Suggestions for beer to go with the recipes from Saturday Kitchen 18/2/2012 Bacon, egg, tomato, fried bread and mushroom velouté We Say: Brooklyn: Brown Ale, 330ml, TheDrinkShop.com £1.89 A firm hop character and roasty palate with a nice hop aroma Cornish ling, grapefruit and prawn dressing, spiced quinoa and lemon yoghurt We Say: Buxton: High Tor,… Continue reading »
Feb
13
Saturday Kitchen 11/2/2012 – Beer and Food Pairings
Beer and food pairings from Saturday’s episode: Pan-fried courgette risotto with courgette tempura and tomato ragu We say: Meantime Pilsner, 33oml, TheDrinkShop.com £2.13 A gentle maltiness on the nose deceives as a massive hop flavour envelopes the tongue. Sole Diamond Jubilee We say: Freedom Four Lager, alesbymail.com, £1.29 An initial sweetness that slides into a… Continue reading »
Feb
04
Saturday Kitchen 04/02/2012
So, Saturday kitchen, still no mention of beer with food… Here’s the idea, every week we’ll put together the list of dishes cooked on the show & match a beer with each. Simple. Sardinian fregola with seafood They say: Les Pierblancs Sauvignon Blanc 2010, France, Marks & Spencer £8.99 We say: St Peter’s Ruby Red… Continue reading »
Jan
20
Four local breweries plan to re-open Conwy pub
ONE of Wales’s oldest and most historic pubs is set to open the first weekend in February after a massive renovation project. It will be run by the Purple Moose Brewery in Porthmadog, Conwy Brewery, Great Orme Brewery, and Bragd’yr Nant Brewery, based in Llanrwst, as a real ale pub. This sounds like a great… Continue reading »
Jan
19
CAMRA Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2012
Driftwood brewery’s (of St Agnes, Cornwall) ‘Alfie’s Revenge’ has been crowned the Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2012 by a panel of judges at the National Winter Ales Festival in Manchester. The 6.5% ABV old ale is described in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2012 as a ‘strong and fruity, well-balanced premium ale’. The winners… Continue reading »
