More pictures from Toronado Russian River Night…

Sometimes you don’t want all the trappings of an extravagant dinner, with carefully orchestrated service and silver changes after every course.  Sometimes, it’s important to just have some straight forward take-out from the local taqueria, and use it as an opportunity to drink some fun beers. With this attitude in mind, Brian (of Red White and Brew fame) and I set about [...]

    Steve of Beer By Bart pretty succinctly covers the reaction most people have to Russian River’s Sours.  Vinnie has developed a way with wild yeasts that I think is largely unmatched.  His event at Toronado provided a great opportunity to taste some of his rarer creations.  One of the big highlights of the night included Erudition, a three year old [...]

“In my opinion, it’s the best beer festival on the west coast”      This bold claim came from Tim, of William’s Brewing as well as a member of the BABC Homebrew Club.  Tim’s a big proponent of wild and brett beers, so for him to insist that this the best festival says a lot.  With [...]

  Eli had a hankering to make a savory tart.  She found this base recipe on the Food Network site, and set to work.  Rather than use a store bought crust, she made a pastry crust from scratch, and set about caramelizing the pears.  Meanwhile, I was tasked with finding a pairing.  The gorgonzola and cream cheese filling would [...]

More details on this delicious meal coming soon.  I’m a bit full right now.