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Happy Valentine's Day
On this most romantic day of the year, our thoughts turn to our loved ones and how we can express our affection to them. Hopefully if you are reading this, you have already made your plan(s). If not...time to get to work and I wish you good luck. Typically on Valentines our thoughts turn to chocolates and wine, a fancy dinner at that romantic restaurant you have been meaning to go to, or of course flowers. And if you are going the flowers route....enjoy the overinflated prices that the florist is going to get you for. I have another suggestion though...beer. What else would we suggest?!?
For the most part, Valentine's Day hasn't been considered a beer holiday. But I can think of a lot of different beers that would be awesome to share with your significant other in a romantic setting. Where wine finds trouble is when it is matched up with chocolate but this is where beer can be perfectly paired. A nice coffee porter, a double chocolate stout, or any stout for that matter will balance the sweetness of chocolate and make your palate sing. Or how about a framboise or strawberry lambic paired with chocolate. The fruit flavors dance with the rich creamy textures and give the effect of a chocolate covered fruit. But don't limit it to dessert, there is no reason your entire meal cannot be an opportunity to pair great beers along with several courses. You don't have to be at a Valentine's beer dinner to experience this. There are many restaurants these days with enough selections to create your own beer pairing dinner.
So before you do the typical on this Valentine's day, step out of the box (of chocolates) and treat your loved one to an experience that they will remember and include beer in this celebration of your love.
Cheers,
Brown Specialty Team
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Coronado Hoppy Daze Belgian IPA
CBC's overriding mission is to brew beers that are 100% true to our San Diego roots. Our spring seasonal, an unfiltered Belgian-style IPA, does so in spades thanks to aggressive West Coast hopping, while paying tasteful homage to Old World flavors and brewing traditions.
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Ommegang Glimmerglasss Spring Saison
Brewed with Pilsner, white wheat and Cara-Vienna. Subtle spicing of pink peppercorns and sweet orange peel. Hopped with Bravo, Styrian Golding, Columbus and a Cascade blend. Fermented with a classic saison yeast strain. 5.4% ABV
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Cigar City Hopped on the High Seas Carribbean Style IPA: Experimental Hop #529
Brewed and fermented in Puerto Rico, dry-hopped exclusively with Experimental Hop #529 hops in the shipping container back to Tampa where it was canned at Cigar City Brewing. The voyage truly makes this a Caribbean-style India Pale Ale. Wayne describes this hop as having orange creamsicle notes. 7.0% ABV
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Shipyard Bourbon Barrel Aged Prelude
The beer has been aged in bourbon barrels prior to bottling. Winter Warmer brewed with Cascade, Tettnang, Fuggles, Goldings and 2 Row, British Pale Ale, Crystal, Chocolate, Roasted Barley malts. 9.5% ABV
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Brew Bus Double Decker English-Style Porter
Double Decker Porter was brewed in honor of our busing brothers across the pond. The beer has a silky chocolate character, which is balanced with British East Kent Golding and German Magnum hops. Combine that dark brown pour, velvety tan head, and a decadent malt character, and you'll find yourself doubling up on this brew for twice the enjoyment.
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Saint Somewhere Crépuscule (Twilight)
Amber in color, this Farmhouse ale falls somewhere between a Bier de Garde and a Saison. Unfiltered and keg conditioned. Wild yeast from open fermentation adds to the complexity.
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Saint Somewhere E'te' Sans Fin
Endless summer. It's late September and still in the 90's in Florida so we've brewed a beer to get us through to December. Light and refreshing Farmhouse ale with a slight hint of coriander. Unfiltered and keg conditioned. Wild yeast from open fermentation adds to the complexity.
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Rogue 7 Hop IPA
This is John Maier's secret recipe that blends all seven hops grown in the hopyard of Rogue Farms. It is a true taste of the terroir of the Wigrich Appellation, the oldest hops growing region in Oregon.
