Beer Industry Resources
27.2.09
What's the Strongest Beer?
This past weekend, I was sitting around with a couple of my closest pals offering small talk about our weekly adventures while we drank an assortment of beers keen to one another's liking. As I drank a variety of these beers, most with a strong alcohol content, a curiosity struck my mind. What is the strongest beer that is/was known to man. As soon as I got home from our gathering, I turned to Google to answer the question stuck in my head. The result: the now retired, Hair of the Dog's Dave. Dave is an English Barley Wine with a whopping 29 percent alcohol by volume. It was made in 1994, winning first place at the 1998 Tornado Barley Wine Festival. This high alcohol content was achieved by taking 300 gallons of beer and freezing it two times, creating just 100 gallons.
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The Votes Are In
I have always been a fan of The Boston Beer Company and its famous brand, Samuel Adams. Their quality and range of different brews is enough for one beer lover to drool over. Exciting news comes from Samuel Adams for they have released their latest creation for 2009. Introducing: Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier, voted the winner of the 4th Annual Samuel Adams Beer Lover's Choice! And if you're wondering when you can hit up your local stores to try this newest member to the Samuel Adams family, wonder no more. It has already begun to stock shelves across America last month.
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Recipe for Clams
Currently in California, we are going through somewhat of a rainy season ... if you want to call it that. But reminiscing about the summer past and long days stretched out on the beach, I can recall a favorite dish of mine cooked up by a good buddy of mine. I loved it so much that every time he's around, I urge him to cook the dish, rain or shine! I thought I'd share this easy recipe for those of you who wouldn't mind giving it a try.
-4 slices of chopped bacon
-1 small chopped onion
-2 chopped garlic cloves
-3 1bs of Manila clams, scrubbed well
-1 cup beer (A light ale is preferable)
Fry bacon in a medium pot until soft and golden, about 4 minutes. Add the onion and garlic and continue cooking until the bacon is nicely browned and the onion is tender, about 4 minutes longer. Stir in the clams and add the beer. Cover the pot and steam the clams for 6-7 minutes, until they open. Discard any clams that do not open. Stir gently to mix with the bacon, garlic and onion, and serve immediately!
-4 slices of chopped bacon
-1 small chopped onion
-2 chopped garlic cloves
-3 1bs of Manila clams, scrubbed well
-1 cup beer (A light ale is preferable)
Fry bacon in a medium pot until soft and golden, about 4 minutes. Add the onion and garlic and continue cooking until the bacon is nicely browned and the onion is tender, about 4 minutes longer. Stir in the clams and add the beer. Cover the pot and steam the clams for 6-7 minutes, until they open. Discard any clams that do not open. Stir gently to mix with the bacon, garlic and onion, and serve immediately!
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