Local product highlight BEER PLUS FOOD EQUALS YUM by James Frazier
There is something special in the world when you can combine two great products to create something new and different and totally amazing. In this instance, since we are The Brew, we are talking about local craft beer being used in local food products. Two of my favorites in Oklahoma City are Boozy Jerky and Rescue Dog Hot sauce. These two companies started with great products and a love for Craft Beer. We’ll get into the details in a bit but it’s clear that we are the winner when beer and food come together. I have been a proponent of cooking with beer for many years. There is something about the many different styles of beer out there and the process that they go through and how that process then affects the flavor of what it’s added to. If I were to be a scientist, it would be a food scientist, but I am glad I’m not so that I have time to introduce you to a couple of great products. Boozy Jerky has hit the Oklahoma stage hard in the last year or so and I can’t be more excited about it. I love beef jerky, it’s one of my STATE & LOCAL favorite snacks. My pet peeve with jerky is when I can’t tell if the texture is that of a plywood box or dried meat. Boozy has perfected the art of creating amazing textures. The texture is soft, but not too soft with loads of flavor, which leads me to the second pet peeve I have when it comes to beef jerky. I like flavor and I’m not big on salt, so when jerky tastes like salted cardboard, I’m out. Boozy’s jerky in pretty much all of their flavors is top-notch. They really went through a culinary process to find the best flavor combinations in order to blend with the flavor of the meat. Then you have the beer component, which only improves the flavor profile, turning it into a world-class product.
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I could talk all day about the many flavors of Boozy Jerky that I love, but for this topic, I want to focus on one. The Everything Rhymes with Beef Jerky made with Roughtail Brewing Companies ERWO (Everything Rhymes with Orange for the uninitiated) ERWO is a juicy and flavorful IPA that works seamlessly to go with the Pineapple and Orange Teriyaki marinade of this jerky. It’s got a sweet citrusy flavor that catches you off guard at first, but then you can’t get enough of it. Finding this Jerky in the wild is getting easier every day, as they are hustling to get this delicious jerky out there, but you should be able to find it at most breweries, and quite a few other places that you can find on their website BoozyJerky.com. Rescue Dog Hot Sauce is a product that can tend to fly under the radar, but we happened to find them during one of our Brewery 36 brewokc.com
