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‘Tis the Season for Cookies and Beer
When it comes to pairing an elegant meal or decadent dessert with an adult beverage, wine has always been king. However, the explosion of flavorful, well-made craft beer over the last 10 years has provided diners with a second option. No longer relegated to the barbecue or tailgate, most restaurants now offer as many beer […]
Beer and Food Pairings With Iowa Brews
The stereotypical pairing game is most commonly know with wine. They say you must drink wine with chocolate, red meat and other items. What about beer though? Damo, from Summit Brewery, said at a beer dinner once, “pairing beer and food is one of the hardest things to do.” Beer isn’t just made for the […]
Crafts on Court: Notes from ICBF 2015
Not long ago, back when you could count the number of Iowa microbreweries on one hand (and that term was still used to describe them), a festival, let alone an entire week, devoted to celebrating craft beer culture in Iowa was unheard of. Even the inaugural version just five years ago of what has become the state’s […]
Des Moines Beer Week | Q&A with 818 Design’s Rachel and Melissa
If you know anything about the craft beer industry, it’s a very busy and growing one. With new breweries popping up in buildings monthly, it can be tough to keep up with everything. If you don’t know what IPA stands for, what craft beer means or still not sure if you enjoy a hoppy beer or a […]
Thoughts from a Home Brewer
There is a significant amount of time to kill during the home brewing process, which gives the home brewer a lot of time to think. On most occasions, such thoughts usually consist of sheer panic and “Oh crap, I think I just screwed this whole thing up.” But other times, a rather interesting stream of […]
Après Bike
When translated, the alpine term Après Ski literally means “after skiing.” From clubs, to restaurants, to ski-in-ski-out mountainside condos, the present day interpretation is a grab-bag term most big resorts use for anything that doesn’t involve the main reason for your visit…which is, presumably, skiing and snowboarding. We have a lot of great things going […]
Dinner with Damo
If I were to ask you to name the largest Craft Brewer (by volume) in Minnesota, what would your guess be? Fulton? Or perhaps, considering their recent expansion, Surly? To which I would smugly reply “guess again!” (Mental Floss // Map found here.) You learn something new every day. Considering that I had no idea Summit […]
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