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Re: Ingredients not normally found in beer
« Reply #30 on: May 08, 2021, 10:03:39 am »
What about milk, cheese, fermented foods like pickles or sauerkraut, mustard, and catsup?  Also, others you might think of.

I would think vinegar would have a negative effect on yeast as it is used as a preservative. I have however wondered about tomatoes???

The gentleman (now deceased) who taught me how to brew would drink almost anything.  One day he mixed half a bottle of mass-market lager with tomato juice and offered it to me.  I thought it was a waste of both ingredients.


I think that's just a Clamato. Very popular with the hispanics around here. Can be purchased premixed at just about any grocery store.

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Re: Ingredients not normally found in beer
« Reply #31 on: May 08, 2021, 08:11:10 pm »
What about milk, cheese, fermented foods like pickles or sauerkraut, mustard, and catsup?  Also, others you might think of.

I would think vinegar would have a negative effect on yeast as it is used as a preservative. I have however wondered about tomatoes???

The gentleman (now deceased) who taught me how to brew would drink almost anything.  One day he mixed half a bottle of mass-market lager with tomato juice and offered it to me.  I thought it was a waste of both ingredients.


I think that's just a Clamato. Very popular with the hispanics around here. Can be purchased premixed at just about any grocery store.

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There’s a lot more in a Clamato Beer than just tomato juice and mass market lager. 

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Re: Ingredients not normally found in beer
« Reply #32 on: May 09, 2021, 05:35:53 am »
Whatever. I'm not ever drinking one.

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Re: Ingredients not normally found in beer
« Reply #33 on: May 09, 2021, 08:01:06 am »
We used to call them Bloody Beers - using Bloody Mary mix with a beer.  It was a reasonable substitute for the real thing when no vodka was on hand.  A Brunch time weekend drink.
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Re: Ingredients not normally found in beer
« Reply #34 on: May 09, 2021, 09:16:05 am »
I do like a spicy Bloody Mary especially when hung over on vacation and needing a drunk -- errr jump start.

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Re: Ingredients not normally found in beer
« Reply #35 on: May 09, 2021, 03:24:50 pm »
Whatever. I'm not ever drinking one.

Amen, to that.  One, without the clam juice, was enough for me.
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