Malt & Salt Brine

[Curtis2010]

Went fly fishing and caught a few nice trout I wanted to smoke. Many brine recipes use brown sugar, so why not use wort for the sugar? Not having any wort handy, I picked up a six pack of malt drinks (ingedients: wort, sugar, water, CO2, surprisingly no multisylabic additives).

I mixed 4 cups of water, 3/4 cup coarse salt, and 48 oz of malt beverage. Let trout soak for a few hours. Smoked 'em and they turned out awesome (GF loved 'em...the ultimate test).

I think the salt balances the sweetness of the malt much like hops in beer.

Maybe next time I brew I will make a little extra wort just for brine.

 

[whatsleftofyou]

I've brined turkey in salt+wort a few times and it always turned out great. This year I "cheated" and used DME but I've done an AG mash just for brine too.