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Dublin Bus meets a Dublin treasure, the Five Lamps.
The saying "Do you know the Five Lamps ? " is an old saying popular in the city, as a reply to where you can go, but not on the 29A bus.
It's #DublinWit
Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, a highly rated beer through BeerAdvocate.com.
I support BA's opinion.
"Our belief has always been that beer can have as much flavor, complexity, diversity, food-compatibility, and ageability as the world's finest wines...thankfully we've never had to bend toward the status quo."-Sam Calagione, founder. (From the Boston Sunday Globe)
If fortunate to find, you just have to sample this brewer’s 120 Minute IPA. $35-$40 a 4-pack seems a bit steep, but sticker shock subsides upon first taste.
Roast Pork Sandwich on buttered garlic bread, with Duck Sauce and thin pineapple slices. Two mini baked potatoes with butter. Salad with spinach, cucumber, onion, tomato, pineapple and light balsamic vinagrette.
Topped off with Heady Topper, Alchemist Brewery, Stowe, Vermont. Ranked 4.6 out of 5 in BeerAdvocate.com.
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Theme: What's for Dinner
Westvleteren 12 (XII) - The legendary, close to mythical Trappist from the Sint-Sixtus Abbey of Westvleteren. Global winner of a wide range of titles, prizes and medals, acclaimed by many, desired by the masses.
Their first title of Best Beer In The World, awarded in 2005 by ratebeer.com, triggered and fueled a hype as never witnessed before in the entire history of beer. The street where the abbey is situated could not handle the traffic and was made one-way shortly after winning the Best Beer award.
With the production capacity deliberately kept low and demand being sky-high the only way to get your hands on some you must head to the gates of the Saint Sixtus Abbey in Westvleteren, a 20-minute drive from Ypres, Flanders.
This is after calling in your order by telephone and giving the monks the license plate number of the car with which you plan to pick up your maximum of two crates. Once you’ve gotten your stock of this Belgian-brew-booty, savor it slowly because it will be at least a two-month wait before you can pick up another batch with the same car. All buyers must promise not to sell their hard-earned private supply to third parties – if you’re lucky enough to score a reservation in what the monks dub their ‘beer line’ in the first place, that is. Moral of the story: nothing worth having ever came easy.
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Devils Backbone is a geologic feature about a twenty minute drive from my house in central Texas. You can buy the ale or visit the tavern of the same name. www.myscenicdrives.com/drives/texas/devils-backbone
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Tonight's after dinner beer.
Shall one compare thee to a fair beer. Not even this perfect porter before thou will do thee justice. Thou art more complex, brave and cunning. Thou have changed more than a brew will ever. Thou may be lil' but thy mind is greater than words can speak and beer will ever taste.
Evil Twin Brewing, Stratford, CT.
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We're breaking it down, baby.
Beer of the day: Spanish Peaks Black Dog Amber Ale, Bozeman MT.
Combine the two and you have this picture.
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Brolly cam left, bare strobe cam right at background (feathered).
I follow the folks at Baked in New York City over on Twitter (@brooklynbaker)—they've put together some of my favorite baking-oriented cookbooks I've read in the last several years. A day or so ago they linked to a blog post describing a traditional Danish Christmas cake based around dark, malty Imperial Stout. I had remembered drinking a dark, extremely-heavy-on-the-vanilla stout a few years ago that sounded like it'd be a good fit for the recipe, and stopped by my local craft brew supplier to see if I could find it again. No luck, but I did end up grabbing a bottle of Great Divide Brewing Company's Chocolate Oak-Aged Yeti Imperial Stout.
Me being me, and with the chocolate component to the stout (which comes from cocoa nibs in the brewing process subbing for some of the bittering hops), I couldn't leave well enough alone, and doctored the recipe a bit to reinforce the flavors in the beer a bit, and add a touch of fat to the batter, which struck me as mighty lean. This is the end result, a still fairly lean "cake" (really more of a quick bread), that edges a bit towards a gingerbread. Very tasty, and I can pick up some of the qualities of the beer in the final product (conveniently, the recipe only calls for about half of the 22 oz bottle I bought, so there was some for the cook to drink while baking for, um, comparison's sake. Yeah, that's it.)
Arranged the cake and some slices on parchment, with a bottlecap and bottle opener. Sadly, the bottlecap is not from the Yeti, which I couldn't find, but from the Belgian-style I had with dinner. I played with cloning the name out, but the end result didn't look very good, so I'll live with it.
