Monthly Archive for April, 2012

Recipe to remember you’re alive and the world is a vast, beautiful place: -Oskar Blues, Dales Pale Ale, Colorado -Six Point, The Crisp Lager, New York -Lamb Sudzuk Sausage -Halal Beef Sudzuk Sausage -Kefalograviera Cheese -Almond-Stuffed Olives

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Give Me a Gavroche. Biere de Garde, baby.

Just revisting this.  Surprised just how damn tasty it is.  Its funny how you’ll taste the same things, years apart, and they blow your mind with intensity…it pays to revisit things. Biere de Garde in style, the Gavroche from Cappel, France, is bottled sur lie, meaning its conditioned in the bottle on the live yeast.  […]

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How to Look Like a Douche in Wine Country

Step one: wear a Snuggie on the tasting room’s patio. 

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Arcese (Favorita, Arneis, Cortese, Sauvignon Blanc), Bera Vittorio e Figli, 2010, Piedmont Nearly one year ago today, my wife and I were in Piedmont, one of Italy’s top wine regions.  It was a dream come true, and after years of dreaming and scheming, I had to pinch myself when I drove past road signs with names like “Barolo”, “La Morra”, “Alba” […]

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Local Wine and Swine

North Fork Project Chardonnay 2010 (bought at my favorite local wine shop, Astoria Wine & Spirits)  and in this corner, from my local Astoria butcher, Dijon Pork Chops with French Fries and Brussels Sprouts. Let the satisfaction roll.

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It’s Friday night.  Have a NY-IPA-off happening.  Southern Tier 2X IPA vs Fire Island Red Wagon IPA.  In the meantime, please enjoy the music. The Wood Brothers jamming in the hallway of a school in Brooklyn:

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Not a bad way for our staff to start the night at Hearth.  Well-played, Matt Stinton.

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