midwest nice vs southern hospitality needs to happen

I said it before and I will say it again: Charlie Berens is Wisconsin's gift to the rest of America!

Charlie, watching you in a cooking segment is like watching an amateur cleaning a loaded pistol. One wants to jump in to help, but is paralyzed to do so because one feels that something special is going to happen.

Actually sounds pretty good. Cherries & orange with porkchops is good. Makes sense to have same flavor profile for a brat.

"Tupperware, it's dealers choice" 🤣🤣

"Like a '78 Chevy in the snow, pump the brakes a little" had me dying, I used to drive my great grandfather's '78 Chevy C10, and it was absolute shit in the snow.

Imagine his neighbors seeing this and being like what is Charlie doing again 🤦‍♂️

LMAO "Germs cannot spread through cherry juice. Them's just facts." I died.

I love hearing him talk about grandpa bob

"....right next to the nightcrawlers." Do not get so lit that you'll confused them with the brats.

"like a 78 Chevy in the winter" too true my buddy drives a 78 nova that he has to pump the brakes before semis start braking to stop in the next state over lol

It's the forgetting the plates that hits me in the truth spot.

“Two or tree after a baptism” 😂 The Catholic way. Jesus’ first miracle was keeping the party going at a wedding with some wine, God Bless. Much love Charlie

I would cook the sauerkraut in the leftover marinade, fry that up on the old cast-iron skillet oh so good!

Greetings. We call cool whip containers Dutch Tupperware here in south central Iowa. Usually storage for frozen fish leftover ham balls or potato salad. I have never left a family function without one.

I hope you know that this will be going on my cook book. EXACTLY how it was said, all seven pages.

Put em in the fridge next to the night crawlers.😂 A true fisherman too. That’s where my family keep ‘em!

I lived in Fond Du Lac while Mr Bob was the cook of Walleye Week...it is considered a sacred rite and privilege up here in Wisconsin to be the brat griller

i made my own sauerkraut and its better than any store bought so now i need to get some brats its gunna be a good old fashioned weekend for sure thanks charlie

I saw bacon of different flavors for sale at the Pick n Save meat counter and had to have them clarify what they meant by "old fashioned". Needless to say, I was a little disappointed they simply meant regular, thick bacon.

Thank you for the important details of Grandpa’s recipe. Must use buck knife 🔪 two, TREE or even four times. Love it!! Also, LOVE sauerkraut! That’ll make everything taste perfect! 😋

this might be the most wisconsin video I've ever seen, got a lot of fun bits in there, wonderful stuff

"Cooking brats at the cow palace" This has a different feel if you lived near Darien. 🤣

I moved away from the midwest a long time ago but this guy brings me back.......love it!!

Watched every video on a week long binge with my dad, so keep the content rolling, absolutely love it

Getting ideas here; instead of kraut and marinade separately, cook down some red cabbage with the marinade to top the brat with.

My girlfriend is from Appleton, WI. She loves these videos and always tells me how this is exactly how living in WI is

“Gosh darn it to shoot!” Yesss so midwestern’ !!! 🤣🤣🤣 Also “tickles the boogers” 🤣 I love this guy.

“4 fingers high for the brandy” *fills up the whole jar* 😂😂😂😂 That’s the correct way to cook midwestern style! My grandpa cooks the SAME WAY 😂😂

Just a thought but maybe they burn more easily because of the sugar in the cherry gunk?

When you learn that your grandpa Bob is more famous than you will ever be...

Charlie if I can call you this way…. You are hilarious. Cheers from french Quebec , Canada. You have a lot of talent. Merci !

'm starting to sense a contest coming on here. He did say youse guys should perfect it. The Charlie Berens Old Fashioned Brat Festival where everyone makes their version and he judges the best one. The contest should be held in a Fleet Farm or Kwik Trip parking lot. Probably Fleet Farm, there's more room, and if you forget any equipment you can just run inside.

The Old Fashioned: It makes everything taste better. "two tree cherries..."😂

Grilling in your front yard ,so funny . Love your videos

This video has caused my May Long Weekend calendar to go from barren to pregnant with liquor and sausage. I will forevemore refer to "May Long" as Charlie's Weekend.

Those actually look pretty tasty! When I saw this title, I wasn't sure if it was about Old Fashioned Brat(wurst)s or Old Fashioned Brats (like Bart Simpson).

I appreciate how the only time you swear is when it comes to football rivalries. True American hero

Marinade would have been gone before the brats start in our house

Oh Jeez Louise 🫢

Awesome recipe! Many culinary masterpieces happen by accident. I'd work on the fine points (like not piercing or burning the brats) though, Charlie. XO ❤️

I got a brat with sauerkraut in the fridge, so I'm gonna make it happen Greetings from across the Lake! Tell your folks I says hi

This might be sacrilege, but there's a technique for spiralling brats to give them more surface area for grilling and increase tastiness. It would probably allow more penetration of marinade as well. Chef John at Food Wishes just demonstrated this on a YT segment recently. You basically insert a wooden skewer through the length and cut around in a spiral. The skewer prevents too deep cutting.

“On accident” - very very hilarious!

I actually found if you drop the raw brats in a pot of liquid on the grill and let that come to a strong simmer, and then finish them on the grill, gets you perfectly cooked brats every time. I also found after pre-cooking a few dozen that way, the liquid becomes flammable from the brat juices.

That actually sounds really good, might try it next time I fry up some brats

Right out of the gate, “and just like me, it happened on accident”. 😂

~thank you~ for using charcoal also that was the proper reaction to a brat casing bursting. griller has the right to cuss about it, all backseat grillers are allowed one good through-the-teeth inhale or an "ah geez" under their breaths as they take a sympathy pull on their beers/cigarettes.

