Secret ingredients in beer!

I've been into homebrewing beer for a number of years and have tried alot of pretty cool recipies.

Are there any really secret ingredients people have used?

Our local brewery (Banks's) did a speciality beer a couple of years ago that was made with curry powder. I certainly wouldn't recommend it!

Is it true that some beers such drop a slab of steak into the brewer to give that 'disgustingly thick' taste?

....hmmm, never tried it, but I'd like to see cinnamon in Beer....

hotsauce has been put in, too...can't remember which local brand.

Hoegaarden Grand-Cru is brewed with cinnamon, orange peel, and a few other extra ingredients...

Froach Scottish Ale uses heather flower instead of barley. It gives the beer a nice fruity flavor, without being too sweet. If you're in the states, getting fresh heather flower could prove difficult, though (even trying to find heather honey here is an exercise in futility)

have you ever tried honey and wheat beer? its really good

A freind of mine who dabbles in home brewing used dried banannas once. Ahem... er... very unique taste.

I heard that theres a beer brewed in canada called braindead and they use canibis which is the same family as hops