Danner on June 28th, 2009

Last night I had the honor of MC’ing Alabama’s first beer dinner featuring exclusively high gravity beers, in celebration of Free The Hops’ success raising the ABV limit on beer in Alabama.  The J. Clyde hosted.  Here’s a brief rundown of how the pairings faired:
Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza with a fresh garden salad mixed [...]

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Danner on June 8th, 2009

Poor, neglected Beerlicious.  In need of so much attention.  My spare energy has been heavily focused on passing the Free The Hops bill (do I hear an Amen?) and Magic City Brewfest (completely sold out in advance).  So little Beerlicious has sat here neglected and unloved for a few months.
At least that’s my story.  I [...]

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Danner on January 24th, 2009

The last time I attempted a pairing with one of these pizzas, it was an unmitigated disaster.  This time, however, I was working off the recent experiences of one “Doug,” Beerlicious contributor.  Doug had a good experience pairing up a Belgian strong dark with Italian food, so I figured that was a good direction to [...]

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