New Home-brew - Black IPA, and Blind Tasting

Yesterday we finally opened and tasted a bottle of our home-brew that we brewed a month or so ago. And out of the beers we brewed so far (we started with our first attempt in June 2011), this one is the best. So good, in fact, when we tasted it yesterday first, we thought it was on the level with the beers with buy in a liquor store. We finally made it! Then an idea came to me - to truly compare our beer with brews we get at a store, let's do a blind tasting. This time we brewed Black IPA, and not long ago we tasted a Black IPA from Tommyknocker right at the brewery from the tap, and a bit before that we had Pitch Black IPA from Widmer Brothers. So I thought of buying those two and then tasting it with ours. Liqour store was out of Widmer's this time, but instead we got Uinta Dubhe Imperial Black IPA and Tommyknocker Hop Strike Black IPA.

Quick And Delicious Vegetarian Dinner

Dressing down Foie Gras con Tacu Tacu de Lentejas

Last night's dinner was delicious...Just looking back at the photo of that plate makes my mouth water. Tonight's dinner will be a simpler version of that, as I still have all the ingredients ready, why not use them. Stripping foie gras out of the dish makes it vegetarian too.

Our Usual Apres-ski - Local Brewery Visit

Tommyknocker Brewery

Sunny weather, barely a cloud in the sky, reasonable temperatures, fresh snow on the slopes - you guessed it, it's a ski day! And with a number of times we went for beer and food to some local brewery on the way back home after skiing it is almost time to declare it a tradition.