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Fish Brewing Old Woody by dugpark from www.justbeer.wordpress.com

Man o’ man am I glad I took the trip to Malt & Vine the other day to get this sweet new release.  Every once in a while a beer just takes you by surprise and this is the one.  It has probably been a month or two since I have had one hit me like this… so thanks Fish Brewing for your wonderful Old Woody!

This beer kicked off a heck of a night of tasting with the glasses all lined up and ready to try some brews.  For the most part it was a great night with all Will Buy Again ratings or better.  Of course I should have figured starting off so well. :)

So… how was the tasting on this one?  The pour was a ruddy red in color, leading to small white and bubbly heads in the four tasting mugs.  The nose smelled of sweet malt and caramel, giving me a dilemma on whether I should just keep smelling it or should actually take a drink.  My tastes buds finally took over and I had my first swallow of this wonderful malt juice and oh was I rewarded!  The nose was right on as the body held sweetness, malts, and a wonderful caramel flavor that made several folks ponder on whether this would be good in a milkshake or over icecream… if I were a betting man, I would bet on it.  The oak aging was there but definitely mild, which I think fit this one well as it gave it more of the background character than front end flavor.  The cloudy body led to sweetness again in the finish with mild complexity but nice succinctness.  Not too much, not too little, especially for 10% ABV.

JBB6 Rating: For The Win

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Gamedayeats.com Football (Super Bowl) Apps Series Issue 34: Super Bowl Snack Food Stadium

This might be the last issue for the 2009-2010 football season for the Gamedayeats.com Football Apps Series.  It’s been a great run with some great appetizers we are glad to share with you throughout this football season.  We are stepping into the last game of the season, the Super Bowl and although this was made popular last year by Holy Taco we still needed to put it in our series and share it again with the expanded users of Gamedayeats.com.

This is the appetizers of appetizers, a football stadium built with numerous types of appetizers to not only get you full, but to mesmerize you with a piece of art made out of food.  We call it the Super Bowl Snack Food Stadium.  The only thing that could beat or equate to this glorious and monstrous would be to do a snack food stadium out of all types of meat, that would be something else.

Super Bowl Snack Food Stadium

The Field:
1 Pound of Guacamole
15 Oz. Queso Dip For The Steelers End Zone
15 Oz. Salsa For The Cardinals End Zone
2 Oz. Sour Cream for the Field Lines

The Players:
15 Vienna Sausages
Helmets - 3 Oz. Sharp Cheddar Cheese

The Goal Posts:
1 Slim Jim for Each Goal Post
1 Oz. Monterey Jack Cheddar To Anchor (each)

The Stands:
58 Twinkies
1 Pound of Bacon
1 Bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos
1 Bag of Cheetos
1 Bag of Corn Tortilla Chips
1 Bag of Chex Mix

TOTAL CALORIES: 24,375
TOTAL GRAMS OF FAT: 1,285
TOTAL COST: $86.47
  1. Stack according to picture.
  2. Enjoy.

Gamedayeats.com Football (Super Bowl) Apps Series Issue 33: Pizza Sandwich

The Super Bowl is 3 days away and we wanted to continue our two weeks of awesome apps for your Super Bowl party.  In this series we have Pizza Sandwiches, part pizza, part sandwich, part party, this covers your hunger in the app, pizza and sandwich categories.  Needless to say, this is a versatile app, one handed pizza sandwich that lets you be mobile and leaves the other hand free for your cold beverage of choice.  Truly an app that takes the guess work out of whether you want a sandwich or pizza, decision done, you get both lucky fan.

Pizza Sandwiches

2 slices Italian bread
2 teaspoons mayonnaise
2 teaspoons pizza sauce (or spaghetti sauce)
6 slices pepperoni
2 slices sharp cheddar cheese (or mozzarella)
1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese (or Asiago)
  1. Spread mayonnaise on one slice and pizza or spaghetti sauce on the other slice.
  2. Lay pepperoni slices on the pizza sauce and the cheese over the top of that.
  3. Sprinkle Parmesan on the mayonnaise slice.
  4. Pop both pieces into the toaster oven (or put together and use a panini maker) until cheese is bubbly and melted.
  5. Fold sides together, and serve while warm.
  6. VARIATION: try this with your favorite pizza toppings OR cheeses.
  7. SERVING SUGGESTION: Cut on point into four pieces and use as appetizers or little kid-wiches.

