I read this article that talks about some fancy chef who is adding 24 taps at his restaurant. The guy who wrote the article obviously doesn't know much about beer. "He said But his flagship restaurant hasn't totally flipped from grand cru to brew". This guy didn't even know there is a style of beer called Grand Cru.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01282009/entertainment/food/brew_love_152395.htm

What I had last night

Hello World,
To be honest, I had not one single beer last PM. I was too busy with that whole darn work thing. However this PM I am hoping to go to my favorite bar The Barking Dog in Amesbury MA. It is my local pub. The beer selection is good, not fantastic, but they do switch it up quite a bit so sometimes it is better than other times. However the service, esp the managers and bar tenders are awesome. We have even created a few custom drinks, The Blue Otto and the McConehey - both are amazing creations. For the recipe please send me a note - you won't be sorry.
B

Beer and Food Pairing

Hello World,
Well I wanted to blog during the weekend, but I was too hung over. In efforts to educate others on beer my hubby and I had a few people over for a dinner party. This was no ordinary dinner party, but rather a beer and food paring party.
To start off we had

Appetizers -
Food: chips, veggies, & potato skins – We parried this off (as it was also the beginning of the evening) with;
Saison Dupont , Triple Karmeliet , and Black Sheep Ale. Also on tap (on our home made keg-o-rator) for those that did not care for the Belgium Style was Smuttynose IPA.

Inter Mezzo (between dinner and apps) – we had Long Trail IPA, Geary’s Pale Ale, Nora beer (Italian – who knew they made beer)I don't agree with the Beer Advocate rating on this beer, Belgium Dark Homebrew, and more SmuttyNose http://www.smuttynose.com/.

Dinner –
Food – Italian Chicken, Meatloaf muffins, Falafel, Lentil salad, green salad, rice pilaf, veggie medley and fresh baked bread – paired up with
Ephemere, Chimay Blue, De Dolle, Quintime Ambre, Regenboog (cask editions), alogn with all the above mentioned under the Inter Mezzo.

Desert –
Chocolate Mousse- paired up with
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Holiday Porter (vanilla and cinnamon – one of our most popular homebrews)

The Chicken and Ephemere was the best pairing of the night. 2nd to Holiday Porter and Chocolate Mousse.

If you have had any great combinations please let me know.

Normally I am not the type to put a wedding picture up....

However if you look close you will see we are surrounded by HOPS! Oh that is right I got married under a tussle of Cacase and Nugget hops.

Beer Gardens

The other night I went to a place called Brighton Beer Garden. It is a relatively new addition to the Brighton beer scene. As a beer fanatic I am always excited to try a new place.
However, when I entered this bar I knew something was wrong. The layout was individual tables (not long connecting), there were TVs all over the place, and every staff member was wearing some kind of Boston sports jersey.
I walk towards the bar that was loaded with bottles of hard alcohol, and asked the bar tender if they had cask. He responded with “what”? I thought maybe I spoke too quietly and said “cast conditioned”. Immediately he said “No”. All of a sudden it hit me, this was not a Beer Garden. This was a Beah Ghaden! As in Boston Garden!!!!
Although the beer menu appeared to be large I believe it had more to do with font than # of items, but phonetics did get the best of me. I was able to find Stone Cat IPA, so the evening was not lost.

Women do like (and in my case love) beer.

Hello World,
I wanted to start a blog to let people out there know that many women, including myself do love beer. I have traveled the world for beer. I want to try and spread the word to entice more people to try different styles of beer before they cast it aside.

Beer Girl