We took a field trip to visit Brian and drink tasty beer.
Archive of posts tagged Beer
Photo 312: Carolina’s Italian Kitchen
Lena suggested we try this italian place based on their beer list. It was a great store-front restaurant and they claim to have 268 beers or so. They certainly seemed to deliver. The food was very good too. This is what greeted us just inside the front door, it made us decide to say. So, thumbs up for Carolina’s Italian Restaurant in Garden Grove, CA
All hail the #BrewDiet
My pal Evo made the tv news last week on his Brew Diet. This is for SCIENCE! Follow his diet exploits at funanymore.com
Photo 229: Woodman’s run
mmmm… New Glarus and Oskar Blues run
Photo 199: Harp
Inspired by Adam Haberlach’s travels (and what I had in my basement.)
Photo 178: A Thirsty Man
Bryan and I enjoyed a few beers including this New Holland Farmhouse Hatter Belgian-style IPA
Photo 164: Wild Blue
Blueberry lager from Blue Dog Brewing in Baldwinsville, NY. (The only picture I took today. Bad, Keith!)
Photo 90: Elephant Milk
It was a tough race, but the black and white version won out. Here’s a color version for comparison:
Must visit bar review and Photo 80: The Meddlesome Moth
Today I went with some people to The Meddlesome Moth in Dallas. Its a damn shame I discovered this place on my last night here instead of my first, otherwise I would have just been there every day as much as possible. The image for today is of the first flight I ordered which was called “Captain Keith.” The flight is named after their Beer Guru Keith Schlabs, but I had to order it for obvious reasons.
As a beer lover, the place is fantastic. The beer selection is large with 25 or so on tap and 100 or so for a selection of bottles. (I’m doing those numbers from memory, but if I’m wrong, I’m pretty close.) Keith Schlabs came out and talked to us for bit. They have contacts all over the country so they’ve got a lot of the great microbrews from Stone to Dogfish Head to Allagash to everything in between. They also work hard to represent great microbrews made in Texas. In fact, they have a flight of Texas beers which lead us to discover (512)’s Peacan Porter from Austin which tasted great and I consider the beer find of the day.
Keith also shared they’ve been open for about a year and are really serious about exposing people to good beer. That’s something I can really get behind. It helps that their wait staff was also extremely knowledgeable about the beer they were serving and could make excellent suggestions. Also, in talking to the staff they were knowledge about about the beer world in general even if they don’t have it on the menu. I love that sign of passion about what they are doing.
They also have an amazing menu which I think would make many foodies join the dance of joy the beer lovers were already doing. Since we were just snacking we had two small things: The Hungry Farmer, which was a fantastic cheese and meat plate, and the Sweet Fennel Meatballs, which were out of this world. If the rest of their food is even half as good as what we had you can do no wrong.
As I mentioned on Twitter earlier today: If you love beer and you are in Dallas and you do not go to The Meddlesome Moth, I loath you.
Bonus images because, hey, the place was that awesome and worth it.
