Beer on Chopped tonight

[boondocksaint]

For any other interested food geeks...

All the baskets on Chopped (Food Network) tonight feature beer. And the founder/CEO of Stone Brewing is a guest judge...Pretty cool

 

[AsgardNorth]

Watching with glee and with a notebook to jot down ideas

 

[boondocksaint]

Never heard of Hop Drops candy but will be cruising Amazon for some at the next commercial break!

 

[AsgardNorth]

I've seen some on amazon and it has sat in my wishlist for a little while. Never thought of using them for cooking.

 

[AsgardNorth]

Beer taffy? Got to look up that one!

 

[boondocksaint]

Beer taffy and bourbon barrel triple? I'm in!

 

[Yooper]

Watching it now. Thanks for the heads up.

I can't believe beer cheese is a puzzle. We grew up on that stuff!

 

[AsgardNorth]

Same here, think I might have a shopping spree coming on soon. Especially waiting to see the desert round.

 

[AsgardNorth]

I have to admit, I've never heard of beer cheese.

 

[boondocksaint]

Candied beer taffy bacon!? That must be what heaven looks like

 

[AsgardNorth]

Bourbon beer on top of it... "Build it and he will come". I think we just saw a bit of heaven, or Iowa there.

 

[boondocksaint]

I have to admit, I've never heard of beer cheese.

I remember going to a little mom & pop type place with my dad when I was a kid. His favorite thing on their menu was beer cheese soup garnished with popcorn...Man, I'd just about kill for a bowl of that right now

 

[Yooper]

I have to admit, I've never heard of beer cheese.

It's so common in Wisconsin, along with beer brats, that I never think about it. Just like other Wisconsin "delicacies" like pickled eggs and spicy pickled sausage among others.

 

[AsgardNorth]

I have to check around here. With as many micro-breweries and cheese places in Vermont there has to be something here.

 

[Hello]

I've been watching it. Some good ideas there.

 

[Larzean]

For those that were watching Walking Dead it's airing again in a few hours


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[BamaPhil]

Watching it on dvr now. Did anybody else notice the wing capper being used to "open" a bottle during the opening sequence? It was fast but I thought "something's not right there." Sure enough, stock footage of someone capping a bottle, played backward, complete with "pfft" sound effect!


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[Johnnyhitch1]

Missed it!

Need to find in online.

 

[NervousDad]

Watched it on DVR this morning. I thought the last guy standing was the biggest d-bag ever on that show.

 

[GrumpySquirrel]

Never heard of Hop Drops candy but will be cruising Amazon for some at the next commercial break!

If this is hops flavored hard candy, it's pretty terrible. I love my hops and all, but all alone with nothing else to compliment it was inedible. Spit it out after about 20 seconds.

 

[ktblunden]

If this is hops flavored hard candy, it's pretty terrible. I love my hops and all, but all alone with nothing else to compliment it was inedible. Spit it out after about 20 seconds.

I didn't think it was that bad, but I still have an entire bag minus two pieces.

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[ivegot2legs]

Ha, I know someone who was on chopped. I've never watched any besides their episodes, maybe I'll have to find this one.

 

[B-Hoppy]

If this is hops flavored hard candy, it's pretty terrible. I love my hops and all, but all alone with nothing else to compliment it was inedible. Spit it out after about 20 seconds.

Hey GrumpySquirrel,

If the candy was mine, sorry, it's not for everybody. The hop drops/beer taffy maker was a customer of mine when I got started and took the idea for his own shortly after this article was printed. His product has bitterness added:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/dining/for-dad-candy-made-from-beer.html?_r=0

 

[Punity]

If this is hops flavored hard candy, it's pretty terrible. I love my hops and all, but all alone with nothing else to compliment it was inedible. Spit it out after about 20 seconds.

Pike brewing in Seattle has hop candy and its pretty much sucking on a sweet hop. Cool for the novelty factor but I wanted to release all the delicious beer I just had so it had to go.