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• Posted in thread: Favorite Breakfast Beers on 04-18-2013 at 06:14 PM
  Two times when I do breakfast beer. Camping and Christmas morning, the second with a couple of
  tamales smothered in green chili and a fried egg. Camping, it's whatever is in a can and cold.
  Christmas ...

• Posted in thread: More on Faux Craft Beer on 04-17-2013 at 04:50 PM
  Bingo. That is why the remaining three tier states have the major distributors and their
  supporting BMC breweries fighting like hell to keep the 3 tier system in place. Then they sneak
  in their faux c...

• Posted in thread: (Food) Recipes from Extreme Brewing on 04-17-2013 at 03:53 PM
  By definition, a saute is a quick, high heat cooking method. Steaming is also done with high
  heat and usually fairly quick depending on the ingredient.Saute was actually my word; the
  actual recipe tel...

• Posted in thread: (Food) Recipes from Extreme Brewing on 04-07-2013 at 02:58 AM
  I made the steak ale sauce tonight. The recipe calls for shallots, garlic, and rosemary to be
  sautéed in olive oil. You then add part of a dark beer (Bock or Dubbel), and reduce. The stir
  in 1/2 cup b...

• Posted in thread: (Food) Recipes from Extreme Brewing on 04-06-2013 at 02:09 AM
  Just made the ale soaked steamers. You sauté fennel and rosemary in butter, add a brown ale,
  bring it to a boil, and steam the clams. Like the brewing recipes in the book, the food recipes
  leave some ...

• Posted in thread: when is it not beer? on 04-05-2013 at 10:40 PM
  At some point, if you add enough honey to a beer recipe, it can become a braggot. If you can
  define when that change happens, you might be on to something.

• Posted in thread: Books on 04-05-2013 at 08:38 PM
  Can anyone tell me the difference between the new joy of homebreing and the homebrewing
  companion?I have read the Joy of Homebrewing, and Amazon reviews of the Homebrewing Companion.
  Joy of Homebrewin...

• Posted in thread: Best state for Craft Breweries? on 04-05-2013 at 07:31 PM
  I agree with Norselord that you would want to take beer IQ into consideration when determining
  the best place to open a new brewery. Last year, Prost Brewing, a brewery specializing in
  German beers, o...

• Posted in thread: Want vs. Need for all grain on 04-04-2013 at 05:49 PM
  You're going to get a ton of different responses. You can go all grain with just a big mesh bag
  and do BIAB with your current setup.This doesn't sound like your style, which is fine, but my
  first step...

• Posted in thread: (Food) Recipes from Extreme Brewing on 04-03-2013 at 04:41 PM
  I'm baching it for a few weekends this month, and I am planning on doing a lot of cooking and
  pairing with beer (SWMBO is celiac, so the only time I can do a lot of that is when she is out
  of town). I...