Had a great time sampling some great beer and learning from the brewers at this year’s Extreme Beer Fest (EBF) this past weekend! It was great seeing some familiar faces (digitally at least) when hanging out in the pre-game and after party video streams; can’t wait to see everyone in person next year! Much thanks to BeerAdvocate for finding a way to make this happen and bringing everyone together in a safe way.
Not much beats a homemade pizza hot out of the wood fired brick pizza oven!
Sweet cream cheese with an IPA is a classic combination; this pairing throws pumpkin and seasonally appropriate spice into the mix for a holiday dessert so delectable, everyone will want a second helping!
If you’re still yarning for Thanksgiving flavors this year, this dish of sage brined chicken and quinoa will satisfy your cravings! Served with Against the Grain and Stillwater Artisanal’s Little Did We Know; a brett saison brewed with sage smoked malts that proved to be a perfect complimentary companion.
This hot, homemade, French dip sandwich accompanied by a good beer was just the thing to combat the chill in the air today! The raw beef was first smoked outside on the smoker to pick up the woodsy flavor of the smoldering hardwood before being vacuum sealed with fresh herbs and cooked sous vide until rare. The home baked spelt and rye #Baguette sandwiching this beef dip sandwich has a flavor robust enough to hold up to the flavorful meat, caramelized onions, mushrooms, and cheese contained within without overdoing it. Served with home baked “fries”, a beef consume made from the stock for dipping, and the delectable Dulcis Succubus from Le Trou Du Diable, a wine barrel aged, tart, wild saison that complements the beef and cleans the palate for the next bite.
Since both Halloween and National Caramel Apple Day are coming up this week (October 31st) it seemed only natural when this delicious galette popped out of the oven and promptly announced its presence by filling the entire house with its sweet apple pie aroma! The homemade whole wheat sugar crust proved a hearty foundation to hold up the seasonally ripe local apples, while the sweet caramel sauce tied everything together while conjuring up fond memories of dipping caramel apples, just with less mess; Served with Angry Orchard’s Crisp Apple Cider to complement the fresh, firm, fall apples.
Learned a lot, and had fun drinking along with everyone at this year’s GABF. Congratulations to all the winners and the virtual festival presenters! I enjoyed drinking the beers along with the live presentations and trying their recommended beer and food pairings by cooking the festival recipes ahead of time. Very interesting!
Now that the summer heat is just giving way to the cool of autumn, the temperature outside is conducive to some much needed barbecue time. The most recent barbecue session resulted in this delicious pulled pork sandwich: BBQ pulled pork flavored with a sweet homemade peach and blackberry barbecue sauce, homegrown lettuce, all sandwiched in-between home baked whole wheat buns; Served with a generous portion of crisp, homemade sweet potato chips, Allagash Brewing’s Farm to Face, and Terrapin Brewing’s Maggie’s Blackberry Cobbler, to resonate with the fruit forward flavors in the BBQ sauce.
Corn & Crab Pasta for National Noodle Day
This homemade Tiramisu cake was an excellent “Pick me up” for this afternoon since today is National Coffee Day 2020. Layered home baked lady fingers soaked in Asbach Uralt Brandy, rich mascarpone cheese, and some slightly bitter dark cocoa were complimented with by Terrapin Beer Co’s TiramisuHoo for a delightful beer pairing.