Rooting around the basement the other day I came across some old rat traps I forgot I'd put in strategic places about a year ago. Guess what was in them? Yup, wretched, rotting rats. Well, except one of them was actually a small mouse but like rats, it had a tail. Just smaller. Thinking about the Good Rats song and knowing that Guiness puts meat (likely live rats, kind of like cooking live crab) in their brew I wondered what would happen if I used rat tails as a flavoring for beer. Just the tails mind you. I'm not trying for a Guiness clone by any means but one thing I hear over and over again is "experiment with your beer". So experiment I did. Yikes! The yeast must really like rotting fur and meat because my air lock practically blew off the carboy during the initial fermentation process. In another week I'll rack it, chill it and then carbonate it. Who's up for some RAT TAIL BELGIAN?
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