At a somewhat quieter than usual Beer 101 tonight, I had the chance to talk with the chef and tweak the pairings as I went along. I was quite pleased with the results….
Seafood Gumbo with Olde Towne Amber
If you haven’t had gumbo, you haven’t lived. Get some now! This pairing just confirmed my already solidly [...]
Give me a break. What does it take to find a good beer pairing with this dish?
This time it was a homebrewed tripel. A fine example of the style if I do say so myself. Previously I’d tried two different IPAs with a big fail. In contrast, I’ve had some success with pairing Belgian-style beers [...]
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Yes, round two with my world famous spaghetti with Italian sausage with creamy tomato sauce. Still top notch even as a leftover. I credit the perseverance of tastiness here to my keeping all the parts separate in the fridge. Sauce separate from noodles separate from sausage.
Serve it all up on a plate and microwave for [...]
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I had previously done a successful pairing with Sweetwater IPA and an Italian dish, but the food was kinda crudely thrown together, and it featured a cream sauce. I wanted to give it another go with a more properly-prepared Italian dish, and one featuring a tomato-based sauce. If I keep this blog going long enough [...]
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Ok, so the food was a bit low brow tonight. A chicken hot dog. But uncured, with no crazy additives, from Whole Foods. Plus, the sauerkraut! And the spicy mustard! And pretzels. And a pickle.
The wife is at school on Tuesdays. It’s every man for himself, people.
EKU 28 is doppelbockish. A slightly less intense Samichlaus. [...]
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Had some of Stuart’s homemade bangers today while sipping on a friend’s homebrewed Scottish 80 shilling ale. Excellent combo. Stuart’s going to have to make some more and give them to me and I’ll have to homebrew a Scottish ale to do this again. Loved it.
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I’ve been itching to try our red rye homebrew with some spicy food ever since I had a good experience pairing the He’Brew Lenny’s RIPA with a gordita. This one is very thick, syrupy, and cloudy from the 30% rye. And you can taste the rye right up front, while the hops finish it out. [...]
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It’s not DiGiorno, it’s delivery. Domino’s hand tossed with pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, and green peppers. Decent pairing with Left Hand Sawtooth Ale.
I was preparing to reheat some leftovers tonight when the wife requested delivery pizza. You don’t have to twist my arm to get pizza in me, so of course I went for it.
I was [...]
As prophesied, I went the leftovers route tonight. The bratwurst and German potatoes were still excellent three days later.
The beer pairing was not on par with the previous dopplebock pairing. I wanted to try something else malty, so I went with Schmaltz Brewing’s He’Brew Genesis Ale: the Chosen Beer. It’s a nice, mild beer which [...]
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I’m highly skeptical when people claim that beer from a particular country goes especially well with food from that country. That’s because the most common pairings you’ll hear mentioned are Corona with Mexican food, Peroni with Italian food, and Tsingtao with Chinese food. The naked truth is that there is only about this >< much [...]
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