For this week’s Roundtable Discussion, we asked our PorchDrinkers for the strangest beer ingredients they’ve ever come across and they came through with some seriously out there brews. These beers are not for the faint of heart. Feel free to keep the list going and add your strangest beer ingredient experience in the comments below.
Sarah Hargis
I had a Rogue beer that was made using yeast from the brewer’s beard.
Stacy Goers
I love oysters, but an oyster stout still kinda creeps me out.
Spencer Mapes
Roasted Bull Testicles – Wynkoop Brewing, Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout
Matthew Lunger
Dogfish Head Choc Lobster – Brewed with 40 live Lobsters, Cocoa Powder, and Basil.
Brady Akers
Epic’s Sage Saison is unique. Although it’s not an ingredient, the process that Dogfish goes through to make Sah’tea is incredible. Instead of standard heating sources, they caramelize the wort with heated river rocks.
Erin Russell
Lost Abbey did a “Gifts of the Magi” beer brewed with frankincense, gold, and myrrh. A lot going on in there.
Christopher Day
I once tried a homebrewed stout containing cow’s blood. Much to my surprise, it was delicious!
Danny King
0_o I think we have a winner
Andy Hagemann
Upright Brewing did a White Truffle Gose. It was surprisingly well-balanced considering truffle can be overpowering.
