"Beer" for smoking

Brewer's Friend 728
Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum

Help Support Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
K

kenlock

Well-Known Member
Joined
Sep 1, 2009
Messages
79
Reaction score
5
Location
Mordialloc, Australia
Bought myself a 2 door Hark gas smoker today. Anyway, whilst waiting I was looking at the wood chips/pellets for sale and came across a bag which was labelled Beer.

Beer is comprised of spent grain and hops mixed with some sawdust.

Has anyone used their spent grain and hops in their smoker? If so, what flavours did they imparted?
 
subscribed.....like to know too!

On another note: cooking down (reducing) your favorite brew with some brown sugar and honey makes a great glaze for smoking ham.....
 
According to this table spent grain and hops is good for red meat and pork.

AustralianNativeTimberMatrixforSmokingR19.jpg


I tried a combination of spent grain and mesquite, but it didn't really burn that well in combination. Though the result was still satisfactory will pork sausages and chicken.
 
While not for smoking, onething I made once and was happy with was a beer steam effectively under the meat, then I made a BBQ sauce off the drippings and the beer and the rub. Have to tweak it a bit. Last time was a little too fatty so I'd probably separate it to skim some fat.
 

Similar threads

delcosansgluten
Rauchbier
Replies
14
Views
2K
passedpawn
passedpawn
Brooothru
How Should I Submit This Beer Under BJCP Style Guidelines?
Replies
13
Views
1K
Brooothru
Brooothru
Garage12brewing
Comment my smoked maple brown ale beer recipe...
Replies
3
Views
1K
Garage12brewing
Garage12brewing
madscientist451
Cost of Drinking Conundrum
Replies
12
Views
1K
Yesfan
Yesfan
G
Fermentis BR-8 dry Brettanomyces Experiences
2
Replies
62
Views
7K
Miraculix
Miraculix
CornyKegs 300

Latest posts

Back
Top