Category: beer
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Mob Craft + 8 Seasons
The last and arguably best event we went to during Madison Craft Beer Week was a beer pairing at 8 Seasons Grille. A beer pairing is when the guys who prepare the food serve a beer that complements a food. A strong porter, for instance, goes well with a thick, juicy steak. Heffeweizen is terrific… Read.
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electric brewery
Before I tell you what I’ve been doing with wire and a sharp knife, here’s a disclaimer that I like to share as often as possible: Always cut away from you. You will not take this advice, of course. I don’t know anybody who ever did. I never did. I used my sharp knives any… Read.
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dark, fiery & sensual
We’re a little bushed after a week of debauched revelry, I can tell you. Drinking a beer or two nearly every night for a week at various neighborhood taverns will do that to a couple of inert homebodies like us, but when it comes to festivals like Madison Craft Beer Week, we feel a certain… Read.
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Fifteen
B’s been waiting fourteen weeks for this glass of beer. Says it was worth the wait. Read.
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opener
Here’s a bottle opener that combines my love of gadgets with my love of beer. Prosit! Read.
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252 again
There is no better way to spend Sunday morning than camping out on a sidewalk in downtown Madison at six o’clock and waiting for the stroke of noon, when tickets go on sale for the Great Taste of the Midwest. This is the fourth time we’ve bought tickets this way, if memory serves. The first… Read.
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burning carbs
Oh my, I have sooo many carbs to burn off after last night’s fish fry. We joined the kickoff of Madison Craft Beer Week by meeting a couple of friends at Quivey’s Grove to swap stories over a Friday night fish fry and a couple glasses of Common Thread Biere de Garde, which is French… Read.
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Photobomb!
Between movies, we had time enough to drive up to Brasserie V to check out some of the imported beers and fill up on some delicious pub food! Read.
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movin on up
I bought it. It’s mine. I took that hot liquor tank off his hands. This is it, the gateway to grain brewing. When I got started brewing beer I didn’t think I’d ever be interested in brewing from scratch, but after reading up on it all week long I have to admit it sounds very… Read.
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