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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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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