Danner on November 7th, 2009

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 [...]

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Danner on February 28th, 2009

Not sure if this officially qualifies as pizza.  It has no sauce.  You cover the crust with provolone, then add slices of pear, then sprinkle some crumbled gorgonzola, and finally add some nuts.  Supposed to be walnuts, but all we had was pecans, and that worked well, too.
If you’ve ever had gorgonzola, you know [...]

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Doug on January 18th, 2009

Inspired by Danner’s Gueuze post, I thought I’d pull out a review I did of my first Gueuze.  Cantillon’s 100% Organic Gueuze was my first Gueuze, although I have had lambics and Flanders Reds before, so I knew somewhat what to expect. Upon cracking it open, I immediately caught a whiff of that “horse blanket” [...]

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