It’s July which means that it’s officially beer festival season! Yay!! Last year during quarantine, one of the things I missed the most was beer festivals. The opportunity to check out all of the great beers that local, national, and international breweries have to offer in one place with amazing food, music, and great people, […]
Give an Inch, Drink an Eighth of a Mile
What is the beer style that started it all – your love of beer? When I hear that question, many of my favorite beer styles float through my mind. There are sours, porters, gose, stouts, Berliner weisse, Belgian-style tripels, the list could go on and on. But at the top of my list are stouts, and […]
Cooking With Beer: Corned Beef and Cabbage
Forget green beer on St. Patrick’s Day. The only thing I’m looking forward to this time of year, is a plate of corned beef and cabbage with potatoes, carrots, mustard, and horseradish. A frothy glass of Irish stout or even a dram of Irish Whiskey wouldn’t be rebuffed, providing their proper hues are still intact. […]
Cooking With Beer: Wild Mushroom & Porter Stuffing
When it comes to fancy cookin’ in my house, it’s my husband John who likes to whip things up from scratch. But I do like to try my hand at a recipe here and there, particularly where there’s beer involved. The holidays are a great time to fire up the oven for traditional favorites to […]
Beer Cocktails for Fall & Winter
I had a new summer crush this past year, and I’m hoping to extend the relationship into the colder months. As I wrote in my previous article, Beer Cocktails, mixing things up is a fun way to experiment with flavors and find new ways to love beer. Beer cocktails swept me off my feet and […]
The Great American Beer Festival Experience 2019
Almost a month has passed since I embarked on my fourth Great American Beer Festival journey. Hangovers fade, but certain lessons and memories tend to stick with me each year. Rather than recount the places I went to in a chronological fashion as I’ve done with my previous three GABF blog posts (2016, 2017, 2018), […]