December 2008
8 posts
Regalitos
I am a firm believer that the best gifts are edible/drinkable and don’t take up a lot of space. That being said, two of the best gifts I received this Xmas were a beer of the month club membership and a growler of a delicious American style barley wine a pint glasses from the Portsmouth Brewery. Happy Holidays!
TURKEY FRY!!!!
Merry Xmas (or Happy Holidays)
Basically, we are in the middle of the big three end of the year eating holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. Since my family missed out on the FriendsGiving I had, I will fry a turkey in their honor this morning. I have the bird prepped on the counter, a tasty Hefeweizen (just in case you’re interested, it’s a Schneider-Brooklyner Hopfen-Weisse, technically a weizenbock )in the fridge...
Space Beer Has Landed!
“Will fermentation work the same in weightlessness? What happens to carbonation when there’s no buoyancy to bring the bubbles to the top? Can space beer form a proper head? Scientists who study the physics of gas-liquid mixtures would love to know!” There are few questions that keep me awake at night more than “Can space beer form a proper head?” I often lie awake pondering the ability of a...
CityDusk
I’ve recently started working with a company called CityDusk doing beer and food related events. The basic idea behind CityDusk is to put on interesting events in and around Manhattan with a common theme. Since am a self-anointed beer and food guy I am focusing on these finer points of life. The first event is a down home, chill out sort of deal. In the future we will be doing some exclusive...
Brooklyn Beer Dinner
North Meets South: Brooklyn Beers, Latin Cuisine Last Thursday I made my way to a small Brooklyn restaurant called Palo Santo. Beer lovers would recognize this as the aromatic, South American hardwood used by Sam Calagione for Dogfish Head’s Palo Santo Marron. In Brooklyn, New York, however, Palo Santo is a hidden culinary gem whose compact menu is dependent on what’s available at the market and...
Friendsgiving
After taking care of 3 gallons of boiling peanut oil, washing the oil splatters from the floor and scrubbing the fried bacon smell from my clothing, I can look back and say that frying a turkey is something everyone should try. My FriendsGiving started as a way to fulfill my goal of deep-frying large poultry and a means to get rid of the extra turkey sitting in my freezer. Once I found out that a...
Thanksgiving... Part 2
There are a few interesting events coming up soon for me. To start, I am attending a beer dinner hosted by Garret Oliver of the Brooklyn Brewery on Thursday. Also, I’ve received word from CityDusk, a new events company in Manhattan that I’ll be working/writing for, that my first event will be going down January 20th. We are still working out some details, but I can guarantee you it will be awesome...