Like most regions, humans come up with foods that are beloved locally but pretty much unknown outside of a day’s travel. I grew up in western PA which has this stuff called Reymer’s Blennd. This is a orange and lemon fruit based syrup that you mix with water to your taste. It’s been around for … Continue reading From the Bar and the Back Room: nostalgia on my part – Blennd and a new beer
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From the Back Room: Finally, back to brewing – Northern Brewer’s Assaazin
After a long hiatus in brewing thanks to having a crazy retail work schedule, we are back brewing again. This batch is Northern Brewer’s kit, Assaazin Belgian Pale Ale. It was a limited run kit with Saaz hops from a Michigan hop yard. And honestly, it may have been wasted on me because I can’t … Continue reading From the Back Room: Finally, back to brewing – Northern Brewer’s Assaazin
From the Bar and From the Back Room – Ginger Beer and Kvasir
Recently, I indulged myself in a quick bit of fermenting. One of my favorite magazines, Imbibe, had a recipe for homemade ginger beer. Currently, that recipe isn’t up on their website (they have one that is a bit of a cheat since it uses a CO2 cartridge). I’ll reproduce it here with my changes though … Continue reading From the Bar and From the Back Room – Ginger Beer and Kvasir
From the Back Room – John Palmer’s Elevenses, aka hobbit beer aka boggie slobber
Finally, we have a new beer brewed by us. This is Northern Brewer’s Elevenses, a recipe that they co-created with John Palmer, evidently a well-known homebrewer, but you couldn’t prove it by me. In that both my husband and I spend inordinate amounts of time imagining what our sword and sorcery characters eat and drink, … Continue reading From the Back Room – John Palmer’s Elevenses, aka hobbit beer aka boggie slobber
From the Back Room – Belgian Golden Ale
Looking for a lighter color ale, if not lighter in taste and alcohol, we recently brewed up a Brewer’s Best Belgian Golden Ale kit. The kit ran about $32 and made a case of 16 oz returnable Genny bottles plus another dozen or so 16 oz flip tops and 12 oz bottles. The beer is … Continue reading From the Back Room – Belgian Golden Ale
From the Kitchen and Back Room – Did she really make fresh bao? (and beer and wine?)
Being a foodie, I love to try new things. Husband and I have been talking about going on vacation to a city with a good selection of dim sum restaurants. Being a Firefly fan, I like to try things I see on that dearly departed show. Now, I’ve a lot of experience with fresh strawberries … Continue reading From the Kitchen and Back Room – Did she really make fresh bao? (and beer and wine?)
From the Back Room – Cherry Stout
This is the darkest beer so far. The Dark Cherry Stout from Northern Brewer is a dry stout, so if you hold your nose and drink you don't get a sweet taste. It comes with 4 oz of cherry extract. As per the recipe, you put the extract in just before bottling. Smelled good and … Continue reading From the Back Room – Cherry Stout
From the Back Room – Surly Cynic Pro Series Partial Mash Kit
The ale today is a kit from Northern Brewer, the Surly Cynic Pro Series Partial Mash Kit. Surly Brewing Company is a microbrewery in Minnesota. And OF COURSE, it was the name of the beer that got us to try the kit. As you can see, the ale is a nice orange color, and though it looks … Continue reading From the Back Room – Surly Cynic Pro Series Partial Mash Kit
From the Back Room – Mead
To go with the meat pies and cheesy goo from another post, here is our recipe for mead, the honey wine that is all through history and fantasy. Here's your warning: MAKE THIS EXACTLY BEFORE YOU TRY TO SCREW AROUND WITH IT. We've had far too many people rave about our mead, then whine when … Continue reading From the Back Room – Mead
From the Back Room : Bavarian Hefeweizen
A couple of weeks ago we bottled the hefeweizen that we made from the Northern Brewer kit. At that point the signature banana aroma was pretty strong. After a couple weeks in the bottle, it's even stronger, but much more blended with the other aromas in the beer. If you get this kit, get it with the Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephen yeast. … Continue reading From the Back Room : Bavarian Hefeweizen
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