Posts Tagged: Beer and Food
What Better Theme For A Festival Than Beer And Pie?
Posted by on Thursday, February 14, 2008 in - 8 comments
I have read with shocked surprise¹ important news this evening from the Beverly Guardian from the town of that name in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England: • “I READ that Beverley Town Council rate payment will be up by 25%, then it states where the cash will go. Whilst I endorse most of this …
Norway: Norwegian Wood, HaandBryggeriet, Drammen
Posted by on Monday, February 4, 2008 in - 7 comments
Now is winter. Not the Yule of six weeks ago or the date on the calendar when the sun sat lowest in the sky. Now is the darkness greatest...because the Super Bowl has been won but pitchers and catchers have yet report. • In order to get me through to the first games of spring training at the end …
UK Grocery Shoppers Buying More Ale Than Last Year
Posted by on Sunday, January 13, 2008 in - 2 comments
There is a lot of talk about food and beer as well as the shifting of beer in the UK into the home and out of the pub. This latter trend is the sort of thing that might force Stonch to break out the red flag and arm the barricades but I am a devoted stash builder and home tippler. Why? Sure there …
Session 8: Food and Beer With Lucy Saunders
Posted by on Friday, October 5, 2007 in - leave a comment
Most excellent! I forgot it was session day today and the topic is food and beer as picked by the poetical industrial complex behind Beer Haiku Daily. As it happens, a few weeks ago...or more likely months...beer cook extraordinaire Lucy Saunders was kind enough to forward a review copy of her …
Beer Cocktails Revisited And Then Run From
Posted by on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 in - 4 comments
A while back we were all yapping about beer cocktails, meaning putting not-beer in beer to make something that allegedly improved beer. I was not moved. I called them signs of the end times. Today, hunting out a story I think I came across the shadow of the valley of death of beer cocktails …
Our Four Points Dinner With Best Brews
Posted by on Saturday, September 29, 2007 in - 2 comments
Remember Sheraton's Four Points hotel chain did that search for a Chief Beer Officer? Well, they picked one, Scott Kerkmans, and last night we were invited by friends to share the blowing of a gift certificate and, lo and behold, it was for our local Four Points and their Sizzles restaurant. And …
Beer And Food: Beer Jelly From Cologne, Germany
Posted by on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in - 9 comments
While writing my guide to Czech beers, I tried to include as many strange details as I could — the kind of stuff that would hopefully make the book fun to read, maybe even more than once. Like the date when a small Bohemian town under siege paid off the occupying Swedish army with barrels of lager …
Grill, Shed, Steak, Rain, Bieres de Garde And Saisons
Posted by on Sunday, July 1, 2007 in - 4 comments
The trouble with charcoal grilling is that when the rain comes you can't turn it off. Propane, on the other hand, has a nice dial that has a "0" setting. But there is the garden shed and, when it rains and you have visitors, it can turn out to be a delightful place to while away a late afternoon …
Chris Hits A Lobster Boil And Beer Bash In Toronto
Posted by on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 in - 4 comments
I sent a correspondent, Chris Taylor, on a secret mission last week to find out if beer and lobster actually do go together. He carried out his task in fine style as his report shows. Note earlier posts on the two beers mentioned here and here. • +++++++ • Alan graciously invited this …
Beer Dinners Galore (on Long Island)
Posted by on Friday, May 25, 2007 in - leave a comment
In the last two weeks there have been four beer dinners on Long Island. In fact, there have been so many beer events lately that it's been difficult to choose which to go to since many of them are scheduled on the same night. The Thursday before I flew down to Houston (see yesterday's post) I went …
