One of the highlights of GABF this year was the Farm to Table pavilion. Powered by the promise of class credit for students at the Culinary School of the Rockies, each table presented a series of beer and food pairings highlighting local producers. Setup in a separate area with great windows looking of a Colorado sunset, it [...]
Whew. 457 breweries and 2,100 beer later, the Great American Beer Festival really does live up to its name. I’ll be breaking up my posts into a few different events, but here’s a catch all photo album of photos from the convention floor, Falling Rock, and Great Divide Brewing. Congrats again to all the [...]
NCHF was a blast. It’s just your regular beer festival, without the massive crowds, drunken idiots, or lines. Instead you have a community of homebrewers that come together to share stories and beers, and celebrate the craft together. The weekend if perfectly kicked on Friday night off with a massive Homebrew Chef German inspired dinner. [...]
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The SF Beer & Cheese club met up again this past weekend to pour some barrel aged beers paired with some tasty cheese . Barrel aging tends to lead to big, bold beers, so our hosts Jason and Morgan put out a great spread of funky cheeses and tasty treats that would compliment our oaked [...]
The inaugural run of the SF Food Wars event was great fun, both to cook for and indulge in. My entry, Bourbon Duck Cheddar Mac ‘n Cheese was extremely well received, and we had a few people come back to taste “just to make sure it really was their favorite.” Here it is, in all [...]
All in all, a mixed bag. It was crowded, expensive, and with long lines for food that wasn’t exactly street food. Yet the crowds were docile and friendly, the food delicious, and in spite of all of the problems, it seemed like a good time was had by all. A few pictures from the day: [...]
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Is there anything better than a $4 happy hour pint of Pliny the Elder at Bender’s? No, there is not.
