![]() You really can’t go wrong here I let the spice guide me. Düsseldorf has plenty of flavorful spice but no heat. On the other side of the coin, the blander brat should be dressed with spicy mustard or if you don’t like the heat, use the delicious Düsseldorf. For example, a spicy mettwurst is loaded with crushed red pepper, so a yellow style will enhance the heat of the pepper where as a spicy brown will cause conflict between the spices. I call this the ying yang effect of sausage and mustard. My pairing strategy is to allow the flavor and spice level of the meat and mustard to contradict, but also complement each other. Your guests will be dumfounded with the options, so be prepared to recommend the right mustard for the sausage. In the picture, I have some of my favorites Brooklyn Lager, Rhinegeist Hustle, 21st Amendment High or Hell Watermelon and Budweiser. A Wheat, Rye, Pale Ale, IPA and definitely a Lager. This is the fun part grab multiple ‘sixers’ of different styles. Mix in a few more of the following Polish, Kielbasa, Italian, all beef hot dogs, Beer brats, Chorizo or possibly some type of chicken or turkey sausage. FYI, brats are the white ones and metts are the red ones. I mentioned the minimum is 3, but if you want to truly impress I’d go with 5 or 6.īrats and Hot Mettwurst are mandatory. It is great, just ask the Cincinnati Mustard club. ![]() If it is payday, buy an exotic like the tough to find Handmaiers from Germany at $7 a tube. My favorite mustard is ‘Cleveland Stadium Mustard’, being from Cincinnati I’m not fond of Cleveland but they make a great brown mustard. At a minimum, I’d recommend purchasing the 3 essential styles yellow, spicy brown and choose between a brown or Düsseldorf style. In this case, it’s the Mustard that will make or break this event. Grocery ListĬondiments are the glue that keeps your menu together. Here is a grocery list and a pairing strategy that will impress your guests, even the hipsters. ![]() ![]() Or, you can be a complete dweeb and act like it is 1998 and go buy hamburgers, ketchup and a case of low-calorie and low-taste beer. By choosing the right combination of sausages, mustards and beer you can turn your next cookout into a ‘Sausage Fest’. ![]()
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