Oh, Here We Go Again

Did you know that pairing craft beer and pizza is trickier than you think?  No? What’s wrong with you?  Did you think you could just get away with ordering up your favorite pie and inadvertently pairing it with (gasp!) any old favorite beer? All along you’ve been thinking it’s a simple task and then  .…

Beer Pairing: Chocolate Stout Cheese

Beer and cheese is one of my favorite pairings to do. It’s a subject I covered in a decidedly uneducated fashion in The Session No. 51: The Great Online Beer and Cheese Off. Perhaps its my fascination with the similar way in which a few simple ingredients can be turned into an unlimited variation of…

Barley’s Angels Hosting Mother’s Day Beer Tasting

On Mother’s Day, May 13, 2012, the Howling Wolf Chapter of Barley’s Angels is hosting a tour and simple cheese and beer tasting at Helena’s Blackfoot River Brewing Co.  Led by Blackfoot Brewer Becky Molm, the pairing features Blackfoot River’s Woollybugger Wheat and Singlemalt IPA.   The Howling Wolf Chapter’s dessert and beer pairing was a…

The Session No. 51: The Great Online Beer & Cheese-Off

For much longer than I’ve been writing Growler Fills, I’ve tuned into The Session, a collective effort of beer bloggers around the world to write on a common topic once each month.  The idea originated with Stan Hieronymus and his long running, excellent blog Appellation Beer and is co-pioneered by Jay Brooks, beer author and…