Category: Food & Wine

A CH Belgium Beer Drinker’s Tale 

Asleep at the Keyboard went to Belgium and drank a lot. Here’s his report.

Our last brewery tour was at Cantillion as my friend convinced me I needed to see a lambic brewery. Aside from a walk-in cooler and 3 new bright tanks for fruit beers, there did not seem to be a single bit of equipment that was less than 50 years old! It was amazing to see canvas belt driven pumps, mash paddles, grain mills, etc. The crowning masterpiece was the riveted copper coolship which gleamed like new!

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The 9 Beers You Need To Drink Now, According To ‘The Beer Goddess’ | VinePair

“Yes, there are other Belgians that are higher rated, more rare, etc., but when I am in Belgium and I’ve had my fill of sampling all the rest, I always defer to Duvel,” Morrison says. “It has more hop profile than many Belgian beers, and as a hop head, I can’t go too long without a fix.”

Source: The 9 Beers You Need To Drink Now, According To ‘The Beer Goddess’ | VinePair

Naptown Pint: A trip to Belgium is a reminder of our roots

Before coming here, I already had a healthy love and respect for the European brewing tradition that laid the foundation for what we make and sell stateside today. Farmhouses, sours, dubbels, tripels, quads, saisons, witbiers, lambics, gueuzes… they all got their start in Europe, many of them long before the idea of America even existed.But as I sat at a table at Brouwerij De Halve Maan — brouwerij is Belgian for brewery, by the way — sipping on my personal favorite of theirs, the Straffe Hendrick Wild (available in the U.S.), it struck me how much we, as Americans, take the European brewing tradition for granted.

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Medieval town in south of France upholds ban on UFOs 

 

Any aliens planning a drive-by over Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the town famous for its wine, had better think twice.
The mayor of the town in the Vaucluse department has refused to lift a 62-year-old ban on the “flying over, landing, or taking off of flying saucers” in the area.
The 1954 decree came soon after a man in northern France claimed to have seen two beings who looked like “deep sea divers” coming from a “cigar-shaped” space ship.

READ FULL STORY / Source: Medieval town in south of France upholds ban on UFOs – The Local

 

Hot Plates: Sweetbreads at Le Coucou – Zagat

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Restaurateur Steven Starr’s new spot in the 11 Howard Hotel is without a doubt the most interesting thing to happen to French food in New York City in years, thanks to American ex-pat wunderkind Daniel Rose of Spring and La Bourse et La Vie in Paris. Rose, a former philosophy student, brings his thoughtful and curious approach to French food, managing to maintain a classic core, while breathing new life into mainstays. Point in case, the Ris de Veau à l’Estragon: Rose pan-roasts these veal sweetbreads, then pours a tomato-tarragon-cream broth over top ($24)

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Brangelina are also divorcing their French wine business · Newswire · The A.V. Club

Celebrity divorces are just like any other: children must be cared for, finances sorted, and the fate of your $60 million French vineyard determined. As Brangelina continues to bifurcate, Us Weekly reports that the couple otherwise known as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have decided to sell Château Miraval, the 1,200-acre property in Correns, France, which served as both the site of their 2014 wedding and the home base for their signature wine.

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