Big Fork Brands Partners with Two Brothers Brewing for Bacon & Ale Sausage
CHICAGO, IL – June 1, 2016: Chicago’s Big Fork Brands, maker of craft bacon sausage announces its newest flavor, Bacon & Ale Bacon Sausage. Big Fork Brands has paired up with Two Brothers Brewing Company, located in Warrenville, IL to create a Bacon & Ale Sausage. Big Fork uses antibiotic-free pork and nitrite-free hardwood smoked uncured bacon along with Two Brothers’ Abel’s Weiss to create a collaboration of two crafts, (sausage and beer) combined into one amazingly tasty sausage.
Two Brothers’ Abel’s Weiss is a food-friendly craft Hefe Weizen beer with mellow yeast notes and nice malty sweetness. This Hefe Weizen pairs perfectly with the smoky sweet bacon in Big Fork’s sausage line.
Craft beer is huge! In 2015, the number of American craft breweries surpassed the all-time record set in 1873. And year-end data found craft purchases increased nearly 19 percent between 2014 and 2015, drawing more than $2.9 billion, according to research firm IRI. Big Fork predicts craft sausage, such as their Bacon & Ale, can capture the hearts and minds just like the craft beer industry has done over the last 10 years.
“Those who enjoy craft beer will also enjoy the Bacon & Ale craft sausage,” says, Lance Avery, Chef/Founder of Big Fork Brands. “Many more consumers identify with quality in all levels of the food world, not just in beverages. Here at Big Fork we do it differently, cramming as much bacon into every encased meat that we create. We believe that bacon makes everything better, and we’re making sausage better with bacon.”
The Bacon & Ale is the 8th flavor of Big Fork’s sausage line. The others include: Hickory & Applewood (the original), Cracked Black Pepper, Maple & Brown Sugar, Aged Cheddar, Portabella, Spicy-3 Pepper, and Chicken & Bacon.
Big Fork Bacon Sausage can also be purchased online at peapod.com and Baconfreaks.com. Big Fork also works with small independents and co-ops around the Midwest as well as 10 Chicagoland Costcos, Raley’s in California, Central Markets in Texas, and starting in mid-June 2016, all Whole Foods in Illinois.
About Big Fork Brands: Big Fork is a family-owned craft sausage company that works with family farmers. Our artisan sausage is made with antibiotic-free pork and bacon from Berkshire Hogs raised outdoors in Iowa. We start with nitrate-free, uncured, hardwood-smoked bacon and add antibiotic-free pork, dark brown cane sugar, and sea salt. Big Fork Bacon Sausage is naturally-encased and smoked using a combination of hickory and applewood. Our sausage is made in the traditional smokehouse way, with one difference: we cram as much bacon into every sausage. Our philosophy is simple: bacon makes everything better, and we’re making sausage better with BACON. We keep it pure and simple, letting Big Fork’s pork and smoky bacon flavors shine. For more information visit www.Bigforkbrands.com
