Just went by the store for beer to make cupcakes with. I want the beer to be apparent this time, so I picked 6 to choose from. The recipe is for Beer Batter Maple Bacon cupcakes.
Choose one:
Sam Adams Lat 48 IPA
Sam Adams Cherry Wheat
Guinness XStout
Rahr and Sons (Ft Worth, TX) Ugly...
I highly recommend The Pub at Monte Carlo. Had some excellent Hitachino Nest beers there recently. Also got a good discussion with the barkeep about Chicha. They should be able to tickle your flight-y bone. Also, ask them about their beers they used to microbrew. They had to contract them...
I usually think of anise or liquorice as a root beer flavor rather than a beer beer flavor. I'm a fan of liquorice and wintergreen flavors, so I'm kinda a root beer nut.
It should have an OG of 1.111, and a FG of 1.011. You should use 11 different hops. I would say instead of a primary and secondary fermentation, should should take it out to 11 vessels, but there isn't a word for 11-ary. Perhaps "durimary"?
It should be flavored with bloodgrass and wispstalk...
That's generally how I tip. Each pint is a $1 tip, plus $1 for each additional item I get, like a meal. If they gave me especially good advice on a special beer they have in stock, maybe $2. If they listen to me talk about homebrewing... that's a tip in itself. :-)
I'm making a custom tap handle out of something that means something to me: an old beat-up joystick I used to play games in high school. I'm planning on sanding it down and spraying it with spray paint and a finisher. Maybe in glossy black.
My problem is that I need to find a good way to...
One day, any true beer freak will want the taste of hops in their mouth. It will be unexpected, but it will happen.
Of course there IS a plate on the wall at the Flying Saucer, Houston that says "I still hate IPA's".