Nikon D7000 w/Nikkor 50mm ƒ/1.8 prime, 1/250s @ ƒ/11, ISO100. Two SB-700s, both at full power at 24mm zoom, shot through white umbrellas, one to the right and top, one to the bottom left. Color processing in Aperture, with a bit of structure added to the parchment in Nik Viveza.
Ingredients
18 oz. all-purpose flour
18 oz. dark brown sugar
3 tbl. cocoa powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tbl. freshly grated ginger
1/2 tsp. ground allspice
2 oz. melted butter
12 oz. Imperial Stout
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tbl. strong coffee
2 eggs
Directions
Preheat your oven to 350°F. Grease a 9"x5" loaf pan and line the bottom with parchment.
Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, salt, spices, and baking soda and combine well, breaking up all the lumps of brown sugar.
In another bowl, combine the stout, coffee, vanilla, and eggs, and whisk to combine. Whisk in the melted butter (it will clump a bit, that's fine).
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, fold together until just combined, then pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until a skewer inserted just off center emerges clean, 50-60 minutes. Put the pan on a rack to cool for 10 or 15 minutes, then remove from the pan, peel off the parchment, and allow to cool completely. Serve spread with butter or cream cheese.
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Merry Christmas everyone!! This is a beer that I missed photographing last year. This year it is only available in cans. I really liked the bottles better (visually). The beer is very good in cans or bottles. Cheers!
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Stone Brewing's Ruination IPA.
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Time flies and it's that time to copy and paste last year's caption again to wish you all a very Happy New Year and to thank all my Flickr contacts and passing viewers for your inspiration, wit and wisdom in the past year.
This Good King Henry is no ordinary beer. It's an 11% oak aged Imperial Stout brewed in Norfolk. (But born in Suffolk). It's the highest ranked English beer amongst those who care to rank beer. It gets a "World Class" from BeerAdvocate and a 100 from Ratebeer. Praise indeed.
It's certainly a taste bomb but at £16.95 (sic) a bottle it's one for special occasions only! Have a great 2024 folks. Cheers.
annie and i got our own place. we found an impasse as far as beer storage goes. this is my attempt at a quick rundown. each shelf's description goes from left to right.
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A nice local holiday ale after a great powder day on Vail Mountain.
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Delerium Tremens is a very good Belgian Strong Pale Ale.
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Paulaner Hefe Weizen. A real nice German wheat beer. Too bad I messed up the pour on a couple of these, so I had to drink a couple of liters before I got the shot.
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Autumn Maple brewed by "The Bruery". An autumn alternative to pumpkin beer. Nice for Thanksgiving!
I didn't really have time to light this properly as that would have interrupted Thanksgiving dinner. Just late afternoon window light and some overhead light from the dining room chandelier.
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A pint of Santa Fe Brewery's State Pen Porter w/ green chile pizza at Socorro Springs Brewery in Socorro, NM.
Why yes, it was delicious!
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Mmmmm.....Just like desert! I am really not taking a lot of time to photograph these beers. It's just fun to document some of my favorites before I drink them.
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Old Chub is a very good Scotch Ale from Oscar Blues brewery in Lyons, Colorado. For more info on Old Chub check out Beer Advocate - www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2681/14712/
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A nice seasonal Marzen style lager from ODell brewing in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Another beer I enjoyed this Christmas. Brouwerij Het Anker - Gouden Carolus Noël. A fine Belgian Strong Dark Ale with a great Christmas flavor! Sweet spiced fruit and licorice flavors.
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Duff beer from Lidl in the UK, 500ml can 4.9% ABV
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff_Beer
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Pint mug by Dema, England
When I'm with you baby
I go out of my head
And I just can't get enough
And I just can't get enough
All the things you do to me
And everything you said
I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough
We slip and slide as we fall in love
And I just can't seem to get enough of
We walk together
We're walking down the street
And I just can't get enough
And I just can't get enough
Every time I think of you
I know we have to meet
And I just can't get enough
And I just can't get enough
It's getting hotter, it's a burning love
And I just can't seem to get enough of
I just can't get enough
(repeated to a total 16 times)
And when it rains
You're shining down for me
And I just can't get enough
And I just can't get enough
Just like a rainbow
You know you set me free
And I just can't get enough
And I just can't get enough
You're like an angel and you give me your love
And I just can't seem to get enough of
I just can't get enough
(repeated to fade)
Written by Vince Clarke, “Just Can’t Get Enough” was the 3rd single by Depeche Mode which peaked at #8 in the UK.
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Product displayed on a glass table in front of an A3 gloss printed backdrop image of Moe's in Springfield. Lit with natural overcast light, less than ten minutes to set up and execute!
