A few highlights and pictures from a great weekend at NCHF:
Helping cook and serve the Friday night dinner:
Besides getting to taste and jot down some thoughts on the Friday night feast, I also got to see a bit behind the scenes and help put the dinner together. Of course when i say “help” I really mean “stood [...]
Oh Sean, you sneaky, sneaky bastard.
I’ve heard you go on a few times about the value of putting beer into food, and how when used as an ingredient, it can equal or even surpass wine when integrated into a recipe. You’ll get a beer into your head, and I’ll hear at length how the ingredient form of the beer, [...]
I’ve got a very exciting few weeks coming up, and am lucky enough to be going to two beer festivals. First up, the Northern California Homebrewers Festival. At that, I’m most excited about dinner friday night, which should be a spectacular feast prepared by Sean Paxton, the Homebrew Chef. The meal is a series of [...]
Every weekend should start with a “Beermosa.” We had been standing outside, waiting to get in while very serious bouncers guarded the door. Apparently, brunch requires surprisingly heavy security. At a quarter to twelve they opened the flood gates and let us in. As we passed through the main bar we were each handed a [...]
Shmaltz Brewing is releasing a very special limited batch of their Messiah Bold, which they aged in rye barrels. The release party for this limited beer was being held at the Utah Saloon. As we headed in, the outside of the bar was obscured by scaffolding for work on the upper building. A particularly daring [...]
From Eureka, Ari and I headed back north, through Arcata, and inland to Blue Lake. After getting slightly lost, we eventually made our way through the sleepy town to the brewery. Inside we found the staff was examining new chairs for the tasting room. They called Tara, our guide to the brewery to come meet [...]
