I have a pretty strict policy around here regarding press releases: I don’t like ‘em, and I don’t run them on this blog.  But, for every rule there is an exception, and here is the one for this rule.  Hot off the heels of cooking an amazing beer dinner for Almanac, Flour + Water [...]

I love putting together beer dinners.  They’re fun to put organize, to plan, to collaborate, but when it comes to the actual execution – they’re phenomenal.  Writing a blog is often just a lot of talk and hot air, so I relish the opportunity to collaborate with these amazing talented cooks and brewers, and create [...]

And now for something completely different: regular, good old fashioned local beer and food blogging. Since my Old Oak Beer post is drifting off the top of the page, I’ve added a link in the right hand sidebar that will take you directly the our website. Plus, you’ll hear more from me as our release [...]

Dinner at the historic Anchor Brewery, hosted by Fritz Maytag and Ken Grossman of Sierra Neveda?  Sign me up!  The mind boggles at such a coming together of minds and brewing talents. The dinner was in honor of the launch of Fritz & Ken’s Ale, a collaborative Imperial Stout that marks the first of serveral forthcoming [...]

After weeks of planning, hours of tasting, and an unknowable number of phone calls to brewers confirming their beer would be there, the “Mostly Barrel Aged Beer Dinner” went off without a hitch.  As usual, Scala’s Bistro and The Sir Francis Drake pulled of this huge feat without breaking a sweat. “Enough preamble, get to [...]

One of the highlights of putting together a big beer dinner is getting to work closely with local breweries to select a special beer to pair. In this case, I was welcomed back at Drakes Brewing in San Leandro. Host by Brewmaster Brian, we had the rare opportunity to taste from their barrels, and put [...]

Below is our menu for the Scala’s “Mostly Barrel Aged Beer Dinner” for San Francisco Beer Week.  We’re excited about this combination of local food and local beers.  The beers represent a wide selection of “mostly” barrel aged beers.  We’ll be exploring beers that have spent time inside a barrel, and the flavors they imparts. [...]

Beer & Nosh is proud to be a part of this year’s SF Beer Week, and it is going to be a doozy. We’re collaborating with some of our favorite breweries, restaurants and ice cream makers to make sure it’s something special. Tickets are onsale now.  Click here for all of the details.

One of the things I most admire about The Homebrew Chef is Sean’s insistance on continuing to innovate and experiment. I’ve attended more than a few of his dinners now, and I never see dishes repeated – quite the opposite really.  While Sean has a few favorite tropes (and who doesn’t, really?) he always pulls [...]

Let me start with this: Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head are some of my favorite breweries.   They are two of the most successful, widely available success stories of the craft beer movement.  One is a bit conservative, one a wild child, coming together to brew a collaboration beer – Life & Limb.  The beer(s) [...]