Alcohol infused sausages from Northern Irish family butcher

Northern Irish butcher Maguire's Meats has launched two alcohol infused sausages aimed at the barbecue season.

Based at Irvinestown in county Tyrone, the family butchers launched a vodka and Red Bull sausage, followed by a Captain Morgan Spiced Rum and Club Orange sausage.

Keelan Maguire of the Maguire's Meats said that his team were developing some unique flavours for customers this barbecue season. When creating flavours, "the crazier the better", said Maguire.

"The feedback on the new sausages has been very good actually," he continued. "The vodka and Red Bull sausage took off all together. The Captain Morgan ones have also been attracting considerable interest."

The vodka and Red Bull flavoured sausages had been launched first and were proving immensely popular.

The butcher is also developing an 'Orchard Thieves' Irish cider and pork burger. The business doesn't just use alcohol as inspiration for its products. It has also launched a potato and cheese and onion crisp sausage. The creative sausages come ahead of Meat Trades Journal's inaugural Big Sausage Week, taking place between 31 October and 06 November.

The event has been created to provide a platform for sausage producers across the UK, celebrating all things about the Great British banger. The week will build up to the annual Champion of Champions competition, designed for any sausage producer that has won a recognised competition between 1 July 2016 and 1 September 2017.