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Diner: I'll start with the foie gras terrine and spaetzle salad, then I'll have the salmon tartare for my main course and the Guittard chocolate souffle for dessert. Server: Shall we pair the foie gras with a nice Tokaji, the salmon with ros Champagne and a lovely Port to finish the meal? read more »
Last year there were three major arrivals in the San Francisco Bay Area for lovers of fine beer: THE TRAPPIST in Oakland, easily one of my favorite bars going; THE MONK'S KETTLE in San Francisco's Mission District, a place I'm sorta on the fence about due to their high prices & limited seating; and read more »
No doubt as you do, I carry around a supremely dorked-out list of the beers I need to try in the notes section of my cell phone; things people recommend, things I read about on blogs, in magazine, you know. I reckon everybody probably does this, dont you think? read more »
Tonight, Friday December 7th, is the opening night of Oakland, California-based Belgian-themed beer bar THE TRAPPIST , and the kids, as they say, are waaay psyched. You probably will be as well get a load of this opening night beer list . THE TRAPPIST is the product of many, many months planning and hard labor, and obviously many years of hardcore Belgian beer enthusiasm ( though a few local and US micros will be served as well ). read more »
We were ripe for an update on the worlds greatest beers, what with all the good ones weve added to the list recently so here they are, the finest 55 beers known to (one) man: 1. BRASSERIE DE ROCHEFORT Trappistes Rochefort 8 (Belgian Strong Dark Ale) 3. UNIBROUE La Fin Du Monde (Belgian Strong Pale Ale) 4. ST. BERNARDUS Grotten Brown (Belgian Strong Dark Ale) 5. THREE FLOYDS - Alpha King (American Pale Ale) 6. LOST ABBEY Gift Of The Magi (Biere De Garde) 7. BROWERIJ VAN STEENBERGE Monks Caf Sour Flemish Ale (Flanders Oud Bruin) 8. read more »
The holiday flood begins... New Arrivals: Serafijn Celtic Angel : There's no commercial description, so click the link to read some reviews or wait until I drink one and report back... Serafijn Donker : This dark brown Serafijn has a spicy herbal character and a soft bitterness. The Achilles brewery has a unique way of achieving an even heating of the wort: using no direct flame or steam, the wort is pumped through a spiral that sits in a tub of hot water! Serafijn Tripel : There's no commercia read more »