Matt Heebner
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Brining a Pork Butt With Beer Brine ???
Hey all,
My brother is hosting a Central Waters beer tasting at his liquor store this weekend. He wants to have some food available as well so he asked if I would smoke/grill for the event.. We are doing the WI standard... brats grilled and simmered in the Central Waters sampled beer Jacuzzi, but he also wants pulled pork sammies as well. What he was thinking was doing a brine using the same beer, and maybe a glaze/BBQ sauce also using that particular beer.
My questions....does anyone have a good brine recipe that uses beer ? Does the brine even penetrated the shoulder ? I do have a good 48 hours to brine before the smoker so I have the time to really let it absorb. Should I plan on also injecting said brine into the shoulders ? I've done chickens and turkeys but never a butt.
I am also open to any sauce ideas. If you have a good beer reduction sauce recipe, I would like to hear about it. I have a couple in mind but I would like to hear a few tried and true recipes.
The beer being sampled is Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Stout, and should be a great candidate for both brining/injecting and a glaze/sauce.
Thanks a bunch
Hey all,
My brother is hosting a Central Waters beer tasting at his liquor store this weekend. He wants to have some food available as well so he asked if I would smoke/grill for the event.. We are doing the WI standard... brats grilled and simmered in the Central Waters sampled beer Jacuzzi, but he also wants pulled pork sammies as well. What he was thinking was doing a brine using the same beer, and maybe a glaze/BBQ sauce also using that particular beer.
My questions....does anyone have a good brine recipe that uses beer ? Does the brine even penetrated the shoulder ? I do have a good 48 hours to brine before the smoker so I have the time to really let it absorb. Should I plan on also injecting said brine into the shoulders ? I've done chickens and turkeys but never a butt.
I am also open to any sauce ideas. If you have a good beer reduction sauce recipe, I would like to hear about it. I have a couple in mind but I would like to hear a few tried and true recipes.
The beer being sampled is Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Stout, and should be a great candidate for both brining/injecting and a glaze/sauce.
Thanks a bunch
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