Archive | June, 2008

The Ultimate Beer Lover's Cookbook

27 Jun

Book Cover

Beer and cooking are two of my favorite things (I also like long walks on the beach and don’t like mean people). My cooking has been nonexistent lately but The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Cookbook by John Schlimm may fix that. I haven’t had a chance to pick this up, but I do have some info from the author himself:

More than ten years in the making, The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Cookbook is an unprecedented collection of more than 400 food and drink recipes containing beer as a main ingredient. From scrambled eggs made with beer at breakfast and a cheese steak sandwich with onion rings or a beer burger and Chocolate Beershake for lunch, to a surf ‘n’ turf beer-infused combo of lobster and steak for dinner (and a midnight snack of chocolate-dipped strawberries), beer lovers can feast on brewskis at any time of the day. Every genre of food is included: appetizers, breads, soups and chili, salads, fruits and vegetables, sandwiches, sauces, marinades, beef, poultry, pork, wild game, stews, fish and seafood, past, and desserts.

With an introduction chronicling beer’s history, as well as hilarious beer quotes by the world’s most illustrious beer fans peppered amidst the recipes, The Ultimate Beer Lover’s Cookbook is a rousing tribute to a tasty icon more than 7,000 years in the making

Dave at Tailgating Ideas obtained a review copy and was kind enough to share his review. There’s another review at urbandaddy.

Have you read this? If so, what did you think?

Brew Music Fest at Orlando Brewing on 6/28/08

18 Jun

If you’re in O-town and like music and beer, check out Orlando Brewing’s Brew Music Fest on the 28th.

It runs from 4PM to midnight and features the following bands:

  • FAIRWEATHER FRIEND
  • X.O.X.O
  • THE SUGAR OAKS
  • MIRROR PAL
  • AN INTRODUCTION TO SUNSHINE
  • JOHNATHAN APPLESEED
  • 69 FINGERS
  • THE ALVAREZ QUARTET

There is a food vendor on site (I’m assuming this is the Lunch Box which serves German food and soft preztels). Blankets & chairs are welcomed.

Hit the link above for all the details and to get your tickets. Since I’m a slacker at posting this, today is the last day to get advance tickets for $5 off so get moving.

"Beer Money" – A Crime Novel Based on Beer

16 Jun

Beer Money Book Cover While it may not seem like it, I’m an avid book reader. Crime novels–especially those with an interesting theme (Randy Wayne White, Bob Morris, etc.)–are a genre I really enjoy. So, I was happy to see an email from Matthew Freeman who has authored a new crime novel that is based on beer! Here’s his description of “Beer Money”:

An Australian brewery executive has gone missing. Or has he? Joe Abbott
is paid by the man’s wife with a beer-sodden cheque to find out the
truth.

In doing so he locks horns with dodgy nightclub owners, a toupeed beer
baron, and endless eccentrics – plus, of course, a wild pig – all in the
twisted pursuit of a stash of missing money.

And he has time for a beer or ten along the way.

You can get more info. and purchase the book from the publisher. Any of our Austrailian readers seen this yet?