I sincerely hope this doesn’t somehow come across as a knock against Highland Gaelic Ale — which is a fine beer — but it goes perfectly with this subpar Chinese takeout. Really, the Gaelic is a very good amber ale. Primo. It just happens to pair remarkably well with a less-than-mediocre food dish.
The food came [...]
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Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan may be one of the most versatile beers to pair with food. I’ve tried it with a number of dishes with great success. One recent pairing inspired me to get all artistic and take a photo of a Southern Pecan bottle framed by my homegrown bounty of tarragon. Some herbs do better [...]
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Poor, neglected Beerlicious. In need of so much attention. My spare energy has been heavily focused on passing the Free The Hops bill (do I hear an Amen?) and Magic City Brewfest (completely sold out in advance). So little Beerlicious has sat here neglected and unloved for a few months.
At least that’s my story. I [...]
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Goose Island Bourbon County Stout is a grand, grand thing. Thick and sweet with flavors of bourbon, oak, vanilla, roast, chocolate and alcohol. A massive 13% abv. It’s a force to be reckoned with. I chose it to pair with my stir fry because syrupy stouts can sometimes take on a hint of soy sauce [...]
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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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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 was downright inspired. The couscous was the “Israeli” couscous from Whole Foods, which is larger than most of the couscous you get in boxes at the store. I prepared it per the directions, with the addition of a few splashes of lemon juice and some fresh dill we had in the fridge from a [...]
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Been overdosing on pasta and pizza lately, and I needed a change of pace. I had no plans and no idea what to do, so I started rifling through the pantry and fridge to see what my options were.
Here are some green onions! A potato! Some coconut milk! I know we have some curry [...]
Started out accidental. I was sipping on a coffee oatmeal stout homebrew when the pizza man cometh. Life’s crazy right now, so not much cooking. We went with an old favorite, chicken, feta, sundried tomato, and garlic from Yankee Pizzeria.
My first instinct was to polish off the stout before digging into dinner. “Coffee stout won’t [...]
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“If people were really honest with themselves, they’d realize that sometimes they’d just rather have a beer.” So goes the recent Sam Adams commercial. Too true. For example, when you break out the Penzey’s Chili 9000 and cook up some red and yellow bell peppers, onions, and chicken, can you think of a better beverage [...]