In beer blogging news, a few conscientious friends pitched in this weekend to help me put away something like a mixed case of my pale ale and Belgian trippel. The beer nicely complemented three days of cooking eating that featured, among many other wonderful things, beef bourgignon (made with trippel rather than red wine, natch) …
Beer Blogging
Two Things
1. Siciliano’s Market in Grand Rapids, Michigan comes pretty close to the Platonic ideal of a beer-and-brew-supply store. The beer selection was as awesome as their taste in homebrew supplies. The starter kit, for example, includes stuff that I wouldn’t do without such as a siphon primer. Better, they don’t even sell those awful malt …
Open Thread
By request. Notice how the table cloth print ’tilts’ to the right. The Belgian started with substantially more gravity… For those homebrewers out there, send me beer pics (portusjacksonii[at]yahoo[dot]com) and I will post them in later open threads. As always, chat about whatever.
Friday Beer Blogging: Trippel Threat
Last month I decided to brew two batches more or less at the same time so that I’d have something with which to welcome some friends to their new house and new position in Michigan. As soon as the pale ale went into secondary fermentation, I rinsed the primary tub and put a Belgian Trippel …
Friday Beer Blogging – Too Much Of A Good Thing
In other circumstances I would assume that at some point a Vermonter, probably drunk, demanded to know why their Long Trail Brewery hadn’t made a super-IPA using nothing but Cascade hops. Most likey that isn’t true. Professional brewers are often obsessive hermits, so I have to assume that Long Trail’s brewmaster made this beer on …
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London blogging (to the faraway towns)
Thought I’d give you a Sully-style view from my window.
Pork Tenderloin
I am a very happy person right now. Here is why. * Rub 1-1.5 lb. pork tenderloin with salt, pepper and beef bouillon (I use Better Than Bouillon paste; the regular stuff might do). * Sear on high heat for ~30 seconds per side in olive oil. I cook with olive oil out of habit; …