Author Archives: The Beerista
Spinach and Butternut squash Gratin with Autumn Maple Sauce
When we think about cooking with beer, the first place our mind often goes is to meat. Beer can chicken, stout ribs, beer braised pulled pork…You don’t see too many vegetarian main dishes that call for beer. I eat a primarily vegetable focused diet, so when I was mailed multiple …
Beer for breakfast: Autumn Maple Oat Scones with Raisins
A beer that is brewed with yams, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice is just begging to be used to make delectable baked good. It’s not often I get to have beer for breakfast, so to fix that problem and to put The Bruey’s Autumn Maple in its place, …
Brew at the Zoo Review
Last night was the first annual Brew at the Zoo held at the Los Angeles Zoo. If I had to sum up the event in one sentence it would be: Great concept, but requires less people or more beer to be a great event. Pairing craft beers with a zoo …
Beer Battered Asparagus
What better way to eat your vegetables then soaked in beer and fried! Your mom and dad would be proud. As part of an afternoon soirée I had at my house, I made beer battered asparagus for the first time using Allagash white. It was easy and they turned out …
One beer with a side of giraffe, please.
For all of you beer loving do-gooders out there, take a break from hanging out at Father’s Office or the Surly Goat this Friday and head over to the Los Angeles Zoo for the first annual “Brew at the Zoo”. On August 12th, 2011 from 6pm – 9pm the Los …
Spent Grain Coccodrillo Bread with Brown Ale
In a quest to cram even more beer into my life, I came up with a recipe for spent grain bread that involves beer in the dough in addition to the spent grain. To my delight, this was my first really successful attempt at making spent grain bread. I have …
Haute Couture: Homebrew Style
If you homebrew on a fairly regular basis, you probably face the wonderful problem of having a lot of beer in the house at any given time. I brew on average about 1x month and quickly learned the lesson of labeling my bottles immediatly in some fashion. While those mystery …
Waiter: There’s a shrimp in my beer!
Happy summer everyone! The sun is shining, the beer is flowing, and the grills are hot. Finding new and interesting dishes to bring to a BBQ can be a challenge, so I wanted to share with you a dish I made recently that was a big crowed pleaser and of …