I had the privilege of presenting a high gravity only beer dinner at the J Clyde on Saturday. I call it a privilege, but really it was a dirty job… but I did it, because I am That Kind Of Guy. No, no praise necessary. I Took One For The Team.
Grilled Gulf Shrimp served on [...]
Being a Team Player, I took on the onerous duty of working out which beers are best paired with pulled pork BBQ. I made the pulled pork myself, allowing a large chunk of pork to lie wreathed in mesquite smoke for 18 hours. It was indeed a hard task, but somehow we pulled through relatively [...]
Last night I had the honor of MC’ing Alabama’s first beer dinner featuring exclusively high gravity beers, in celebration of Free The Hops’ success raising the ABV limit on beer in Alabama. The J. Clyde hosted. Here’s a brief rundown of how the pairings faired:
Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza with a fresh garden salad mixed [...]
So I’ve fallen behind on reporting on all the food and beer combos I’ve been enjoying the past few days. Time for a little multi-pairing posting action. I have recently enjoyed…
North Coast Old Stock + dark chocolate. More of that 72% stuff from Whole Foods. I wasn’t at all sure of this one before trying [...]
This is more or less the quintessential Southern meal, no?
Good steak is a relatively rare treat for us, so I carefully weighed my beer options for this. I didn’t want to screw it up. On one hand, on this very website Stuart has been praising the virtues of red meat with malty beer pairings. On [...]
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