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December 18th, 2014
I was taking a picture of a beer bottle to upload to BeerAdvocate last night. Rocket and Deb were resting in bed and Rocket would seem to have an interest in this beer...
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A perfect pumpkin ale for a fall night. I'm not usually a big fan of pumpkin beers, but I really like this one. It's not too strong on the pumpkin, but it has nice clove, cinnamon and brown sugar flavor. This is brewed by the Elysian Brewing Company in Seattle Washington.
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Heady Topper is a Double IPA made by the Alchemist Brewery in Waterbury Vermont. It is the only variety made at the cannery and it is currently rated the #1 beer in the world by beeradvocate.com.
Black Sheep Milk Stout: 4.4% abv
"Creamy, rich & dark" World Beer Awards Winner
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Co-op Seasonal Stout: 4.5% abv
brewed by Frederic Robinson Brewery, Manchester
Limited Edition " Robust, coffee, chocolate"
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Badger Master Stoat: 5.0% abv
Coffee stout "Roasted & rich with coffee & caramel notes"
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M&S Irish Stout (old & new labels): 4.5% abv
brewed by Carlow Brewery, Ireland
"Dark, roasted, bittersweet with an intense coffee & chocolate finish an authentic recipe introduced around 1740"
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Tom Bergin's restaurant closes today. The new owners who took over the landmark recently had given it, and its menu, a bit of a going-over. They now say it's just not bringing in enough money, and are closing it down. After my visit yesterday, it's easy to see why.
First some background. I've been going to Bergin's for as long as I can remember. Literally. My dad had been going for years before I was born and knew Mr. Bergin well. The bar had a group of L.A. Rams season ticket holders, dad included, who would meet there and take a bus together to the team's home games at the Coliseum. When I was still in grade school, I joined this group. For years during football season dad and I would have our bi-weekly outing, spending most of Sunday afternoon bonding over friends and football.
And Bergin's was more than just a place to catch a bus to the game. It was the scene of many family nights out. It was the first restaurant I took a girl on a date. It was a place I knew I was welcome because I could point to the shamrock on the ceiling with our family name.
So it's no surprise that the sudden announcement of the closing of Tom Bergin's came as quite a shock, and I knew I had to go one last time.
I got there about 11:30 in the morning and sat at the bar, joining the four or five others who were already there. It wasn't quiet, but it wasn't busy either. A lone woman in a corner booth typed away at her laptop. Another did the same with her smartphone.
A few minutes later the bartender came by to asked what I wanted to drink. I asked for a lager and was told "We're out of that." I asked what she had and was told the only draught they had was a strong IPA and a "Heff." I paused to consider, and she was off to help others. When she came back a few minutes later, I decided to go with an Irish Coffee, and asked for a menu. The drink arrived quickly and I was glad I had made that decision. I perused the menu and decided on a corned beef sandwich.
Then the waiting began.
The bartender always had enough time to take drink orders, but for some reason was never ready to take a food order. When a gentleman next to me asked for a menu, she told him to ask for mine. "All our menus are being stolen and I don't have another one" I dutifully handed it over as she darted away. Finally, after about 25 minutes, I was able to get her attention for a brief moment. I ordered the corned beef with Swiss cheese and sauerkraut.
Then the real waiting began.
While I waited for my food over the next 45 minutes or so, the place started to get a bit busy as folk came in to say goodbye. The gentleman with whom I shared the menu had, like me, been coming there since the 60's. Later, we were joined by two other old-timers. The "newcomer" had only been a customer for 38 years. We all sat there swapping stories, all of us waiting for some service.
The stories were many and the memories fond. But it was also bittersweet. It was obvious that these long-time regulars were furious with what they saw as mismanagement and horrible service. It was hard to argue as the bartender walks away from customers mid-order, or food orders are taken and then ignored because the kitchen was "too busy."
Luckily, I apparently placed my order in time and only had to wait for those 45 minutes to get my sandwich. It was actually a fine sandwich, though the bread wasn't sturdy enough to hold it together and much of it had to be eaten with a fork. The beef was thickly cut and very moist. The sauerkraut was okay, though a bit too soft for my taste. The cheese had just enough flavor to cut through the fat. The pickle may have been a bit too sweet, but was still nice.
So it was a good, if ill-constructed, sandwich. I'm not sure it's worth $16, but it was good.
In the end it was sad finish to a long relationship. There is talk of potential buyers, and the current owners have said they are keeping the decor, shamrocks and all, with the hope that a new buyer can come in and reopen it without losing its character. That's a hope a lot of us share. Corned beef sandwich and Irish coffee, about $25.
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Another Christmas Ale that I enjoyed over the Christmas weekend.
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