Tag: beer

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 →

What The Boss Likes – Central PA wineries and a brewery

I finally got a Saturday off, so we went traveling for the day. Here in central PA, there are some wineries that we had never visited and a brewery that I read about for years but never visited. I don’t know if we were simply lucky or if all the wineries are good, but the … Continue reading What The Boss Likes – Central PA wineries and a brewery →

From the kitchen and the bar – grilling lots of meat, my adventures with kimchi and a few new beers

My husband and I wanted to try to grill out something other than steak. So, rather than getting one more steak from work, I got a pork tenderloin, a small piece of beef sirloin and a couple of chicken breasts. We marinated each of these in a different marinade. I did a bit of web … Continue reading From the kitchen and the bar – grilling lots of meat, my adventures with kimchi and a few new beers →

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 →

What the Boss Likes – Captain America: The Winter Soldier and a few more beers

First off, Captain America: The Winter Soldier is great. I always am shy about seeing what amount to “second act” movies, where everything goes to hell to set up for the big win at the end. But this was good the whole way through, with enough little victories to keep things going. It was one … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Captain America: The Winter Soldier and a few more beers →

From the Bar – Another week, another sixpack of random beers.

At my current job, a sixpack of random beers costs about what I make working for an hour and a half.  It’s more fun that going to a movie with people who always annoy me, so I guess it’s a fairly cheap entertainment.  One, Otto’s Apricot Wheat, we had before, so I’ll only review the … Continue reading From the Bar – Another week, another sixpack of random beers. →

From the kitchen and bar – monkfish, and yes, more beers plus a cider

A week or two ago, my husband asked if I could pick up some fish for dinner.  When asked what kind of fish, he said “white” aka “not salmon”.  So off I went to the seafood department to look for some “white” fish, as opposed to whitefish which I generally get smoked. They had quite … Continue reading From the kitchen and bar – monkfish, and yes, more beers plus a cider →

From the Bar, from the kitchen etc – Naan, beers and pizza

Snow day today, thanks to the current snow storm moving across Pennsylvania.  A fair amount of  snow and it is getting windy. My coming home from work after dark could have been a bit dicey.  So I’m happily typing here on my couch, sipping a bit of tea from Republic of Tea and hang out with my husband … Continue reading From the Bar, from the kitchen etc – Naan, beers and pizza →