Nitrate-Free Bacon Tasting

It's a blind taste test. Help us settle the debate and decide the future of bacon at Greyskull.
To ensure Greyskull's menu truly reflects what our community wants, we are inviting you to weigh in on a crucial bacon debate.
We take our bacon seriously. We cure and smoke it ourselves, and lately, we've been experimenting with nitrate-free versions. There is good research around cutting back on nitrates, but ultimately, bacon is bacon—taste matters. We have done a few private tests with friends, and the results were close. Now, we want to open it up to you.
Come down for a blind tasting between our house-cured bacon and the nitrate-free version. You will try both, talk about what you think, and then taste them again once you know which is which. Would you switch for health reasons if the flavour was close? That is what we are trying to find out. Come be part of the conversation.
This event is completely free to attend. Sign up below and help us decide the future of bacon at Greyskull.
Upcoming Tasting Events
- Saturday, 5 Jul 2025 at 10am
Breakfast Pots Tasting
To ensure Greyskull's menu truly reflects what our community wants, we are inviting you to help shape the ultimate morning yumminess on the go for Hastings.
- Saturday, 5 Jul 2025 at 12pm
Nitrate-Free Bacon Tasting
To ensure Greyskull's menu truly reflects what our community wants, we are inviting you to weigh in on a crucial bacon debate.
- Saturday, 5 Jul 2025 at 2pm
Bacon & Champagne Tasting
To ensure Greyskull's menu truly reflects what our community wants, we are inviting you to help us elevate a truly joyous pairing: bacon and champagne.
- Sunday, 6 Jul 2025 at 1pm
Vegan Brunch Tasting
Our last vegan brunch dish worked across the board vegans loved it, and meat eaters ordered it too. But asparagus season is ending, and we need something new.
- Sunday, 6 Jul 2025 at 11am
Coffee Tasting Experience
As part of our mission to build Greyskull into a true community café, we're inviting you to help us design an extraordinary coffee experience for Hastings.