We will make sure to get in a few more apps here before Super Bowl kickoff, stay tuned.

From Hotsaucedaily.com, Week of Wings – Day 3 – Game Day Eats by Brian

In honor of Superbowl Sunday we present the
Week of Wings – 7 days and 7 recipes for delicious hot wings.

Day 3 – Game Day Eats – Wing Sauce Especial

We cooked up a batch of wings to try the Wing Sauce Especial from GameDayEats.com. Let me say right up front that this sauce has a very traditional “buffalo wing” flavor and although there’s no butter in it, there’s a “fat” content that replaces it. Probably from the oils and whey.

You cannot use this sauce straight from the jar. It needs to be heated before use. I emphasize this fact, because there are no instructions on the label. Perhaps Curt will address this with his next label run.

I love the “cling” and gloppiness and how it adheres to the wings. The finished texture is almost perfect. But then again, I’m a big fan of Hooter’s Wings and how their sauce “clings” and gets absorbed into the wing. I think Wing Sauce Especial gets pretty darn close to that.

The flavor has a big hit of vinegar, and the heat level is about medium. And with the Cayenne Red Peppers, this sauce is very much like a Louisiana-style hot sauce for wings.

So for a Buffalo style wing sauce from a jar, GameDayEats has nailed it. I would recommend this to anyone wanting a quick, easy way to get some good Buffalo wings going.

Ingredients: Aged cayenne red peppers, vinegar, water, salt, spices, vegetable oil blend (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, liquid soybean oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil), water, whey (milk), soy lecithin, vegetable mono and diglycerides, potassium sorbate (to protect quality), citric acid, artificial flavor, betacarotene (color)

Curt Johnson of GameDayEats.com sells his Wing Sauce Especial here in 16 oz pint jars.


And don’t forget to try our Easy Blue Cheese Dressing recipe that you can make at home to go with your wings! We guarantee that you will love it.

Shiner Hefeweizen by Curt

This past weekend we were busy doing all sorts of errands that we needed to get out of the way.  Right before the KU vs. K State basketball game came on, I hightailed it to the local beer store and picked up this little number, Shiner Hefeweizen.  I’m a big fan of the Shiner beers from Shiner, Texas and had a good feeling about this one.  I couldn’t have been more right (pat on the back for me).

The beer is brewed with orange and lemon peels and thought this would be a good addition to the wheat beer. The smell is full of aroma from the wheat, orange and lemon peels, very tempting.  The beer is golden in color but semi clear, not completely unfiltered Hefeweizen style but not completely filtered.  The head was nice and bubbly and the taste was quenching, giving the full taste of the wheat and the orange and lemon peels.  This is a brew you need to try, highly recommended, you will not be disappointed.

Gamedayeats.com Football Apps Series Issue 32: Super Football Dip

Since the Superbowl is coming up in less than two weeks we figured to finish off the football season with the Gamedayeats.com Football Apps Series completely dedicated to Superbowl Appetizers.  This is the second entry into that theme, going out with a bang for the football apps series.  This app is a tasty one, just like the rest of them, but this one is a super dip that combines hamburger and sausage into a tasty creamy pool of cheese and spice with some other additions that will make you go hmmm, yummm.  There is a reason why they call it “Super Football Dip”.

Super Football Dip

1 lb hamburger
1 lb roll hot pork sausage
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
1 (3 lb) package Velveeta cheese
1 (12 ounce) jar jalapeno peppers, with juice
  1. Cook meats in a skillet together and drain fat.
  2. Place meat in a crockpot.
  3. Cube cheese and put in crockpot.
  4. Add soup and jalapeno peppers.
  5. Cook on low. Stir when needed.
  6. When everything has completely melted serve with your favorite corn chip.

Dig in, this is the last game of the season.  More Superbowl App recipes to come.

Grand Teton Brewing Bitch Creek ESB by dugpark from www.justbeer.wordpress.com

One of the first brews of our trip, Grand Teton Brewing Bitch Creek ESB comes to you from Victor, ID… not more than 60 miles from where I grew up.  Such fond memories… although I have never been to the creek the beer is named for… Anyhow, the description on their page is pretty good… this is a pretty big brew from a little Idaho brewery and one that I will be coming back to for sure.  It pours very heady and dark amber in color.  A tad bit yeasty with definite malt on the nose… the malt and hops mix to almost give a dark hop flavor on the body with the malt sitting just under the surface of a roiling hop surface.  Overall a really solid beer that started the trip off right!

