Honey Basil Ale Chicken & Goat Cheese Flatbread

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   By Fontina Turner – Bacon & Legs Ingredient-specific beers get me going. Especially when the brewers take such care in selecting their ingredients. When I tried Bison Beer’s Organic Honey Basil Ale, I knew I had to cook with it. I’ve been hammering out the recipe for a couple …

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The-Hillside Turns Edible Clothing Dyes into Colorful Beers

In episode 6 of “That’s Odd, Let’s Drink It,” Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione joins forces with GQ’s Best New Menswear Designers in America, Emil and Sandy Corsillo of the Hill-Side, to brew something extra special for the grand opening of their new flagship store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Continue reading

Classy as Fudge

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By Fontina Turner – Bacon & Legs As a follow up to last week’s beer-candied orange peel recipe, I wanted to give you guys another chance to cook with the Southern Tier Choklat Oranj. While the candy is delicious on its own, I wanted to use it to enhance another recipe: orange fudge.

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Founders building brewery for “experimental” beer

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  By Mike Billy – Mid West Beer Blog Founders Brewing Company is building a second brewery for barrel-aged, high gravity, and experimental beers. From the company’s blog: “We’re excited to announce that we’re expanding…again! We’ve been expanding our current 235 Grandville location for years, but we’ve grown to fill …

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Spam in a Snuggie

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By Fontina Turner – Bacon & Legs We all change. Our palettes develop. We become more refined. But I had this hunch that my palette does not think it’s too good for Spam. I think it’s one of those things where it gets a bad rep because it’s processed, packaged …

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What makes a beer go sour? Goose Island says the Bourbon County beers aren’t infected

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  By Mike Billy – Mid West Beer Blog For the first time since the brewery started making bourbon barrel aged beers in 1992, Goose Island is  offering refunds for the two variants that have developed “off” flavors since bottling. Granted, the company is handling the issue exceedingly well. The …

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Schaefer Beer Ad

Remembering those classic beer ads on TV brings back memories of yesterday, when there were no huge beer wars, and companies weren’t trying to buy out every craft brewery they thought was a threat.

Times have changed, for better or for worse, but the fact remains that the beer industry is not going anywhere and you will always be able to find a new beer to fall in love with. Continue reading