Beer & Me

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I was making some Guinness stew. A reader commented that she’d like to have the recipe and I promised to posted. Then I completely forgot to do that!

So, while I expect that Jen has lost patience with me and gone elsewhere for the recipe, I’ll go ahead and give you this link to my beef and Guinness stew recipe.

This is great stuff, especially for cold days like we’re having right now in my hemisphere. It’s damn tasty with Guinness but I encourage you to try it with other stouts or porters. Why not stop in at your local brewpub and pick up a fresh growler of the good black stuff? You’ll have enough for the recipe and plenty left over to serve with the stew.

Cheers!

It all started with He Said Beer She Said Wine by Sam Cagalione and Marnie Old. They promoted the popular book with a series of dinners that compared his beer pairing suggestions with her wine pairing suggestions.

The idea has caught on and similar events are beginning to show up all over the place. The latest is a dinner scheduled this week in St. Louis. Wine from Majestic Wines and beer from Schlafly Beer will by paired to various dishes and compared by the participants. Benefits from the event will go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

For more information check out the press release Beer vs. Wine? You Make the Call.