Archive for the 'Session' Category

Session #31: A very berry summer

Friday, September 4th, 2009

This month’s Session topic (hosted by BetterBeerBlog) is “Summer Beers”:
With the summer coming to a close, what was your favorite beer of the summer?
As usual, I mostly stuck to homebrews this summer (it’s hard to resist the call of a six-tap kegerator). We’ve had a lot of different beers on tap; in fact, we’re brewing [...]

Session #30: Beer desserts

Friday, August 7th, 2009

This month’s Session topic (hosted by Beer 47) is “Beer Desserts”:
What beer desserts have you tried and liked? Disliked? What beer styles work well with dessert and which ones do not? Do you have any beer dessert recipes that you enjoyed and would like to share?
Cooking with beer is interesting, because it’s similar to pairing [...]

Session #29: Will Travel for Beer

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

This month’s Session topic (hosted by Beer By Bart) is “Will Travel for Beer.” Gail and Steve ask us to elaborate on either a beer trip we’ve taken, or one we’d like to take. Since I’ve already written extensively about our trip to Colorado last year, I thought I’d talk about a trip that I’ve [...]

Session #28: Espresso Oak Aged Yeti

Friday, June 5th, 2009

This month’s Session topic (hosted by Red, White, and Brew) is “Think/Drink Globally”:
I pose everyone writes about the farthest brewery (including brewpubs) you have visited and specifically the best beer you had there.
Well, it just so happens that we traveled out to Colorado this past October for the Great American Beer Festival. We managed to [...]

Session #27: Red Velvet

Friday, May 1st, 2009

This month’s Session topic (hosted by Beer at Joe’s) is “Beyond the Black & Tan”:
What’s your favorite beer cocktail? Find a recipe for that or a new one, try it, and tell us why you did or didn’t like it–even if you think beer cocktails are nothing but a good way to waste a beer. [...]

Session #25: The yellow fizzy stuff

Friday, March 6th, 2009

This month’s Session topic (hosted by The Beer Nut) is “Love Lager”:
For millions of people the word “beer” denotes a cold, fizzy, yellow drink — one which is rarely spoken of among those for whom beer is a hobby or, indeed, a way of life. So for this Session, let’s get back to basics … [...]

Session #23: 2008, a year of beer

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

This month’s Session topic (hosted by Beer and Firkins) is a New Year theme.
What will you miss about 2008 and what do you expect will excite you most in 2009 in the Beer World?
2008 was a big year for me. I finished my Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering, got married, started a new job, [...]

Session #21: Nugget Nectar

Friday, November 7th, 2008

This month’s Session topic (hosted by A World of Brews) is “Favorite Beer and Beer Judge Wanna Be!”
What is your favorite beer and why?
Hmm, I guess this time, I can’t get by with saying, “The one that’s in my hand?” Fine, I’ll pick one. *huff*
I’ve always had a thing for Nugget Nectar, Tröegs’s Imperial Amber [...]