--- title: Walking Dead Beer Made Out Of Real Brain description: Or… braaaaains canonical: https://time.com/40891/theres-now-a-walking-dead-beer-made-out-of-real-brains/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-28T13:00:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:16.968Z og:title: There's Now A 'Walking Dead' Beer Made Out Of Real Brains og:description: Or… braaaaains og:url: https://time.com/40891/theres-now-a-walking-dead-beer-made-out-of-real-brains/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9687bfeaad8c477d/69868501e8524b2bd2601c4a/146104159.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3450 og:image:height: 1941 og:image:alt: Brain on green background og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There's Now A 'Walking Dead' Beer Made Out Of Real Brains twitter:description: Or… braaaaains twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9687bfeaad8c477d/69868501e8524b2bd2601c4a/146104159.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There's Now A 'Walking Dead' Beer Made Out Of Real Brains > Sponsored content. 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Philadelphia’s Dock Street Brewery made a [_Walking Dead_ inspired beer,](http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/brewery-walking-dead-beer-real-brains-article-1.1734298) for sale March 30, using brains as an ingredient. Perchance they are forgetting that humans have a more developed palate than the undead? [According to a press release, ](http://beerpulse.com/2014/03/dock-street-to-release-walking-dead-inspired-beer-made-with-brains-walker-on-330-2710/)Dock Street Walker is an “American Pale Stout brewed with wheat, oats, flaked barley, organic cranberry, and Smoked Goat Brains!” The cranberries don’t only create a “bloody hue,” but they provide a tart flavor. Much like human flesh. [The _Game of Thrones_ beer ](http://www.thedailymeal.com/we-tasted-new-game-thrones-beer-and-it-was-glorious/32614)wasn’t made with ground up dragons’ bones. 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