Well its been a long time. Got busy with moving and I haven't had time to give an update on how the bacon beer turned out. I tried several methods, an none were horrible. But one was amazing! I broke up a five gallon batch into 5 growlers. One I left as a control sample. One received 2 tsp of Torani bacon syrup. One received 2 tbs of Torani bacon syrup. The last 2 gallons I used real apple wood smoked bacon. I placed on a wire rack and baked at 350°f for about an hour. Then I added it to the secondary for 5 days. One receiving 25g and one receiving 48g. (It was supposed to be 50g but I got hungry) So the final word. 48g of real bacon per one gallon was awesome! No greasy mouth feel or any off flavors. A strong smokey bacon nose. The bacon notes hide a little at first behind a robust roasted coffee flavor. Then come out near the end. It finished surprisingly clean with a salty Smokey flavor that sticks around just long enough. The only complaint I had is the head retention was pretty bad. It poured with a nice caramel colored head that disappeared in minutes. But all in all, it was a great first attempt.
