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How about a Belgian beer tasting for Father’s Day? Until the American craft beer revolution, which began in the 1970s and blossomed in the 1990s toward the current wealth of craft breweries, Belgium was the [pretty small] country that produced the broadest range of beers. For a social gathering, you can offer tastes of the…
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Yesterday was National Bock Beer Day, coinciding with the first day of spring. It’s a holiday declaration that makes sense: bock beer is a spring beer. There’s a lot of media attention to eating seasonally; less so to drinking seasonally. So today we’re starting the first in our seasonal beer recommendations. By the end of…
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A double bock beer from Samuel Adams, shown with a scattering of the hops used to brew it (photo by Julia Tomases | © THE NIBBLE). Bock beer with smoked Gouda cheese (photo © Wisconsin Cheese). National Bock Beer Day is March 20th—time to try a bottle. Bock is the German word for strong,…
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Some people are beer people, others are cider people. We’re both. Our beer style of preference is the IPA: Bring on the hops; the more, the better. So we were one of the happiest cider drinkers when Angry Orchard released its new Hop’n Mad Apple hard cider. The cider makers drew inspiration from the hops…
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Beer lovers know the fun of cooking with beer. A quick look at TasteOfHome.com revealed 30 recipes with beer, including beer battered fish, bread, dip, braised ribs, cheese soup, chili, glazed steaks, green beans, fondue, mac and cheese, mustard, potato wedges, pot roast, roast chicken and beef stew. Whew! Our suggestion is for a breakfast…
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