Beer, Food, Life
From the category archives:
So I’m brewing my first ever sour beer.
It’s not a copy of any particular sour beer that I’ve had, which means I only screw it up if I don’t like it. I’m using the cherry nut-brown I made last summer as a base and Wyeast’s seasonal Roeselare blend of beasties as my grand priests of [...]
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Dungeness crab season goes from April to July. You can catch crab any time of the year, but if, like me, you only go after crab when they are spawning in shallow waters, then crab season is April to July.
Waiting for the crabs to move to shallow waters means crabbing involves wading in shallow waters [...]
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Labneh is a really simple middle-eastern yoghurt-based cheese. It’s really easy to make. You drop yoghurt into a hankerchief or coffee filter and let the whey drain off for a day or two. What’s left is labneh.
Tasting Labneh
Labneh tastes like cream cheese with a little yoghurt sourness. I expected it to be very sour, but [...]
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When deciding choosing a beer to pair with my duck breast prosciutto, I decided to begin by looking at foods that go well with prosciutto.
The classic combination is prosciutto and melon. I don’t know of any beers with melon flavours, but a nice fruity wheat beer should probably do the trick. I chose my own [...]
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