Comments on: Bacon Beer Mk II http://www.jonathanpiper.com/2010/01/bacon-beer-mk-ii/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:51:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jonathan http://www.jonathanpiper.com/2010/01/bacon-beer-mk-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Jonathan Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:51:19 +0000 http://www.jonathanpiper.com/?p=257#comment-739 Hi Jay, It was a pretty simple process: First, I soaked the uncooked bacon in the water I was going to use for several hours. This took a lot of the smokey flavor out of the bacon and straight into the water. It also helped take out a bit of fat out of the bacon, which I skimmed off before boiling. I removed and dried the bacon, then cooked it. At the beginning of the boil I added the bacon fat and let that cook for a while. Then, when I added the grain, I also added the cooked bacon. Once the boil was over, I made sure to chill the wort as quickly as I could, at which point I skimmed off some of the fat which had accumulated on the surface. The end result, even when chilled, is remarkably free of fat. Thanks for asking! Jonathan Hi Jay,
It was a pretty simple process: First, I soaked the uncooked bacon in the water I was going to use for several hours. This took a lot of the smokey flavor out of the bacon and straight into the water. It also helped take out a bit of fat out of the bacon, which I skimmed off before boiling. I removed and dried the bacon, then cooked it. At the beginning of the boil I added the bacon fat and let that cook for a while. Then, when I added the grain, I also added the cooked bacon. Once the boil was over, I made sure to chill the wort as quickly as I could, at which point I skimmed off some of the fat which had accumulated on the surface. The end result, even when chilled, is remarkably free of fat.
Thanks for asking!
Jonathan

]]> By: Jay http://www.jonathanpiper.com/2010/01/bacon-beer-mk-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Jay Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:44:46 +0000 http://www.jonathanpiper.com/?p=257#comment-738 I would love to know more about this. Most especially how you got the flavor of bacon into the beer. Jay Petaluma, CA I would love to know more about this. Most especially how you got the flavor of bacon into the beer.

Jay
Petaluma, CA

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