In the literary world there is a neat device called foreshadowing. To foreshadow is to make mention of events before they happen. Kind of the like the time I said ‘now if someone could market banana bread beer, then we’d be getting somewhere’; that should have tipped you off avid reader. I’ll let you in on a secret: I’ve been planning this for a few weeks and needed some build up time to find all the pieces. I’m here to tell you that someone made banana bread into a beer, and it was interesting.
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Posts Tagged ‘chocolate’
Samuel Adams, Chocolate Bock
by J Frazzetta on January 17th, 2011 | Beer
Bottle/Tap: Bottle
I first encountered this beer back in the winter of 2004. It came in a large bottle, 22 ounces, and had a cool looking seal on the front. It was expensive at over $10 a bottle, and as a senior in college you have to make some tough choices: eat well for a few days or have a really awesome beer. The beer won. We were able to find this beer around Christmas every year, and then it stopped showing up on shelves. Disheartened we awaited the arrival of Chocolate Bock again. This year, Sam Adams repackaged the mythical
I first encountered this beer back in the winter of 2004. It came in a large bottle, 22 ounces, and had a cool looking seal on the front. It was expensive at over $10 a bottle, and as a senior in college you have to make some tough choices: eat well for a few days or have a really awesome beer. The beer won. We were able to find this beer around Christmas every year, and then it stopped showing up on shelves. Disheartened we awaited the arrival of Chocolate Bock again. This year, Sam Adams repackaged the mythical
Pumpkin Truffle Martini
by Jared on October 22nd, 2010 | Cocktails, Crafty Bartender
Hi, everyone. I'm always excited about the month of October for its sheer beauty and brilliant pumpkin patches that can be seen while driving around New England. Due to the hot summer, the pumpkin crop was 2 weeks early this year. However, the pumpkin crops are hearty with plenty of sizable pumpkins, as well as different varieties.
Over the past few years I have experimented with several types of pumpkin cocktails and toddys.With this said, I sometimes have trouble deciding which type of pumpkin drink to offer, so I have decided to offer one in October and another style through the
month
Over the past few years I have experimented with several types of pumpkin cocktails and toddys.With this said, I sometimes have trouble deciding which type of pumpkin drink to offer, so I have decided to offer one in October and another style through the
month
Of Wine and Chocolate
by TJ Davis on July 28th, 2010 | Wine
You love good wine. You love fine chocolate. Is it possible to love them together? You can if the wine is red and the chocolate is a semisweet or dark. Pairing wine and chocolate can be tricky because if the chocolate is too sweet it can bring out the astringency of the wine, especially one with deep tannins, like a Cabernet Sauvignon. Dark chocolates are a better match for most red wines, and with the Cabernet, the darker the better. A Merlot will stand up better to a chocolate with a slightly lower cocoa content, and Zinfandel is an