JBB6 Rating: Will Buy Again

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Foster’s Premium Ale by Curt

I’ve had a few Foster oil cans in my lifetime, not bad stuff, kind of middle of the road for me, but nonetheless it’s decent beer.  Good stuff for a warm day.  The other day I spotted Foster’s Premium Ale in the store and figured why not give this a try, we are not breaking the bank on this one.  The Premium Ale comes in the same size oil can the regular comes in, so that was a good start.

I cracked open the large can poured a little in my pint glass to see the color and give it a little whiff.  The color is a light amber color with a suprisingly good hoppy aroma that comes with it.  The head was semi firm and the taste and flavor was pretty good.  All in all a good brew that I enjoyed.  Give it a try, you will not be let down, it’s not bad stuff.

Gamedayeats.com Football Apps Series Issue 31: Superbowl Nachos

One more weekend of playoffs and the Superbowl will be shortly upon us.  We wanted to finish off the next few weeks before the Superbowl with some Apps just for the big game that you just have to have while watching the show.  An obvious choice for us were nachos, a staple at many Superbowl parties, we have a kicked up version that will make other nacho plates look just plain ordinary.  For this Football Apps Series we give you Superbowl Nachos, easy to make and easy to eat, dig in.

Superbowl Nachos

8 cups tortilla chips, home-made or store bought
1/2 lb lean ground beef
1/2 lb chorizo sausage, casing removed (or use 1 lb. ground
beef)
1 large onion, chopped
  salt
  liquid red pepper seasoning (Tobasco)
1 (1-2 lb) can refried beans
1 (4 ounce) can whole green chilies, seeded and chopped
2-3 cups shredded monterey jack cheese or mild chedder
cheese
3/4 cup prepared green taco sauce or red taco souce
1 medium avocado, peeled, pitted and coarsely mashed
(garnish)
1 cup sour cream (garnish)
1/4 cup chopped green onions (garnish)
1 cup pitted ripe olives (garnish)
  chopped fresh cilantro (garnish)
  1. 1. Crumble beef and sausage into a wide frying pan over medium-high heat; add onion and cook, stirring to break up meat, until meat is lightly browned.
  2. 2. Spoon off fat; season to taste with salt and hot pepper seasoning.
  3. 3. Spread beans in a shallow 10×15-inch baking pan or oven proof dish.
  4. 4. Top evenly with meat mixture, sprinkle with chilies and cheese, then drizzle with taco sauce.
  5. 5. Bake, uncovered, in a 400 oven for 20-25 minutes or until very hot throughout.
  6. 6. Meanwhile, prepare garnishes of your choice.
  7. 7. Remove pan from oven and quickly garnish, mounding avocado and sour cream in the center, and adding other garnishes as desired.
  8. 8. Quickly truck tortilla chips around edges of bean mixture and serve immediately.
  9. 9. If desired, keep platter hot on an electric warming tray.

We will be doing many more of these apps to get your Superbowl party ready for the big game.

Redhook Mudslinger Spring Ale by dugpark from www.justbeer.wordpress.com

I was very excited to get to my new BBFF (Beer Best Friend Forever) tonight with dinner after opening the box yesterday (Oh Happy Day #10 – Redhook Mudslinger Spring Ale).  Offical tasting splendor: Redhook Mudslinger Spring Ale.

Let’s just say I was not disappointed!  This is one of those brews that, more so than any in the past 6 months, I really wanted a six pack with me.  Sure it has been a bit of a dry spell, but this beer broke it.  Overall = oustanding.  The nose is malty and sweet, the color is dark brown/amber.  It poured a perfect thick, rich, and creamy head with a thick body as the bubbles took a while to mill about in the glass and then finally rise to the top of the thick nectar.  The body is nutty, mild, and smooth with malt sweetness in the undertones.  And the finish is short and tight, leaving you ready for your next drink immediately.  This beer was so easy to drink yet full of flavor that it may be my new favorite session beer once I get my hands on more.  I could drink this beer all night and wish I had more… right now! :)

JBB6 Rating: For the Win