Prem Meats Spring Green — Restaurant in Town of Spring Green

For the past two years, we have been generously given a significant amount of frozen, vacuum-packed beef from Prem Meats as a Christmas gift. Our portion each year has been something like 50lbs so, naturally, a lot of it has to be frozen long term.

Last year (2020), we were disappointed to notice that a very large percentage of the "vacuum" packages were either breached, poorly sealed, or just not evacuated, which quickly led to freezer burn. We assumed it was a one-time issue due to the pandemic and the relatively short turnaround time that our benefactors gave for the order.

Disappointingly, this year was the same. We have 20+ pounds of meat, including expensive cuts like a tenderloin roast and a 10+ lbs full packer brisket, that are not correctly sealed and are already after only a couple of weeks badly freezer-burned.

Since this stuff is a gift, there's nothing we can do about it. If I were the customer, I'd demand a refund. All we can do is encourage our benefactors and others not to make the same mistake - buy your 1/4 beef from...

The farmer we bought a half cow from had us pick up our beef from here. It was a smaller cow, but we buy organic grass fed/finished, which is always a smaller cow.

I requested the fat back. Picked up our order, no fat. I called, they directed me to the on-site butcher service, who took 2 days to get back to me. Apparently, there was literally no fat on half of the cow, so that was disappointing and somewhat hard to believe. But that is not the butcher shops fault specifically.

Although more communication of even a note on the cut sheet would have been nice. They also didn't label what the heart/liver/oxtail packages are, so I'm having to sort that out as well.

After writing the review, they did call the clarify the fat situation, so they are at least prompt in discussing a situation if you post...

Always stop when I am up there with dog when I am up there for dome bones. On this particular day I worked him real hard on the trails so I would get us something special for dinner. I picked up a couple of⁹ ribeyes for dinner. We hot home and I cooked them medium rare and bit into one piece. It was tough and no felavor. I woukd of been better to stop at Aldi to get a couple. Those steaks are good and full of flavor. I couldn't eat mine so i saved it forù didn't matter to him because he is a dog and he will eat just about anything.

PeoPeople e very nice and tge bones are always reasonably priced. When you pay around $40 on 2 and the quality they were just makes my head shake. Never getting steaks...