While the cooking with beer competition is still under way I thought I’d post an old recipe and hopefully inspire a few more of you to enter. It’s best if you leave the fruit to soak for 12-24 hours but if you are in a rush then you don’t have to. You can also change […]
View Post beer and food, beer cake, beer in foodA couple of weeks ago I won some delicious goodies from Olives Et Al on Twitter, as I won them using my Beer Reviews account I thought I’d try and pair what they sent me with beer so here are the results and a little bit of info about Olives Et Al. Olives Et Al […]
View Post bar snacks, beer and food, Beer and food pairing, beer snacks, food pairing, IPA, pilsner, soutI’ve been cooking with beer for a while now and have bought plenty of cook books that either use beer in the recipes or suggest beers to go with the recipes in the books. I’ve even made up some of my own recipes like the Punk IPA Prawns. I know other people must do it […]
View PostA couple of days ago I spotted Richard Fox’s Beer and Food book going cheap so decided to order it and see what it was like. I’ve only had a quick flick through so there will be a proper review of it soon, but in the meantime I decided to make his beer mashed potatoes […]
View Post beer and food, beer recipes, bottled beer, cooking with beerLast night @davelozman and his mrs came for tea, It’s always a great night and we usually sup some fantastic beer so I took a bit of a risk and tried to incorporate some beer into the first course. I’ve made beer batter before but only ever for big chunks of fish and I usually […]
View Post beer and food, beer batter, beer recipe, beer recipes, BrewDog, IPAThis is my favourite recipe for beer battered fish n chips, it’s totally up to you which beer you use but I find the fizzier, yeastier ones give a better texture to the batter, the trick is to have the beer really cold too. I like to fry my fish then let it stand while […]
View Post beer batter, beer recipe, beer recipesNow that the nights have drawn in and the weather has got cooler, I start to fancy darker, richer food as a result the slow cooker gets more of a hammering that usual. My beer tastes also start to change, I move onto the more autumnal, darker fruity beers such as stouts and porters, that’s […]
View Post beer recipes, bottled ale, StoutI’ve been making this bread for a while now, I can’t remember where the recipe came from but it recently won me some beer from Bristol Beer Factory so thought I had better post it on here. There is also an excellent recipe by the hair bikers for Newcastle Brown Ale and cheese bread on […]
View Post beer and food, beer recipe, food and beer, recipeI know this post doesn’t have beer in, nor does it have a proper picture, It does however involve a bottle of cider (including a very brief “review” but I just had to share this recipe with you. I saw it in a slow cooker book in the cheap bookshop in town so i thought […]
View Post apple, beer and food, cider, recipe, westons