Very recently, a new artisan sausage and jerky shop opened in Ann Arbor called Biercamp.
Friday night we hosted a party. For 2 people. (That would be myself + huz). Yessss. I guess our excuse was that it was in celebration of the huz’s recent promo, and we both just wanted a chill evening after a long week. ..And also needed to re-watch HP7: Part I one more time in preparation for Saturday night’s viewing of HP7: Part II in IMAX3D (booyah).
After work we drove down to State Street to purchase a bounty of meat from Biercamp. The shop was quite cute inside – I liked it. Mason jar lighting, brick walls, interestingly-patterned ceilings – lots of character!
Long summer days = freaky shadow face:
Our bounty!:
We came home with:
- Quatro Crazy beef jerky
- Italian Ricotta meatballs
- Michigan Maple beef jerky
- Biercamp Jerky Pate
- Hot Italian Sausage
- Sweet Onion, Cheddar, and Asparagus Bratwurst
Back at home, I cooked up half of the Sweet Onion, Cheddar, and Asparagus Brats in a skillet. These were incredibly delicious, and the favorite item of both the huz and myself. Super flavorful!!
I also cooked the Italian Ricotta Meatballs on the stovetop. These were good, I’d say even very good, but not my very favorite. I think the seasonings could use a little tweaking. I dipped these in pizza sauce (yes, I keep pizza sauce as a condiment in my fridge – don’t ask), which was an excellent combo.
To go with our meat-filled dinner, we picked up a few accompaniments on the way home, including a loaf of Pizza Bread from Great Harvest.
So cheesy and moist!
We also picked up a block of Tillamook Sharp Cheddar and I cubed up some Swiss Cheese I had on hand.
We created quite the spread! Clockwise, we have:
- Cubed Sharp Cheddar and Swiss
- Red Grapes
- Michigan Maple Jerky <- nice and smoky, good texture, but needs more flavor!
- Quatro Crazy Jerky <- awesome! very hot!
- Italian Ricotta Meatballs
- Sweet Onion, Cheddar, & Asparagus Brats <- our fave
- Jerky Pate (+ chips for dipping) <- my second fave. Swoonworthy!!!
- Sliced Great Harvest Pizza Bread
Meatballs + Brats.
Clearly I need to host more parties. Look at this amazing spread.
Dessert!:
All in all, we were very pleased with our Biercamp purchases! The prices seemed reasonable, everything we tried was delicious, and I look forward to trying more items in the future. I will be using the Hot Italian Sausage in a recipe later this week and let y’all know how it is. This was a fun dinner, and a relaxing way to spend an evening.
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UPDATE: Read about our second trip to Biercamp here!!
Impressive dinner spread! Someone forwarded this to us & I remembered you as soon as I saw the pics! We REALLY appreciate you guys stopping in, especially since we’re so very new. We’re just getting started & plan to do much, much more so we hope to see you back in again!
-Hannah & Walter (Biercamp)
Thanks for stopping by! We loved all our purchases and I can’t wait to try more! I’ve been craving that Onion, Cheddar, and Asparagus brat for days now – must get more!
Oh good! Well I must have commented about 4 times now on this post, apparently I don’t know how to use my computer – so sorry in advance for the stalker-ish repeat comments if they all show up! 🙂 Great blog by the way – we’re pretty new to the area so its great to see you’ve reviewed a ton of places we’ve been wanting to try!
Hahaha, I respect the comment ‘love.’ 😀 Glad you like it! I like to think I’m pretty familiar with the Ann Arbor dining ‘scene’ but in actuality I’m probably just the creeper girl yanking out her camera, taking pics of her food. 😉
This looks awesome. I’m glad to see this new and unique addition to the areas food scene. I can’t wait to check out Biercamp myself.
Very cool comments from Biercamps ! MOM
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