Beer

  • Brewing Beer

    Last week I met up with my friend from college Justin.  He invited me to go and brew beer over at Shenandoah Brewery.  Basically it is a brew your own beer brewery.  They had 8-10 steam kettles and a ton of recipes.  We decided to Hellesfest.  Basically it is a 9% alcohol Ocktoberfest Lager.  Pretty…

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    Triple “B” Stew

    Readers kept asking me for a hearty fall stew so I sat down and wrote out everything I wanted. Beef — obviously. Barley — my neighbor growing up made it and it was a must. Beer — I put it in everything. Then I started with bacon, so technically it could be Quadruple B Stew. This one is thick, rich, and serves great over a fresh biscuit.