Steve Chvarak

Review of Johnsonville Sausage

I grew up in Sheboygan and loved Johnsonville brat...

I grew up in Sheboygan and loved Johnsonville brats. When I enlisted in the Air Force I couldn't find them anywhere. Then in the late 80s I finally found them in the commissary and then Wal Mart and then Sams. I was ecstatic I could grill brats the Sheboygan way Grilling them then putting them in a beer butter snd onion combination that was bubbling in in a large kettle. Several years ago i found some reviews that said the company had messed up their recipe for my loved brats. I sorta of disregarded those reviews all this time until last week when I grilled 3 12 packs of "Original" brats. Put them in beer butter and Onions just like always. Then I bit into one. It was TERRIBLE! The inside was dark brown and had a gritty consistency.. It seems the Johnsonville "Original" brat was no longer original at all! What was supposed to be pork inside the skin was no longer pork but some kind of tasteless grain? Unless Johsonville Sausage Company changes their recipe back to the "true original recipe, I will no longer grill their brats! I'm so sad I have to do this, but I've been recommending their original brat to anyone I see picking up a pack of brats from some other company. A lifelong association gone to hell!