Blackberry Galette with Beer Tart Crust It started as a last minute trip to chase down an assignment for a magazine I write for, and it ended up being more of a revelation. How is it that Bellingham—one of the countries best beer cities—is less than two hours from my door and I had yet… Read More
Orange Lime Belgian Wit Cream Tart I know you’ve done this, I know you can relate. My phone rang Tuesday morning, 4th of July, at 6:30 am. Seriously? Who died? Why would anyone call me (late sleeper, night person that I am) at 6:30 am? The area code triggers a memory in the fog of… Read More
No-Bake Beer Creme Brûlée in a Peach Cup I never really know where my day will take me. One day I’m trying to figure out how to make a bacon rimmed cocktail, the next day I’m trying to find sour cream in Panama (by the way, it’s hard to do). Somedays I want to make… Read More
Vanilla Orange Hefe Pound Cake with Espresso Stout Ganache I come to this place every few years. The what do I want? phase. The place I seem to end up after I absentmindedly allow the people-pleaser in my heart to overtake the independent gypsy in my soul. Remember my fuck stupid food manifesto? The place… Read More
10-minute Beer Bread Cinnamon Rolls: Takes ten minutes to get these in your oven! It started years ago, when, for a brief moment, I was trying to be less weird and figure out if “normal” was my bag. For some reason, cinnamon rolls seems like something normal people did on Christmas. I grew up with… Read More
No Bake Chocolate Stout Cheesecake Cups are super easy and simple with only about ten minutes prep. Perfect make ahead dessert! I think it’s because of how hard this year has been. Maybe, but maybe not. Maybe it’s just time. We are all returning to the classics. Going back to what’s familiar and comforting. We’re… Read More
I have something for you, it has beer in to. I made some toffee, full of beer flavor, bacon and salty pretzels for good measure. I also have something else, something that you can fill with beer. Or give to your favorite beer loving human for the holidays. It’s a SYNEK tabletop beer dispenser that… Read More
No Bake Pretzel and Bourbon Beer Balls These are the beers that make me feel like a stalker. This time of year barrel aged beer has my attention, coming onto store shelves just as the fresh hop beers are becoming scarce and I need a distraction from that disappointment. I show up at bottle shops… Read More
Spiked Hot Chocolate with Salted Caramel Whipped Cream Jennifer was one of those people I admired right away. Her gorgeous photos, flawless recipes (she’s a trained chef), and she just seemed like someone I wanted to have a beer with. After we passed the obligatory blog-stalking-each-other period, we became friends. She’s someone who will give… Read More
Mascarpone Winter Ale Stuffed French Toast Winter ushers in a new crop of hard-to-get-your-hands-on beers, and they are just starting to poke their heads out the pumpkin saturated beer crowd. Winter ales have flown under the main-stream-beer-radar for a while, getting a bit lost as beer drinkers trample from the squash-spice section over to the… Read More
Beer Doughnuts with IPA Lemon Curd Don’t invite me to dinner if you’re looking for normal dinner conversation, it always get’s weird. I brought my sister to the Elysian press dinner and we ended up telling the story of the time we accidentally killed a 300-pound pig. It was well after my parents moved us… Read More
Puff Pastry Cake with Maple Ale Pastry Cream It’s storming in a way that makes me nervous. But maybe not in the way you’d expect. I watch the outage map light up all around my town as the lights start to flicker off. I hear the light footsteps of rain on the roof and the… Read More
Collaborations are more than a partnership, more than a blending of ideas or a meeting of brewing minds. It’s a handshake that says, “I trust you, I trust your ideas, and I’m putting my breweries name on the line to prove it.” More prevalent in the beer world than in nearly any other industry, collaborations… Read More
Chocolate Stout Freak Shake Freakshake In college I worked with a guy named Freak. Large and imposing with a heart of gold under layers of ink and steel. I refused to call him Freak, making up new names for him. Finally, he stopped me, asked me why I was so opposed to using that name.… Read More
This is what happens when you leave me alone with a bag of cocoa powder. Not just one batch, but five. Each batch with new tweaks to make them perfect. A batch with mini chocolate chips, one with ill-advised walnuts, one batch of chocolate and caramel ice cream cookie sandwiches, and the last batch left… Read More
Blueberry Muffin Beer Loaf Cake I’ve always been curious. Probably a bit too curious for my own good, but I’ll take it over safe, and timid. Lately, It’s been gluten-free beer that’s had me wondering (wait, don’t go! Let’s talk about gluten-free beer just for a second!). It’s not so much the “gluten” part that… Read More
Let’s say beer is a rock band. Hops are the loud front man that gets all the attention. The ingredient that everyone talks about and no one can ignore. Yeast is the rowdy, wily, drummer who’s hard to control but sets the tone for what’s going on, without him you have nothing. Barley is the… Read More
Grilled Apricot Saison Shortcakes with Ginger Mascarpone Whipped Cream I have to show my cards when the very glaring hole in my beer resume is revealed the moment I am forced to admit that I don’t brew. I’m not a brewer, I’m just here for the beer. I’ll stick to what I’m good at and… Read More