Apfelwein question. Meat???

[PeteOz77]

"But DAD! Ham, Bacon and Pork Chops all come from the SAME ANIMAL!!!"

"Suuure Lisa.. Some MAGICAL animal!!!"

 

[Brewpastor]

We're having chicken feet tonight.

ollllo, thanks for a great diversion on an otherwise hectic day. It beat the threat I was going to run about my chance to audition for dancing with the stars because of the liturgical dance group I am in at my church. Brewpastor in tights.

HBT rocks!

 

[the_bird]

What does it say about us as a community that not once, on April Fool's Day no less, did ANYONE call "SHENANIGANS!" on this whole thing?

 

[Professor Frink]

I'm waiting for the "My Apfelwein with Meat fermentation hasn't started" thread in the next day or two.

Well done olllllo, good times.

 

[the_bird]

"I think I've got trichinosis, what should I do?"

 

[Seabee John]

Damn...just Damn

the whole testicle beer is kinda interesting though.... hell SWMBO's got em in a jar on a shelf...might as well pickle em in beer.

 

[blacklab]

What does it say about us as a community that not once, on April Fool's Day no less, did ANYONE call "SHENANIGANS!" on this whole thing?

I did but you kept changing my post.

EDIT - apparently TxBrew thought I was trying to spoil your joke. I was actually really wondering if you were serious considering the date.

 

[the_bird]

Wasn't me....

 

[olllllo]

Damn...just Damn

the whole testicle beer is kinda interesting though.... hell SWMBO's got em in a jar on a shelf...might as well pickle em in beer.

Wouldn't they be yours?

 

[SuperiorBrew]

You guys were joking? F**K

 

[olllllo]

You know Rich... Your recipe and technique COULD have worked. It sees to be an improvement over my *attempt*.

Did you??

 

[Donasay]

I did but you kept changing my post.

EDIT - apparently TxBrew thought I was trying to spoil your joke. I was actually really wondering if you were serious considering the date.

Ho-kay okay, let's calm down. People of Home Brew Talk, do you declare Shenanigans on this thread?

Yeah!

Okay, olllllllo, do you accept this decree of Shenanigans?

Well, in the end it doesn't matter does it, so that settles it! Everybody grab a broom, it's Shenanigans!

 

[Brewpastor]

You guys were joking? F**K

I am sorry but I would have sworn you were in on this whole thing, then again, maybe you were! Good fun.

 

[EdWort]

LOL. It was fun trying to get these into a Better Bottle with a little Montrachet.

What a hoot!

 

[cd2448]

I'm waiting for the "My Apfelwein with Meat fermentation hasn't started" thread in the next day or two.

Well done olllllo, good times.

Exactly - I was thinking about posting an "Is my meatfulwein ruined?" thread in the beginners forum under a new account... but work is just out of control just now.

EDIT: "I didn't have any pork so I used a can of Spam. Is my meatfelwein ruined?"

 

[DeathBrewer]

my roommate made these once on a dare:

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

They were actually some of the best cookies I've tasted!

 

[Schlenkerla]

LOL. It was fun trying to get these into a Better Bottle with a little Montrachet.

What a hoot!

You know bacon/smoke and apples could go together...

... as a less gross approach.... Rauch-Apfelwein

I could see if you took liquid smoke and added it AW in the 2ndary or a bottling bucket. It would be better in a AW made w/ sweet mead yeast though.

OR

Take some boiled lava rock, put it in a smoker basket. Smoke it w/ some apple or cherry wood. ~10-15 minutes. Then add to a 2ndary and syphon over the rocks. Let'r sit for 2-3 weeks...

I think the liquid smoke would be easier and less risky for infections.

 

[tomskibromski]

I heard a story that when some Somerset cider workers had finished the batch of a particularly delicious cider, on cleaning out the tank they found a dead rat!
Since then they have been adding a chunk of meat and reckon the putrefaction factor is what makes the wonderful taste!!

 

[ftlstrings]

Why not just wrap a slice of bacon around the glass as you drink it. then you can choose to pork out or not.

~M~

 

[Seabee John]

this thread still alive??? haven't you had enough?...we all know apfelwein is better when fermented with fish anyway. I love my 07 Walleypfelwein hmmmm chewy goodness!

 

[Smogre]

Ahhh man! What a great way to end my posting day.

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

Smoked salmon Apfelwein or Lockelwein?

Though I think some of you would prefer tripelwein (as in tripe).

Froglegelwein?

 

[IrregularPulse]

even though this was a joke I'm surprised nobody was willing to sacrifice a growler of apfelwein and give it a try.

 

[Air Pirate]

so why dont you do it and let us know how it turns out?

 

[BeehiveBrewer]

Funny thing. I let my SWMBO sample my first Apfelwein, and she said it tastes like MEAT!

You might be onto something

 

[IrregularPulse]

I would but my first batch isn't ready yet. If nobody's done it by then I'll throw a couple chops into a growler.

so why dont you do it and let us know how it turns out?

 

[zoebisch01]

Funny thing. I let my SWMBO sample my first Apfelwein, and she said it tastes like MEAT!

You might be onto something

" 27B. English Cider

This includes the English “West Country” plus ciders inspired by that style. These ciders are made with bittersweet and bitter-sharp apple varieties cultivated specifically for cider making.

Aroma/Flavor: No overt apple character, but various flavors and esters that suggest apples. May have “smoky (bacon)” character from a combination of apple varieties and MLF . Some “Farmyard nose” may be present but must not dominate; mousiness is a serious fault. The common slight farmyard nose of an English West Country cider is the result of lactic acid bacteria, not a Brettanomyces"

 

[Denny's Evil Concoctions]

I believe you can get that "smoky bacon" flavor from adding smoked swine feces to the secondary.

 

[olllllo]

Good times. Yes this is over 3 years old. It was an outrageous proposition then. Today I think Brewdog James might make Stoatfelwein.

 

[BigfootCounty]

any raw meat seems like a really REALLY bad idea

I think theoretically you could fry some bacon and add it right off the griddle

I have some random dark braggot that I might be willing to sacrifice in the name of science