the sodastream as a niche type item. I'll pick one up shortly and start playing in the lab trying to develop some sort of sugar & artificial sweetener blend without compromising the taste of the original root beers too much. Talk about coincidence.... I do taste the artificial sweetners, and can't say I like that part of it. I'd be willing to help and explore some flavors. I do like orange, root beer, ginger ale, who am I kidding? I like everything!!! Not a huge diet fan, as you'll see when we meet.
Parrothead and I were even thinking of making some smoked meats to bring saturday. but we didn't want to take anything away from the real M.I. Show!!! Maybe this summer we can do a special cookout there!!! Something to think about... OK, I'll just throw some things together. Mostly the sugar based syrups. I'll let you play around with them and see how it works. |
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Quoted: What is the benefit of boiling your sausages in beer? After boiling, do you then throw them on the grill or do you just boil them? Why waste a good beer by boiling off all the alcohol? This is a WI thing that I haven't picked up on yet. Please explain...thanks! Cooking brats is an art. Heck, cooking itself is an art. But brats can be very different. If you throw brats straight on the grille, raw.. they tend to burn before they cook all the way through. And be dry as sand when they're done. I call those Illinoise brats. If you cook them slowly in some beer with onions, you lose ZERO of the juices, and they stay nice and plump. Remove from the beer and cook (not directly) over flames, they will still stay plump, and nice and (almost) crispy. Add smoke to the mix, and cook slower, and you my friend have perfection! If I cook them slowly over smoke, I have to put them back into some beer because they may dry out just a little. Or if they flamed up over flames, they will dry out also. Can't have that. NOR can you take brats off with anything other than tongs. NEVER EVER use a fork of any kind. If a brat splits open because of heat, it is ok. If it spills it's guts out because of a fork? Sin. And the brat is ruined.
Perfect. Anything less, you might as well stick to hot dogs. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I use a nice full bodied beer. Last time I used a dark beer, can't remember what it was. Then it goes on the smoker, no pan, around 350 degrees. And I add wood. Cherry or Maple. LOTS of wood. Then when fully cooked, back in the dark beer and then add onions. Perfect! Note: whatever you boil in isn't as important as what it is cooked (or smoked) over. IMHO. ps. I hope I can make it over this saturday. I want to pick up some soda, and see what they have for sale there. And talk about mixing up a Dang good BBQ sauce! JR will you be bringing something for me to mix up in my soda machine??? Did you know I'm buying a SodaStream just because of that (and your recommendation of course)? Hint for you. I've been buying Mio lately. That stuff to flavor water. It's OUTSTANDING with the soda stream. And a heck of a lot less calories. But I am DYING to try some DANG good soda`!~!~~~ I could probably throw some flavors into 12 oz. bottles. Anything in particular? I'm not sure how well it will work though. In looking at the sodastream flavors, they are a blend of sugar & artificial sweeteners. That was obviously done so that they could make it super concentrated to allow for what appears to be a 1:23 ratio (10mL flavor + 230mL water). Normal sugared syrups are at a 1:5 ratio. Without using some sort of artificial sweeteners, it would be impossible to achieve a concentration like that. Not knowing how those systems exactly work, I'm figuring that at a 1:5 ratio the finished product would not be well mixed and under carbonated. Now using a diet 1:5 concentration could work OK since the concentrate is not a thick sugared syrup but just uses water as it's carrier. The results with this may be satisfactory since the water in the concentrate will also carbonate. I could throw a mix of sugared & diet concentrated and let you play with them. Will you be at MI on Saturday? On a related note, just yesterday my brother and I were talking about making some of the Dang! specific flavors for the sodastream as a niche type item. I'll pick one up shortly and start playing in the lab trying to develop some sort of sugar & artificial sweetener blend without compromising the taste of the original root beers too much. Talk about coincidence.... I do taste the artificial sweetners, and can't say I like that part of it. I'd be willing to help and explore some flavors. I do like orange, root beer, ginger ale, who am I kidding? I like everything!!! Not a huge diet fan, as you'll see when we meet. Parrothead and I were even thinking of making some smoked meats to bring saturday. but we didn't want to take anything away from the real M.I. Show!!! Maybe this summer we can do a special cookout there!!! Something to think about... OK, I'll just throw some things together. Mostly the sugar based syrups. I'll let you play around with them and see how it works. Sounds great!!! I look forward to it! |
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i use Spotted cow. or bud light last time i used Guinness i cryed because i didnt get any of the nice taste in the brat. maybe i did it wrong but there went two perfectly happy guinnesses. What if you pierce them with a fork first? Or are you not supposed to do that? |
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Quoted: Quoted: i use Spotted cow. or bud light last time i used Guinness i cryed because i didnt get any of the nice taste in the brat. maybe i did it wrong but there went two perfectly happy guinnesses. What if you pierce them with a fork first? Or are you not supposed to do that? Break the skin, lose most of the taste. My cooking mentor actually took the cooking fork out of my hands when I poked a brat, then commenced to stick it in my arm, to make a point. Never forgot that one!! they tend to dry out, or flame up HUGE if poked.  |