Brooklyn Biltong Pepper & Coriander Grass Fed Beef Snack, 2 oz, Pack of 2

Classic! Simple ingredients, clean taste, medium thickness slices, not too dry, great coriander taste. Only 6 natural ingredients. Love it. Made in NC, not NYC - interestingly (I wonder if the factory manufactures for others).

Easy way to get protein. It has great flavor. It is on the chewy side. Love the convenience and that it's a "clean" product that is grass-fed.

I had ordered Brooklyn Biltong (original) a while ago in a 1 lb bag directly from the company website. It was great - very tender, very flavorful. Whether you think its accurate to South African homestyle biltong is subjective, but to me it had great flavor and was very tasty. Fast forward to last week (7/28/22) and my experience could not have been worse. Two bags arrived from Amazon (fulfilled by Brooklyn Biltong) and I was super excited to have it again. Both 16 oz bags were quite pressurized when they arrived. I opened one, reached in, and ... ick. The texture was fine, the tenderness was what I recall, but wow was the flavor off. It was like I ate a small handful of biltong coated in unscented hand soap powder or something like talc - EXTREMELY dry and left a weird "I can't get it out from under my tongue" feeling. Very strange. The first bag I opened was missing a proper ziploc either - it has only one side of a ziploc back. Whatever. I reached out to the company via email and phone and no reply now in about a week. I decided to open the other bag to see if maybe the one was just compromised by the seal or something - nope, also terrible. A real shame because I had recommended this brand to friends, too. Looking through reviews here on Amazon and it seems like it's the same story - very inconsistent product, sometimes moldy (ew?), no reply from the company in any form. So frustrating and this is NOT a cheap food product. Will not order this again.

**Please keep in mind that different people have differing tastes for how they like their jerky, so the below isn't necessarily a knock (except for one part), but to give an honest take on the product. I personally like my biltong fairly dry, maybe a bit chewy (because it's dry-er), but more than anything, I dislike chunks of fat. This biltong is pretty greasy (which might be someone's preference), but the aspect I dislike are the fairly regular chunks of just raw fat that come in the package. If I can tear off a quarter-sized piece of JUST fat, it's not my jam. Looking for something leaner, generally. I bought the original flavor, and it's ok - nothing special or distinctive and certainly nothing I would write home about, but also just pure beef flavor, nothing fancy.

Update (01/29/2021): I just recently got the sample packs (2oz) to try out the other two flavors (Steakhouse, Lemon) and I was pleasantly surprised as these were really good. My favorites are still the original and peri-peri. Peri-peri has a nice hit of spice. Love it. The quality is still the best I have ever had. The slices are perfect and the freshness is there. My suggestion is to get smaller bags, (2oz or the 8oz) as they stay fresher. It's almost impossible to keep any meat fresh for a long time so the 16oz bag is a challenge for anyone making biltong. Unless you have a full household of South Africans. In which case they will finish bag in no time. As a South African this is the only one to get and it doesn't make me feel like I need to go back to South Africa to get my biltong fix. Nice work Brooklyn Biltong. ------------------------------------------- Original review: Superb quality. Always sliced nicely and fresh. Of all the ones I have tried (you name it, I have tried it), this is also the best value. What I noticed with most other biltong offerings (Bull and Cleaver is one example), is they are all from Braaitime and repackaged/rebranded for the company who's selling it. From what I can tell Brooklyn Biltong does indeed do their own biltong which makes a huge difference. I am guessing it's lower yield but higher quality of biltong.

I really like this biltong. I've tried multiple US-made biltong products and this is the one of the few that meets my expectations for taste and texture in comparison to the authentic biltong I enjoyed for years when I vacationed in South Africa. The texture is moist and not too dry. The spice mix is good, but has less coriander than most traditional South African biltong, which can be a positive or a negative depending on your taste preferences. The best part is no sugar, which makes it great for those on Keto diets or low carbers. The only real downside is the price, which is one of the more expensive products on the market. If this came down, it would be easy choice to buy and stock monthly rather than take the time and effort in making my own biltong at home. Definitely worth a try if if you've been on the lookout for good biltong in the US.

*UPDATE TO POST* I only recommend purchasing the "original" Biltong flavor in the blue packaging that I originally gave a 5 start rating. I purchased 2 orders of 4 packages over the past 2 months and thoroughly enjoyed eating them. I unfortunately purchased for the first time an order of 2 packages of the "lemon pepper" flavor in the yellow packaging. The beef was very fatty and oily to the touch. The beef contained so much fat, it actually tasted very gamey. I thought I was eating lamb. I was very disappointed in the "lemon pepper" flavor. There is nothing worse that eating dried fatty beef. Stick with the original flavor and stay away from the lemon pepper flavor. *ORIGINAL POST* Great option for a high protein diet needed before major surgery. I was drinking 30 gm protein shakes and eating 20 gm yogurt cups in order to get ready for surgery. Adding Biltong was a great option for a high protein snack.

Excellent. Soft. Savory. Delicious! I only discovered biltong recently so I’m trying different brands. It’s so much better than typical jerky. There is no comparison. And sugar free naturally!