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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Sigh.  Malty beers continue to give me fits.  This was another failed pairing.  Again, the beer was excellent, and the food was good.  But put them together and… ugh.
Eggenberg is the same brewery that produced the famed Samichlaus, the strongest lager in the world.  It’s also the only Austrian brewery I’m familiar with.
Tonight I went [...]

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