Duck Rabbit beer dinner at Woodfire Grill
Last night Jeff, Hannah, Teddy, Jeff’s dad, Andy, Gretchen and I went to the Duck Rabbit beer dinner at Woodfire Grill. Teddy, in typical deadbeat-1-month-old fashion, was NOT a paying customer. He brought his own milk, something frowned upon at nicer restaurants. Fortunately Bernard, one of the owners of Woodfire Grill, was a gracious host, [...]
Spent grain beer bread, Monday Night style
Mmmm. There isn’t much better than warm bread, especially when someone else makes it. Matt and Kate took some of our spent grain home awhile ago and last night they offered up the fruits (or carbohydrates) of their labor: some delicious spent grain beer bread, made with grains from either our scotch ale or our [...]
Will drink with meat
Wow, that title is way too clever, even for me, the proverbial KING of clever. We’ve been planning for our party (March 15–sign up to come on our sidebar) and Will has graciously volunteered his meat-smoking skills. Last night he brought over some brisket and chicken to try with our stout, hefeweizen and IPA. I [...]
More like Super-Duper Bowl!
Our Superbowl lineup of non-Monday-Night beers. We didn’t venture far from the fold. Dogfish Head IBA and 60 Minute IPA are old standbys at this point. When it comes to pairing food and beer for a Superbowl, there are a few rules. One of them: anything goes well with homemade chili cheese fries.
Oh– and the [...]
Troy invites us to his weekly rabbit/beer pairing
After making fun of Troy for being pretentious enough to talk about the virtues of pairing a Flemish sour with rabbit, he decided to make us eat crow rabbit. And eat rabbit we did. Troy served us up some tasty appetizers. I called it cheesy bread, but apparently it was a bit more complex. Something [...]
More experimentation with food and beer – this time OUR beer
Andy and I traveled to what seems the end of the world last night (it was actually 30 miles north) to pick up the remaining case of beer we brewed for the BMW Sport Touring Club. Mark and Christine were nice enough to have us over for dinner. And boy howdy, Mark can cook some [...]
Andy further explores food and beer pairings… and succeeds
Our friend Andy has recently embarked upon a crusade to make beer and food pairings his bitch. Last night marked the second chapter in this poignant saga. The most delightful of his stylings, by far, was his dessert dish: fried plantains in a rum, cinnamon and brown sugar glaze (Andy, correct me if I’m wrong).
He [...]
