Burger & Beer Thread!

[Airborneguy]

Beautiful

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Burger no bun, mushrooms and onions deglazed with stout and a little demi.

 

[OleBrewing]

Not sure why I never truly dug into making a great burger. I suppose it was the cliche burgers and dogs and didn't warrant any attention. I have probably had more burgers last couple months than normally would in a year.
Ciabatta buns my go to, holds up well.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Well I thought I snapped a picture, but no… I had the whiskey burger with hand cut fries at Flying Saucer in Memphis TN. Images swiped from the web. It was good, not as sweet as the description may sound and the AHA discount was honored.

 

[Section1]

Grilled burger and a homebrew!

 

[Airborneguy]

No beer, but yesterday I finally made it to Louis Lunch in New Haven, CT, the restaurant that claims to have invented hamburgers.

Unfortunately it was a disappointment. I waited about 4 minutes shy of an hour for 1 burger. They have a sign that says they only cook medium rare but it came out well done. They don’t season the meat either, like, at all.

I’m glad I made it but also glad it’s now in the past. I doubt I’ll be back.

 

[Kickass]

Doesn’t look or sound good. I find that the disappointment rate of a restaurant hamburger very high. It doesn’t stop me from trying but I’m frequently let down.

On the other hand, the disappointment rate of my home grilled burgers is very low. And a fraction of the cost.

 

[OleBrewing]

Even burnt the bread; I will honestly say one of the better restaurant burgers recently was from a five guys place.

 

[Sammy86]

No beer, but yesterday I finally made it to Louis Lunch in New Haven, CT, the restaurant that claims to have invented hamburgers.

Unfortunately it was a disappointment. I waited about 4 minutes shy of an hour for 1 burger. They have a sign that says they only cook medium rare but it came out well done. They don’t season the meat either, like, at all.

I’m glad I made it but also glad it’s now in the past. I doubt I’ll be back.

I haven’t been to Louis Lunch in about 4 years…but im very surprised how well done those burgers are…ours were still mooing!

You should try and hit up Ted’s Steamed Burgers in Meriden…from my past experience it was much better than Louis!

 

[Airborneguy]

They were very busy, I may have just been unlucky. One thing I noticed is they don’t change their speed to account for the crowd. It is what it is. When I ordered I was told 35 min. It ended up being 57. And honestly I think the cashier realized I was getting pissed and bumped me up a few spots. Stopping for an hour is fine if I can be charging my car, but they’re pretty far from the nearest charger.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

 

[OleBrewing]

did a double take, veggie supper it is

 

[day_trippr]

Is that a big ol' Portobello "Burger" then? I missed it at first look...

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I figured you all would suss me out on that one. Yeah, it's a portobello "burger".

Delicious, tho. Caramelized onion and provolone. Buns toasted nicely in butter so the inside was crisp. Sweet potatoes and onions in the side.

And Stone IPA to drink.

 

[mattd2]

Delicious, tho. Caramelized onion and provolone. Buns toasted nicely in butter so the inside was crisp. Sweet potatoes and onions in the side.

That actually sounds so good!

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

That actually sounds so good!

It is!

I'm no vegetarian/vegan and I love a good burger. As you've seen from other burgers I've posted here. In fact, we call these portobello burgers but don't consider them a "burger" in the sense of being a meat replacement. It's just a delicious portobello sandwich in its own right.

 

[Airborneguy]

I’m definitely going for a burger tonight!

 

[Airborneguy]

Pause that. Something else caught my eye.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

First burgers on my new Blackstone griddle. Definitely enjoyed the char I got on the surface. Excellent burger.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Swiss cheese burger and such. Happy Memorial Day. Not good weather for a cook out today so the burger was cooked in a cast iron pan.

 

[AZ Maverick]

My thoughts for our bravest Lost today!
Burger and homebrewed Schwarzbeir:

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Sunday. Lamb burger with Greek salad.

 

[Kickass]

First time making onion rings from scratch. Blue cheese, onion rings, L, T on thin buns. Beer: homebrewed pre-prohibition style amber lager.

 

[Airborneguy]

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, been trying to eat moderately lately. But here is a banger I had the pleasure of taste testing today at work.

I work at a minor league baseball stadium with admittedly sub-par food. The supervisor of food services grabbed me today to try a burger they want to run a special on.

Two 8oz patties, bacon, avocado, American cheese, and fried egg on a pretzel bun. It was fantastic! He made a chipotle sauce for dipping as well. Nice and spicy.

This is a work in progress but it’s a great start!

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Double cheddar burger with tots, tarragon butter corn, and a Stone IPA.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, been trying to eat moderately lately. But here is a banger I had the pleasure of taste testing today at work.

I work at a minor league baseball stadium with admittedly sub-par food. The supervisor of food services grabbed me today to try a burger they want to run a special on.

Two 8oz patties, bacon, avocado, American cheese, and fried egg on a pretzel bun. It was fantastic! He made a chipotle sauce for dipping as well. Nice and spicy.

This is a work in progress but it’s a great start!

Looks great! I'd eat that.

 

[Airborneguy]

Looks great! I'd eat that.

It was great, but I told him they should consider offering a single patty version. First off, it’s massive. Second, stadium prices are insane. $35 for the double.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

It was great, but I told him they should consider offering a single patty version. First off, it’s massive. Second, stadium prices are insane. $35 for the double.

Yeah, and a lot of people are going to look at a double burger amassing an entire pound of beef as being too much. I would, quite frankly, and that's as someone who makes 6 oz patties and makes double burgers for my son and I when I do burgers, so we each eat 3/4 lb of beef lol.

Also you should tell him that by having a double burger on the menu alongside the single burger, it'll drive a LOT more sales of the single. Marketing studies have commonly shown that restaurants will often put a lavish and expensive item on their menu not because they want people to order it, but because they want to have something on the menu that people look at and it makes all the prices of the other items "seem" less expensive.

If I was in a ballpark I'd probably avoid a $35 double burger. But it would make a $22 single burger seem way more normal and appealing than if a $22 single burger was the most expensive burger on the menu.

(See a book by Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational, for more if you want the background on the menu stuff.)

 

[Airborneguy]

I don't involve myself much with the food service, but the concepts are very interesting nonetheless.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Bacon cheeseburger on pretzel bun.