“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 [...]
In recent days I have had Bell’s Expedition Stout and Old Dominion Oak Barrel Stout with chili. These are two very different beers, the first being an Imperial Stout, the second being a regular stout. The flavour profiles of the two beers are radically different, with the Imperial Stout, as expected, being very much richer [...]