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Red Brick Hop Circle India Session Ale
Some claim that our Hop Circle India Session Ale is of extraterrestrial origin. This easy drinking wheat beer packs a big hoppy punch without overwhelming bitterness, creating an out-of-this-world experience that begs the questions if this is truly an alien encounter. Despite its terra firma origins, drinking more than one may inspire you to search for lights in the night sky, take to the front lawn to mow your own enigma, and ponder the enternal question, "What were those guys drinking?"
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Red Brick Beard Envy
Some of us have it and some of us don't. You know what we're
talking about. That quintessential mark of a true man of beer
legend, the very badge of the great brew masters the world over.
Around here, we call it beard envy. And like this robust beer, it
speaks volumes with words like "Put down that razor and take a
drink." With flavors of toffee, raisins and dark fruit accentuated by vanilla and a hint of bourbon balanced by the resinous pine notes of Chinook hops, this barrel-aged barleywine masterwork is as bold and hearty as the beards we salute. 9.3% ABV
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Uinta Baba Black Lager
Robust and smooth, this full-flavored lager is exceptionably drinkable and pitch black in color.
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Uinta Wyld Extra Pale Ale
A lighter bodied pale ale, this EPA is aggressively dry hopped to showcase fresh hop flavors and aromas. Begins with slight malt flavor with a subtle sweetness. Hop character pounces with citrus and pine notes. Finishes dry with an infusion of sweet hoppiness. (Happiness, too.) Go wild with food pairings. Wyld is versatile and partners well with burgers, pork loin , grilled steak and poultry. Delicious with salmon-grilled or smoked. Try Wyld with a slice of romano cheese.
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Uinta Dubhe Imperial Black IPA
Toasted, chocolaty dark malts align with an astronomical amount of hops. Named Utah's Centennial Star in 1996, Dubhe (pronounced Doo-bee) illuminates the front of the big dipper from 124 light years away. Dubhe, also known as Alpha Ursae Majoris, is a red giant that appears orange in color and has a mass 4x that of the sun.
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Uinta Detour Double India Pale Ale
Detour blazes the trail for fresh and bold Double IPAs. Four varieties of hops combine to step up the flavor profile. A hoppy adventure that finishes dry. Big in alcohol and character. Venture to pair with other spirited flavors such as those found in spicy ethnic foods.
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Uinta Labyrinth Black Ale
Black Ale aged in rye barrels
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Bold and refreshing, this IPA combines an abundance of hops with a smooth malt profile. A play on "Top Notch" with a hoppy twist..setting new trends for beer vocabulary, "this IPA is Hop Notch."
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Inspired by Owner Will Hamill and Headbrewer Kevin Ely's recent trip to Germany to inspect new brewhouse equipment, Tinder is a German-style Rauchbier (Smoked Beer) that kindles moderate malty sweetness and robust smokiness. Brewed with Bamberg beechwood-smoked malt, this medium-bodied lager ignites distinct campfire smoke flavors and aroma.
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Uinta Sea Legs Baltic Porter
Complex and drinkable, Sea Legs delivers flavors of roasted malt and chocolate. Sea Legs was aged in Bourbon Barrels for nearly 12 months adding toasted vanilla and bourbon notes to the flavor profile. This Medium-bodied Baltic Porter has a complex malt profile and mild hop bitterness. With a hidden ABV of 8%, Sea Legs is a siren of a beer.
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How many hours of minimum wage work it takes to earn a beer
By: Roberto A. Ferdman
Throwing back a cold one can be a costly affair-especially if you're living off the minimum wage in a country like Georgia or Bangladesh.
How do we know that? Because we made a Beer Index.
Numbeo, a crowd-sourced database of the price of goods around the world, maintains a comprehensive list of the average price of a domestic draft beer in different countries. And the International Labor Organization (ILO) maintains a vast library of minimum monthly wage data. So we combined the two-into a beer indicator, of sorts.
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Wait, what? Alcohol banned from most events at Sochi Olympics
By: Andy Nesbitt of Fox Sports
There's nothing quite as great as enjoying a nice, cold beer while attending a sporting event.
There's just something special and delicious about the age-old tradition - for those of age to drink, of course.
