Judgment Day is a Belgian-style Quadrupel brewed with raisins. It’s pretty well-received by the BeerAdvocate crowd. Lost Abbey seems to be getting mythical status with the BA folks, having no beer rated less than a ‘B’ and many beers at the ‘A+’ level. Whatareyougonnado? Belgian-style beers are exceedingly popular, for good reason. And no [...]
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I’m a fan of fried pickles. I think they are quite possibly, nature’s most perfect food. (Maybe not…but I wanted to convey that I really like fried pickles.
Some of my favourite fried pickles come from the J. Clyde. They’re little bits of panko-crusted goodness, that are brilliant when paired with a Rogue [...]
Cheese and barleywine
This is part two of a linked two part article looking at pairing barleywine and cheese. The first part looked at it from the barleywine perspective, this part looks at the cheese perspective.
Borough Market Quicke’s Cheddar
A full, rich traditional Cheddar aged for a minimum of 18 months bound in linen and covered in [...]
Barleywine and Cheese
This is part one of a linked two part article looking at pairing barleywine and cheese. The second part will look at the flip side, pairing cheese with barleywine.
Mikkeller Big/Worse
A Danish barleywine.
Flavour is sweet and fruity, making this a very easy to drink beer. It does not play very well with the cheese [...]
Each year for Valentine’s Day my wife and I forgo the typical high-priced prix fixe menus and predictably poor service that accompanies dining out on Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve, and Mother’s Day. Instead, we indulge ourselves in a gourmet meal, which I prepare, followed by dessert, which my wife prepares.
This year, we settled on filet mignon, [...]
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Wrap your mind around this one. Decadent mini cupcakes paired with robust English Porter. Remember cupcakes? Well, they’re out. Apparently, making mini cakes has become passé. Now making mini cupcakes are all the rage. Yep, you heard it here first. Beerlicious is on the cutting edge of pastry fashion. Here’s how I found out. Last Thursday, [...]
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Frozen microwaved pizza. But really heavy on the garlic, which can make anything good.
I really had no basis for choosing this pairing. It was just a case of “I wonder how this will taste,” which is something I do quite a bit of.
Beamish is the same style as Guinness, but a bit more flavorful. But [...]
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This may have been a once-in-a-lifetime pairing. I hope not.
This past saturday, the family and I went to The Exceptional Foundation’s Fifth Annual Chili Cookoff in Homewood Park. The event was widely advertised on Live 100.5 since a.) they were a sponsor, and b.) 100.5 artist Tim Brantley was one of the live performances, and it was ridiculously crowded. [...]
I’m a big fan of breakfast food. Huge fan. Most Saturdays you’ll find me cooking up some hearty breakfast containing eggs and/or bacon.
However, I never drink beer at breakfast, and have no desire to do so. So I’ve been intending for some time to do a “breakfast for dinner” thing to try a beer pairing [...]
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Re-visiting the St Ambroise Stout with a bit more of a challenge – paired with a nice spicy chili. Would the stout’s feathers be ruffled by the spice?
Of course not. The rich coffee flavour perfectly complements the chili and moderates the heat, without becoming harsh or unpleasant.
As for the brownies? Well… they are chocolate. See [...]
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