yes chuck, it is indeed true

there IS a bacon beer


By Jennifer 8. Lee

Updated, 2:25 p.m. | There seems to be no end of experimentation and obsession with all things bacon, and people, both breathing ones and the animated variety, seem to like it.

There’s chocolate-covered bacon, the Bacon Explosion (heart attack in a bundle), bacon ice cream, bacon jam and bacon vodka.

People, wistfully, have been fantasizing about a bacon beer.

Brewers are obliging. Garrett Oliver of the Brooklyn Brewery has created limited quantities of bacon beer. And in Chicago, David Burke’s Primehouse at the James Hotel is serving bacon beer brewed by the executive chef, Rick Gresh, as part of a beer pairing menu. In Washington State, the Front Street Ale House on San Juan Island began offering a bacon beer on tap in spring of 2008. ......

pic: Brooklyn Brewery The Brooklyn Brewery has created a limited-edition bacon-flavored beer.