Well, fans at the Sochi Olympics have been dealt some harsh news - beer and alcohol isn't being served at most events during the Winter Games.
Gasp!
The Wall Street Journal explains why this is happening:
Russia, whose most famous export may be vodka, is staging the driest Olympics in memory. For many fans, it is the biggest upset of the Winter Games. A new federal law last year prohibited the sale of alcohol inside sports stadiums and arenas. And a local ordinance last month banned alcohol sales within 50 meters of some sports venues.
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Belly up! Combine jelly bean flavors to create fave beer tastes
By: Jim Galligan
Jelly Belly jelly beans were a great source of joy for me as a kid. We'd regularly take long car trips and my sister and I would pass the time with a bag of Jelly Belly candy, following the "recipes" printed on the bag that called for combining different flavored beans to create new and interesting taste treats. Oh my gosh - two Green Apple and one Cinnamon totally DO taste like a candy apple!
When Jelly Belly recently announced it was making a new "Draft Beer"-flavored jelly bean, the dusty bean-blending gears in my brain immediately creaked back to life. I savored the opportunity to blend a fun part of my youth with an obsession of my adulthood: Jelly Belly candy and craft beer.
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Featured Cocktail:
For Valentine's Day... Black Velvet -5 oz chilled stout
-5 oz chilled Champagne
Pour stout into a champagne flute. Add champagne carefully, so it does not mix with stout, and serve.
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Featured Recipe
Imperial Stout Chocolate & Raspberry Beer Cream Whoopie Pies
By: Loaded Kitchen
Ingredients:
For the Whoopie Pies:
4 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2tsp kosher salt
1 and 1/4 tsp baking powder
1 and 1/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 cup beer
2 cups dark brown sugar, firmly packed
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp espresso powder
1 egg, large
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup buttermilk
For the Raspberry Beer Cream:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup cream cheese, room temperature
3 1/2 cups confectioners sugar, sifted
4tsp seedless raspberry jam
2TB raspberry fruit beer
Directions:
Start by making the Raspberry Beer Cream:
Make sure the butter and the cream cheese are softened and room temperature. If the butter is not super soft, put it in a large Zip Loc baggie. Then, give it a bunch of whacks with a meat tenderizer. Do the same with the cream cheese, if necessary.
Then, in a large bowl, cream the butter and the cream cheese together with a hand mixer on medium speed until combined and fluffy.
Sift in 3 cups of the confectioners sugar, one cup at a time, mixing after each addition with the beaters.
Then, add the raspberry jam and the fruit beer. Mix until combined.
Sift in the remaining 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar and beat with the mixers until combined. It will have a dull pink-grayish hue. Feel free to add food coloring to your desired color. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
To make the whoopie pies:
Preheat the oven to 350˚F (175˚C)
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, mix together the cocoa powder and the beer. It'll do some weird stuff at first. Just keep stirring and it'll eventually turn into a liquid.
Mix the vegetable oil and the brown sugar together in a bowl until well-combined. Add this to the cocoa powder/beer mixture.
Add in the espresso powder, egg, vanilla extract, and buttermilk. Stir until well-combined.
Slowly add in the flour, making sure to scrape down the sides. Stir until all the ingredients are incorporated and you have a batter just shy of the consistency of Playdough. Set aside for 10 minutes or so so it'll be a little easier to work with.
Line some baking trays with parchment paper. I traced a heart-shaped cookie cutter and manipulated the batter by hand to fit into the shapes. You can just drop it on in circles, if you like. I used an ice cream scoop to portion out the pies.
Bake for 12 minutes or until the tops are dry and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Let them sit on the baking tray for a couple minutes and then carefully peel them off the parchment paper and put them on a cooling rack.
While the pies are cooling, take the beer cream out of the refrigerator and let it come up to room temperature.
Once the pies are completely cooled, spread about 2 teaspoons of the beer cream on one of the pies. Top it off with its other half (how cute, for Valentine's Day.) Set aside and let the glaze harden. If you have extra glaze, drizzle some on top of the pies.
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