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Chink’s Steaks (Northest Philadelphia) – Cheesesteak

Appears a 10″ roll with thin slices of steak, melted american cheese and nicely caramelized onions on top. – 4The roll is Liscio’s. What sets this roll apart from most cheesesteaks places, that use Liscio’s rolls, is that they slightly toast the r… [...]

Top 10 Wine Posts of 2011

This year, we fell for delicious Pinot Noir and Tempranillo, Muscat and Muscadet. But we—like the rest of you—were especially pleased when we found a good value in wine, whether in boxes or bottles, under screwcaps or fat Champagne corks. Here are our top ten most popular posts about wine this year. [...]

Meet Shaun Hill at the Armsby Abbey

The Armsby Abbey is hosting an afternoon with Shaun Hill of Hill Farmstead tomorrow (Friday). The Hill Farmstead beers will be tapped when the Abbey opens, but Hill will be arriving around 1 p.m. This is a perfect opportunity to try all of those beers … [...]

A holiday miracle? Idaho Freedom Foundation declares fundraising victory

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New Beer Gives Back to Patriots

Patriotism runs deep in the American consciousness. You see it everywhere with flags hanging outside of people’s homes, bumper stickers on cars espousing the driver’s pride at being an Army mom or dad, military aircraft fly-overs at the opening of football games, and joyous reunions of troops returning home shown on the evening news. We [...] [...]

Best of 2011

Just like earlier years I will present my favourites from 2011. This year I will do the same as in 2010 and present all my winners in one post.This year has also been very nice beerwise, and I have tasted many interesting beers. On my travels I have be… [...]

Plenty of tickets remain for Saturday’s Boise State/Idaho basketball game

The men’s basketball teams from Boise State and Idaho will play against each other just once this season, and the game is scheduled for noon Saturday at the Idaho Center. [...]

Beer is for life and not just for Christmas

The great thing about being known as an ale fan is that when it comes to birthdays and Christmas people thankfully plump for the obvious and buy me beer. You can never have enough beer I find, although there was a time when this perhaps wasn’t the ca… [...]

1809 Berliner Weisse

12/20/2011 Professor Fritz Briem Berlin, Germany 1809 Berliner Weisse: A+ 1809 Berliner Weisse is one of those styles that seems to elude all of us.  One of the most common styles in Germany (especially Berlin) in the 1900′s, Berliner W… [...]

Serious Entertaining: New Year’s Eve Party Tips from Event Planner Linnea Johansson

By New Years Eve, I’ve thrown and attended more than my fair share of holiday parties. I’ll admit I’m a little worn out (can you get carpal tunnel from canapés?) and my wallet is feeling noticeably lighter. So to get amped for one last holiday hurrah in 2011, I turned to Linnea Johansson, a celebrity event planner, Elle contributor, chef, and author of Perfect Parties. In addition to sharing her top party tips, she shares recipes for smokey deviled eggs, black truffle & Parmesan popcorn, and a Prosecco cocktail. [...]

Nøgne Ø Dobbel IPA

Origin: NorwayType: Double IPAPrice: $9.29 500mL8% ABVNSP: 6.5websiteApparently this world famous Norwegian brewery has a boner for Japs (as do I!). Not only did they brew this collaboration beer with none other than once San Diego local Toshi Ishii (S… [...]

BTY Readers Choice – “WV Beer of the Year”

I thought this year I would try something a bit different. Usually, the BTY team gets together and we decide on a WV Beer of the Year. For 2011, I thought it would be fun and interesting to get reader’s comments/votes. Criteria: Remember, this is “WV Beer of the Year”… That doesn’t mean it has [...] [...]

A taste of Grimm Brothers Brewhouse

No time spent in Loveland is complete without a visit to Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, especially now that they’ve opened up their new expanded tap room.Finding this place wasn’t too hard, although the first brewery sign we saw that day was the old entranc… [...]

The Week in Beer: It’s Another Happy Brew Year

Eat, drink, and be merry, for in 2012 the world will end, at least according to the Mayans. But what did they know? They were into human sacrifice and other nasty business. Nonetheless, drinking and merriment are still the recommended method for celeb… [...]

Bink Winterkoninkske

MARCA: BinkMODELO: Bink WinterkoninkskeESTILO: Brune (8’3% ABV)PAÍS DE ORIGEN: BélgicaCARACTERÍSTICAS: Tras el intercambio de cervezas navideñas de hace unos días (con su consecuente degustación de variedades espumosas, partida de Carcassonne inc… [...]

A Midwinter’s Night in Brussels.

My first night back in Brussels, and there are 11 Saison Duponts lined up on the bar at Nüetnigenough. They are not all for me. I have 10 companions there to help. It starts with meeting a few old friends for a beer. It snowballs.Randomly, Dan Shelton… [...]

Djævlebryg OriginAle

OriginAle är en dubbel IPA från Djævlebryg på 8,5 %. Den har skapats med intelligent design, har underrubriken Darwinian Ale och har humlats med 3 engelska humlesorter för att hylla Charles Darwins 200-årsdag häromåret.Jag köpte den här flask… [...]

Five Top Five Lists for 2011

It’s that time of year. Everyone is coming out with top five lists, top ten lists, top this and top that lists. I’ve decided that Portland Beer and Music needs a few. Five to be exact, cause it seems to be the currently trending value. Five top fiv… [...]

New Year’s On the Cheap

Throwing a New Year’s Eve party rather than dealing with drunks on the road and “complimentary champagne toast at midnight!” at the bar? Generous enough not to make it a BYOB but don’t want to serve up $19 bottles of Sam Adams Infinium to people who ar… [...]

Harvester Brewing – Beer for the Gluten Free Market

Portland’s first all-gluten-free brewery, Harvester Brewing releases their first series of bottles to the public. [...]