That story about Grandpa was great, and that photo looks fantastic. Cheers! Go Pack Go! 💚💛🧀

I fukken lost it at "...like a '78 Chevy in the snow"!!!

Didn’t realize we’re still singing the Beer Barrel Polka. Love that!

An old fashioned with brandy. Never heard that one before

Charlie might just be the sexiest man alive.

My cat loved this video.

I make my fresh cranberry sauce with brandy, angostura, orange zest and cherries. It’s delicious!

You are one of the few comedians I watch where I hang onto every word....there's important stuff in there.😁

We use the old fashioned beer & onion marinade - Use German Kraut it is the best ! Yeah use that beer some yuppie brought to the last cook-out that nobody would drink...or Guinness

I've worked for a master chef and many chef who have worked and studied all over America and I will say this actually sounds like it works very well. Think I will be making some homemade ol fashion brats this summer as a test run .. cherry citrus and brandy infused brats sounds like I am going to leave put the bitters though quinine is great for drinks but I dont know about eating it .. maybe a nice mustard glazed with it would work .. I am pumped this sounds good

Now I want an old fashioned. I mean brat. Hey this way I can have both! Thanks dere, Charlie!

Charlie! My friend got me your old fashioned shirt at fleet farm when she went to visit family in IA, and I wear it proudly down here in FL 💁‍♀️

I had the completely wrong idea of this video. I was expecting a comedic brat impersonation of some sort. Cheers from Texas.

Cooking with Charlie! Keep er movin

My Nonna had the same container technique as you Charlie, so when opening a ricotta container we were never really sure it'd be ricotta. 😄🙏💙🦘

Thanks, Charlie, for helping to start Summer off right! You're da best dere, guy!

How this ended up in my recommended list, I do not know. Do I love it? Yes. Yes I do.

I will definitely do that next time we have Brats! I discovered Southern Comfort in teriyaki sauce kind of the same way. YUM!

Ok Charlie, we need to collab ASAP.

My dad's family is from Three Lake, WI. I smile everytime I see Charlie's videos. I loved being out there. They are wonderful people of excellent and hardy stock.

Blown out brat casing AND brandy in an old fashioned? Finally, I can be proud to be a Bears fan.

The cool whip and country crock container is too correct

I really missed your cooking Midwestern recipes and cocktail videos! Please do more of these!!!! 😋 😂

this actually has a ton of potential. Do the old fashioned marinade and then fry the Brats and add in the marinade to deglaze the pan. cook down till it's a syrup and the brats are cooked. Top with mango and bacon on a grilled bun.

A very sophisticated twist on the liquor ball sandwich

Hm. Interesting. I don't have any brats, or liquor, but do have a package of knackwurst, some lemons & a 4 year old bottle of cherry cough syrup... 🤔

My grandma used to play Beer Barrel Polka on her piano at all our family gatherings. Deep Wisconsin. LOL!

It’s always the Cool Whip containers 🫙

Should do a collab with Ordinary Sausage and make an old fashioned sausage from scratch.

Charlie Berens is now a cooking channel

For a minute there, I thought the Fire Department was coming. This actually looks pretty good.

Not gonna lie, this looks delicious. I prefer bourbon to brandy for my old fashions, but I think either would go great with brats for a change of pace vs beer brats.

The stupid KZfaq did not notify me you had a new video!!! I love you, I love these clips, I need them to stay sane! I’m in California wishing I was a Wisconsinite

I accept your challenge, and shall return when the time is right.

I once spilled my Bourbon when I was cooking my chili, best damn thing ever.

The night before, I’d take a Tupperware container & fill it will beer & maple syrup. Throw brats in & the next night throw on the grill. PERFECTION.

Double finger dipping is really the only proper way to get maraschino cherries out of the jar when you're eating them in front of the open fridge at 2AM. It's especially refreshing during the hot summer months

I'm not the only one who does this. I marinated my tofu "dogs" with an old fashioned. I was drunk and spilled it on them while I was marinating a different set in liquid smoke and steak sauce. It only come in a 4 pack so the two I was marinating in smoke and steak sauce were in the container going to the barbeque. The container with the spilled drink became mine because the kids can't have them and hubby is not vegan as far as he knows at home. They were amazing not sure if meat absorbed it as well.

Jeebus cripes. He busts out the cool whip container whilst nodding to the country crock one. Absolute slayer.

Glad you had the grill AWAY from the house. Having been in a house fire as a kid was no fun. I always have mine in the middle of the yard like you do. I also have a water hose nearby. Safety first. Keep 'er movin'. 👍

That unironically looks good

Un-ironically, this actually looks pretty good

You have to watch this video two tree times before you fully appreciate it.

I think I’ll keep the old fashioned in the glass. When the brats are cooked put them in a pot on the side burner, with beer and cut onions!!

"Take your marinade and spill it into the sauce pan"..... 🤣🤣🤣 fuck yea I will

I love you Charlie Berens. I love you even more when you make a video with your fly open. Thank you and God bless.

You need to have your own tv series.

You know Charlie, I’m heading up to Alaska tomorrow night, ya want me to bring you some fish back? I can provide the main course for the next Friday Fish Fry party up north.

My intestines throw a giant tantrum whenever I eat pork so I'm living viacariously through you lmao

I think it would be cool if they did a short on each state. what I mean is how a person from each state would act and talk.

Gosh darn it to Shoot. That sounds like something Hank Hill would say.😂😂

I freaking love this guy!!👍😆😆