Fundamentals #27 — Fuerst Wiacek A Quick One IPA
Citra and Mosaic are my homeboys, I like hanging out with them often. I also enjoy it when they’re accompanied by pals like El Dorado, Amarillo, Nelson Sauvin and even...
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Fundamentals #26 — North Brewing Co. Transmission IPA
One of my favourite historic pieces of music television is the clip of Joy Division performing Transmission on BBC2’s Something Else back in 1979. The performance is bookended by an...
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The Beer Lover’s Table: Peach Upside Down Cake with Miso Caramel and Evil Twin Sumo in a Sidecar IPA
This month, I found myself thinking about carrot cake. Specifically, about the way that a slice of carrot cake works wonders alongside an IPA—it’s one of those classic pairings that’s...
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The Beer Lover’s Table: Girolle and Truffle Cacio e Pepe and Magic Rock Cannonball IPA
At a recent dinner, I encountered one of the more memorable food and beer pairings I’ve had in recent months. A plate of tagliatelle, covered in pencil shaving-sized flakes of...
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The Beer Lover’s Table: Heirloom Tomato Galettes with Yeastie Boys Gunnamatta Earl Grey IPA
Where I’m from, July means pie season: apple pies, peach pies, and cherry pies, made with freshly picked fruit and crowned with a lattice of crust. But while I love...
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The Beer Lover’s Table: Jerk Pulled Jackfruit Buns and Northern Monk, Fieldwork & Lonely Planet Travel Notes IPA
Jackfruit is one of the food world’s cleverest sleights of hand. Raw, the fruit’s yellow lobes are hidden within a huge, spiky expanse; like a durian but larger and...
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The Beer Lover’s Table: Steak with Grapefruit Sauce and Beavertown’s Bloody Ell
There’s a lot of mythology around steak. Perhaps that’s why many home cooks leave it to the professionals, who tend to harp on about wood varieties and have very strict...
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No More Heroes XIV - Howling Hops West Coast Special IPA #2
I get that people worry about the gradual Americanisation of our beer culture, I really do. The key thing to remember, for me at least, is that the beer landscape...
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The Beer Lover’s Table: Cloudwater IPA Citra and Lamb Chops with Wild Garlic
For anyone who follows the British craft beer scene, Cloudwater needs no introduction. The Manchester-based brewery’s releases are as coveted as H&M’s designer capsule collections, and snapped up almost as quickly. Cloudwater...
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No More Heroes XI – Northern Monk New World IPA
Last week saw the ingeniously named US beer-rating site RateBeer hand out its annual awards. Finally, all of the brewers who had spent the last 12 months complaining about the bad reviews...
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No More Heroes X – BrewDog Albino Squid Assassin
Before we begin I want to do a little exercise. Gather all of your thoughts about BrewDog. Collect every last iota of opinion you hold for or against the Scottish brewer....
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No More Heroes VI – Founders Centennial IPA
Have you ever stopped to think about how brilliant it is that we can easily pick some of the best North American craft beer in the world at our local...
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No More Heroes III: Beavertown 8 Ball Rye IPA
I don’t usually pay much attention to the A-boards that sit on pavements outside pubs. Those that ceaselessly try to out pun each other with increasingly inane ‘banter’. Recently though,...
