Obatzda Bavarian Beer Cheese Dip. This rich and piquant beer garden classic is made with just a few simple ingredients and is perfect to serve with pretzels or rye bread. I’ve never been much of a traveler. Is that really uncool to admit? Okay, yeah, it is. But I like to be honest here, and…
Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Beer Bratwurst
This post is sponsored by Smithfield, who noticed my ongoing brat-obsession and decided to help make these bacony bratwursts possible. I wasn’t sure if I should post this recipe or destroy it immediately, because I’ve gotta be honest, it’s going to ruin run-of-the-mill grilled sausage for you. Once you’ve had Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Beer Bratwurst you can…
Slow Cooker Ancho Coffee Shredded Beef
I’m trying to be a glass-half-full sort of person, so instead of apologizing that this Slow Cooker Ancho Coffee Shredded Beef recipe wasn’t out in time for you to pile it into your Cinco de Mayo tacos, I’m going to say that I’m doing a public service by sharing it with you SO FAR AHEAD…
15 Minute Pimento Beer Cheese
This 15 Minute Pimento Beer Cheese is dangerous. You might want to close out of this blog post right now. Navigate away, look elsewhere, forget you ever saw this glorious cheese masterpiece and go on with your life. Seriously, I’m only trying to help you out here, because once you try 15 Minute Pimento Beer…
Malted Guinness Chocolate Cake with Baileys Frosting
There’s nothing wrong with just slapping some green frosting on your cupcakes for St. Paddy’s day, but if you want a dessert that really will make the Irishmen (and ladies) swoon, this Malted Guinness Chocolate Cake with Baileys Frosting is what you should be baking this year. And next year. And every chance you get for…
Blue Moon Orange Creamsicles
Just over two years ago, I came up with one of my most popular recipes– Creamy Margarita Popsicles. At the time, James told me that they were going to be a hit; “You should sell these,” he said, “You’d make a lot of money.” And even though I didn’t decide to venture into entrepreneurship with a…
Pretzel-Crusted Chicken Nuggets Stuffed with Beer Cheese
It was almost exactly three years ago that I was spending my Winter Break at Rutgers, hanging out with whichever of my sorority sisters were still around, wasting countless hours at James’ fraternity house, and singing and dancing to Christmas songs with all of our friends who decided to stay in New Brunswick. James and I weren’t…
Smoky Sun-Dried Tomato Chicken Penne
This is one of those recipes that shows that I’m incapable of making tough decisions. I had so many ingredients on hand that I was excited to use, but I kept telling myself not to overdo it. Sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, ale, mustard, chicken, bacon, cream, pasta, parmesan, and smoked provolone? No. No, I couldn’t… (Spoiler alert: Yes, I…
Crock Pot Carnitas Tacos with Chipotle Cream
There are few things in the world more glorious than a meal that you prep in the morning, forget about for a few hours while you go to work or run errands or watch 6 back-to-back episodes of Project Runway on OnDemand (I can’t be the only marathon-TV-watcher here), and put the final finishing touches…
10 Gifts for Everyone On Your List
It’s well passed the time of year when holiday shopping begins, but if you’re a procrastinator like me, odds are you have a few people left to check off on your gift list. (Or all of the people. I’m not judging.) In order to help you out, I made this gift guide with 10 gifts…
Blue Cheese Garlic Beer Bread
Now that the cold weather has finally kicked in, most people are dreaming about baking up cookies, apple creations, and pumpkin masterpieces. You can definitely lump me in with that bunch– my kitchen has been smelling like brown sugar and cinnamon for the past several weeks now, and there’s no sign of it stopping any…
Simple Stout Sticky Buns
This past weekend, I went into Philadelphia to see a free concert with James and two of my girl friends, Amanda and Elysse. We hustled all morning in an attempt to make it into the city in time for bloody marys and mimosas, singing the praises of alcohol in the AM (or, in one friend’s…
Father’s Day Gift Guide for Beer-Loving Dads (All Under $50)
A #1 Dad is worth more than some silly t-shirt, but we all know how difficult it is to shop for the dad in your life. It seems like he already has everything he wants (besides that 110″ flat screen, but that’s not exactly a gift option for a multitude of reasons), and he won’t…
Individual Guinness Shepherd’s Pies
Why didn’t my alarm go off? I jumped out of bed only to be met with the realization that I still was not quite so awake, and teetered a bit to catch my balance. Unavoidable beams of sunlight had already begun flooding through the slits in the blinds, casting themselves in glowing white-yellow stripes onto…
Grilled Mac n’ Beer Cheese Sliders with Bacon, Beer, & Tomato Jam
From an outsider’s perspective, one might say that police lights seem to have a comparable effect on me as strobe lights do to an epileptic. All it takes is one flash of red and blue to get me uncontrollably trembling and flailing, and the cop doesn’t even have to be near me. I’m not exaggerating;…
Victory Prima Pils
20 craft beer drafts, 140 bottles, and buck-a-shuck oysters. Oh my. When I walked through the door to The Pour House in Westmont, NJ last Wednesday and laid eyes on their draft selection board, an inexplicable feeling of being in the right place at the right time came over me. Think, Monty Python-esque heavenly…
