Too many people are willing to accept watery mass brands for their drinking pleasure, simply because of advertising. They carry that through into their cooking as well.
I refuse to accept this – that’s why I became involved in beer culture – so I kicked this recipe up a notch by using an Imperial [...]
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This is my favorite way to do food & beer pairings — stumble across something totally unexpected that’s amazingly good.
I already had a glass of Oktoberfest poured up when I decided to serve up a helping of homemade peach cobbler. I never dreamed the two would compliment each other.
Lo and behold, the gentle sweetness and [...]
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 [...]
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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Accepting the gauntlet of extensive testing – because, you know, we are willing to “take one for the team”, and Valentine’s Day made it appropriate – we tried various pairings with a Canadian Stout.
The stout is warm and rich, with a dark coffee bitterness. How does it stand up to chocolate?
First up: Moser Roth 70% [...]
Just to prove the veracity of an earlier comment, I paired up a bottle of the St-Ambroise Oatmeal Stout with a few nubs of dark chocolate (72%, “Endangered Species” brand from Whole Foods, which helps support efforts to preserve endangered species). I think the chocolate here may have actually been just a tad too bitter, [...]
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Continuing my theme of “darker British beers go well with red meat”, I paired Three Floyds Robert the Bruce Ale with beef pot roast.
Three Floyds are one of the best known brewpubs, famed in the beer world for their Dark Lord Imperial Stout. Robert the Bruce is their Scottish style ale, broadly similar to a [...]
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Mmmmm… I’ll bet that title just made your mouth water. Deciding to forego beer with dinner (shocking, I know), I broke out a tripel homebrewed with a jaggery sugar to pair with a low-fat key lime pie that my wife whipped up. The pie used a fair amount of actual lime juice, so despite the warning that [...]
When I mention pairing dessert and beer to people, I get some very weird looks. Once I explain that dark beers – porters and stouts – have a flavour profile that is very much like coffee, the same people become curious and willing to try something new.
A truly outstanding pairing is cheesecake and a good [...]