Saturday, February 28, 2015

Brewvival

Unrelated to the book - but interesting nonetheless.  The best beer festival EVER is Brewvival put on by Coast Brewing and the Charleston Beer Exchange.  These are the beers we tried and Kirk's rating of them...

2010 Barrel-Aged Blackbeerd COAST 10
The Notorious P.I.G. Holy City 10
Rum Barrel-Aged Anfernee Westbrook 10
Four Roses Barrel-Aged Finisher Conquest 9.5
Brown Chicken Brown Cow Holy City 9
French Toasted Wake-n-Bake Terrapin 8.5
Holy COAST Holy City 8
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Arrogant Bastard Ale Stone 8
Stochasticity Project: Master of Disguise Stone 8
2012 Brown Shugga Lagunitas 7.5
Passion Project Stone 7.5
Duck-Rabbator Dopplebock Duck-Rabbit 7.5
Batch 1,000 Westbrook 7.5
Islander IPA Coronado 7
Tequila Barrel-Aged Spicy Nachos Evil Twin 7
Mosaic Promise Founders 7
Lucky Oyster Stout (randallized) Freehouse 7
Bearded Workman Frothy Beard 7
Ristretto Cosmic Black Lager Green Flash 7
Wild G’Knight Imperial Red IPA Oskar Blues 7
Smuttlabs Ol' Grundy Humper Smuttynose 7
Enjoy By IPA 3-14-15 Stone 7
Hop Selection (cask) Terrapin 7
Welder's Wood Tradesman 7
Warrior Heart IPA w/ hops and strawberries Conquest 6.5
Barrel-Aged McRooney's Scotch Ale Highland 6.5
Mucho Muy Amigo Holy City 6.5
Ville Moyenne Holy City 6.5
Commercial Suicide Jester King 6.5
Blackbeerd w/ peppers and chocolate (cask) COAST 6
Smoked Rye Pale COAST 6
2010 Pangaea Dogfish Head 6
2012 Noble Rot Dogfish Head 6
Pinner Throwback IPA Oskar Blues 6
Paul's Working Holiday (cask) Duck-Rabbit 6
Saison X Jolly Pumpkin 5.5
Errogenous Rhone Against the Grain 5
Grand Cru Anderson Valley 4
Hop Rocks (cask) Fullsteam 2

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Husk BBQ Sauce - Page 236

Second stage of Very Husk Superbowl!  This was also quite easy, just mixing and cooking until reduced.  Tastes delicious!  Very smoky and tangy.

Husk BBQ Rub - Page 311

It's a Very Husk Superbowl!  We're having Husk Cheeseburgers, Husk Wings and Carolina Ice Cream!  Ox trusted me to make a half batch of the BBQ Rub without supervision, probably because it's just mixin' stuff.  I was pissed that the paprika we brought back from Hungary wasn't smoked, so we had to buy some locally for the rub.  It would have been cool to use paprika bought at the source.

Here's the picture: