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TREND: The Beer Cocktail

February 15, 2011 at 7:46 am · Filed under Beer & Hard Cider, Cocktails & Spirits

One of our editors doesn’t care for wine: She’s strictly a beer and spirits gal.

There are many people like her. No wonder beer cocktails are on the rise.

Beer has been mixed for centuries. The Black and Tan is a mix of stout plus lager or pale ale; Shandy is a mix of beer and lemonade; the Boilermaker is beer and a shot of whiskey; the Michelada is beer with lime, salt, picante sauce and sometimes, tomato juice.

Now, Nation’s Restaurant News reports a trend in beer cocktails, mixing beer with absinthe, coffee, port and other mixers.

The photo shows a Muddy Puddle, the signature cocktail of JoeDoe in New York City.

Bourbon, iced espresso and simple syrup are shaken and poured over ice into a pilsner glass rimmed with crushed peanuts. The drink is then topped off with Sierra Nevada stout.

Other recipe ideas:

  

A beer cocktail with stout, bourbon, iced
espresso and simple syrup, garnished with
peanuts. Photo courtesy Nation’s Restaurant News.
 

  • Raspberry-tea-infused blanco tequila, ginger, lime and Modelo Especial lager, from Mayahuel in New York City
  • Pineapple-infused mezcal, lime, sugar cane and Negra Modelo dark lager in a glass with a spiced salt rim, also at Mayahuel
  • A Michelada variation with spiced honey stout (stout with port, Madeira and allspice), tomato, lime and spices, from Starbelly in San Francisco
  • Gin, Earl Grey tea-infused dry vermouth and St. Germain elderflower, topped with porter, at Alchemy in San Diego
  • Bourbon, absinthe and triple ale with grated cinnamon and nutmeg, also at Alchemy

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    Call up your inner mixologist to develop your own ideas.
      

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    COOKING VIDEO: Irish Soda Bread Recipe

    February 15, 2011 at 7:15 am · Filed under Bread-Crackers-Sandwiches, Recipes, St. Patrick's Day, Videos

     

    You don’t have to wait until St. Patrick’s Day to make Irish soda bread. Start now and see how quickly those delicious loaves disappear.

    Soda bread is a chemically-leavened quick bread, using baking soda instead of yeast. Baking soda produces a lighter, airy crumb. Soda bread dates back to approximately 1840, when bicarbonate of soda was introduced to Ireland. It reacted better with the soft wheat grown in Ireland’s climate, and replaced yeast as the leavening agent.

    While the traditional ingredients of soda bread are flour (white or brown), baking soda, salt and buttermilk, soda breads are often sweet breads. Raisins and nuts can be added—and in fact, make soda bread the delight that it is.
       
       

  • Now that you’ve seen the video, here’s another delicious Irish soda bread recipe.
  • We really enjoyed this Irish soda bread mix with Guinness stout.
  • Check out the different types of bread (many!) in our beautiful Bread Glossary.

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    VALENTINE’S DAY: Chocolate Tequila Cupid Cocktail

    February 14, 2011 at 11:52 am · Filed under Cocktails & Spirits, Recipes, Valentine's Day

    Let chocolate and tequila be your cupid.
    Photo courtesy Sauza Tequila.

    		   If you’re not sharing the evening with someone special, make yourself a special comfort cocktail.

    Sauza Tequila suggests this chocolate tequila drink.

    CHOCOLATE TEQUILA CUPID RECIPE

    Ingredients

  • 3 parts chocolate milk (store bought or homemade)
  • 1 part silver tequila
  • 1 part strawberry purée or daiquiri mix
  • Garnish: Chocolate-covered strawberry
  • Optional garnish: chocolate syrup
  • Optional garnish: chocolate shavings
     
    Preparation
    1. Combine chilled chocolate milk, tequila and strawberry purée in a mixing glass. Stir vigorously to combine.
    2. Line your favorite glass with chocolate syrup (squirt it on the inside of the glass in an up-and-down pattern).

    • 3. Pour cocktail into the glass.
    4. Garnish with a chocolate covered strawberry.
    5. Enjoy it: You deserve it!

    Recipe for chocolate-covered strawberries.

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