Beer and Chocolate. No Joke.
Posted: March 2, 2012 Filed under: Head of the Table – 10 Best, Mike the Gay Beer Guy | Tags: Boulevard Brewing Company, Brewing, Cocoa solids, Egg white, Egg yolk, homebrewed beer, Mash ingredient, Mike the Gay Beer Guy, Molten chocolate cake, molten lava cakes, Ramekin Leave a comment »
Mike the Gay Beer Guy weighs in on the wonders of chocolate and, yes, beer.
So who likes chocolate? Here’s a quick desert that takes about 20 minutes to make, 10 minutes to bake, and an evening to enjoy! We make this molten lava cake a few times a month … very little “real” baking technique is required and the results are amazing. This recipe is from Epicurious, and can be doubled or halved as needed. For tonight I only made two, even though we have 4 ramekins. Did I mention it’s quick and easy?! And of course why would I pair this with anything other a chocolate beer!
Fondue WHAT?
Posted: February 3, 2012 Filed under: Mike the Gay Beer Guy | Tags: Alcohol by volume, beer, Brewing, broth, Chili oil, Chinese cooking, homebrewed beer, Hot Pot, Imperial Mild, Mike the Gay Beer Guy, Piquance, soy sauce Leave a comment »And now, ladies and gentlemen, for our monthly dose of wisdom from Mike the Gay Beer Guy. Be still our beating hearts…
Mike here.
We’ve all been there… you know, THAT couple that invites you over for a Fondue party. Cheese, oil, chocolate – it’s all the same. Little tiny forks sticking out of center bowl warned over a tiny burner. Well roll up your sleeves and get ready to impress your friends with this spiced up version! That’s right – HOT POT.
Beery Friday
Posted: August 5, 2011 Filed under: Mike the Gay Beer Guy | Tags: Ale, beer, Beer in Belgium, Belgium, Brewing, Ebeneezer's Pub, Maine, Malt, Mike the Gay Beer Guy, Oak (wine), Pale ale, pubs Leave a comment »
Time for Mike the Gay Beer Guy’s monthly post on — duh! — beer…
Hi Janet, Hi Rachel -
OK… I know this is a food blog. I’ve been pretty good so far with writing about food and adding comments about beer, don’t you think? Well, this month, I’m going to stray away from food and only talk about beer!
As you know, in my professional life, I am a musician. For the past seven summers, I have participated in the International Musical Arts Institute, a summer chamber music festival based in Fryeburg, ME. While I enjoy the musical experience greatly (I mean, seriously … what could be better than playing string quartets with your friends), our festival is about 20 minutes away from a Belgian-style pub that has slowly become a regular staple in our repertoire of restaurants we visit.
Beer for All
Posted: February 4, 2011 Filed under: Mike the Gay Beer Guy, Table Talk Times Two - posts by Janet and Rachel together | Tags: beer, Beer in Scotland, Brewing, gay, homebrewed beer, homemade beer, Saint Patrick's Day, Stout Leave a comment »
As part of our plan to add more bloggers to the LTIR mix, we’re happy to introduce Mike, the Gay Beer Guy, as a regular columnist. He first posted a fabulous beer/food pairing post in December and we got a good response from folks, so we asked Mike, who we’ve known for years, if he’d be game to become a regular. Happily he was.
If you’ve ever thought about brewing beer but weren’t sure how to go about it, or maybe you just like to think about beer and drink it, this column is for you. Mike will be posting the first Friday of the month, offering ideas on how to brew different beers and letting us know how he’s doing in his beer experiments. Let him do the failing for you! You can just pick up on the successes. (Oh by the way, Mike is a mighty fine homebrewer. He just entered 3 beers in the Upper Mississippi Mashout, a beer competition out of Minneapolis that is the 2nd largest in the USA, and his Barleywine won a silver medal, and his Light Belgian Ale (which we’ve had the pleasure of tasting) won a gold.) He’ll also periodically add some food ideas to go with his beers. So, without further ado, heeerrre’s Mike!
