The craft

Made by hand.
Every week.

A Red Thorn sausage takes 1-2 days. Here is what happens on each of them.

The Red Thorn smoker being moved into position
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Butchery

On the block,
cut by hand.

Whote cuts arrive fresh and go straight on to the block. Philipp breaks each one down himself, trimming and grinding to specification, dialing in the meat-to-fat ratio product by product. Nothing industrial - every batch is watched over with care, start to finish.

Linking

Rolled and
tied by hand.

Natural casings are soaked overnight. The mince goes in slowly, fed through a crank and gear press. Each link twisted and tied individually — a little uneven, the natural result of doing it by hand rather than by machine.

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Freshly rolled Red Thorn sausages, just off the smoker
Sausages hanging on the acacia-wood smoker rack at Red Thorn Farm
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Smoking

Smoked over acacia,
the local way.

Acacia wood, sourced locally, cut and dried on the farm. No pellets, no liquid smoke. The sausages hang for about an hour. Philipp checks them by colour, by touch, and by smell. There is no probe and no app — just the fire, and time.

Packing & dispatch

Sealed, labelled,
out the door.

Each product is weighed, labelled, and vacuum-packed. Every label carries the sausage variety and smoke date. Refrigerated, the sausages stay fresh for 3 weeks; frozen, they keep for up to 3 months.

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Packing and labelling at Red Thorn Farm
There are five ingredients in a Red Thorn sausage. None of them are surprising. The work is in not adding the sixth.
Philipp Achammer, Founder
Made by hand, weekly

See what's on
the smoker.