Entries Tagged as ‘brews’

February 20, 2009

Chocolate Bock Malted Ice Cream

Believe it
Beer infused ice cream is nothing new.  If you Google a recipe you will find a number of recipes for Guinness ice cream.
I guarantee you will like my version better.
I start with an 1888 Bock from the Leinenkugel’s brewery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.  Of course you can use another dark beer with a similar [...]

October 13, 2008

Ithaca Beer Co. medals @ Great American

Regional favorite Ithaca Beer Company received two silver medals at the Great American Beer Festival.
The two beers receiving medals were the Cascazilla and the Excelsior Brute.  The Cascazilla is a personal fave and is highly recommended for those who enjoy hoppy ales and the 7% alcohol content makes for a toasty sixer.

September 26, 2007

Eating & Drinking in the Genesee Valley

“Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn. To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit, and an [...]