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Cheese Event At Point Reyes With The Homebrew Chef

December 3, 2012 By Jay Brooks

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This should be a great event. Sean Paxton, the Homebrew Chef, has teamed up with Point Reyes Cheese for an amazing day of cheese and beer. On Saturday, December 8th from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm, Sean will be at the Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, makers of the wonderful Point Reyes Blue, among others. The day will include “an educational walking farm tour, focused cheese tasting and a demonstration class led by Home Brew Chef, Sean Paxton. This special day will include a craft-beer-inspired and paired 4-course lunch. This educational experience is definitely for beer and food lovers!” It would also make a great early Christmas present, too. Wouldn’t you rather be drinking beer, eating cheese and taking in the beauty of nature than fighting the Christmas shopping crowds?

The luncheon will include beer from Anderson Valley, Bear Republic, Lagunitas and Russian River. Here’s the full menu:

First Course
Hog Island oysters topped with an iced Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout mignonette, crumbled Original Blue
Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout

Second Course
A homage to pot pie: local root vegetables and Willie Bird turkey breasts braised in Russian River Temptation with a thyme New Blue barley crust
Russian River Temptation

Third Course
Local lamb cheeks braised in Lagunitas Brewing Co. Cappuccino Stout on a bed of mashed potatoes infused with Toma, sautéed winter greens and garnished with a Marin County gremolata
Lagunitas Brewing Brown Shugga ‘10

Fourth Course
Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye beer caramel mixed into a mascarpone mousse, layered with a fall spiced Red Rocket Ale cake, garnished with a pumpkin seed Heritage Ale brittle
Bear Republic Heritage Ale

Tickets can be purchased online and are $120 per person. That includes everything; a Walking Farm Tour, Focused Cheese Tasting, and the Four Course Cooking Demonstration with Lunch & Craft Beer Pairings by Sean Paxton over four and a half hours.

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Filed Under: Events, Food & Beer, Just For Fun, News Tagged With: Announcements, California, Cheese, Northern California

United Arab Emirates Beer

December 2, 2012 By Jay Brooks

UAE
Today in 1971, United Arab Emirates gained their Independence from the United Kingdom.

United Arab Emirates
uae-color

United Arab Emirates Breweries

  • None Known

United Arab Emirates Brewery Guides

  • Beer Advocate
  • Beer Me
  • Rate Beer

Other Guides

  • CIA World Factbook
  • Official Website
  • U.S. Embassy
  • Wikipedia

Guild: None Known

National Regulatory Agency: None

Beverage Alcohol Labeling Requirements: Not Known

Drunk Driving Laws: BAC 0.00%

UAE

  • Full Name: United Arab Emirates
  • Location: Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
  • Government Type: Federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates
  • Language: Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu
  • Religion(s): Muslim (Islam – official) 96% (Shia 16%), other (includes Christian, Hindu) 4%
  • Capital: Abu Dhabi
  • Population: 5,314,317; 115th
  • Area: 83,600 sq km, 115th
  • Comparative Area: Slightly smaller than Maine
  • National Food: Ndolé
  • National Symbol: Golden Falcon; Peregrine Falcon, Arabian Horse; Ghaf
  • Affiliations: UN, Arab League
  • Independence: From the UK, December 2, 1971

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  • Alcohol Legal: Yes
  • Minimum Drinking Age: 21 [Note: Expatriate non-Muslim residents may request a liquor permit to purchase alcoholic beverages, but it is illegal for such holders to provide drinks to others.]
  • BAC: 0.00%
  • Number of Breweries: 0

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  • How to Say “Beer”: beereh (biræ) / جعة / شراب من الشعير / جعة / المزر شراب نوع من الجعة / بيرة
  • How to Order a Beer: Waheed beera, meen fadleek
  • How to Say “Cheers”: Bismilah / Fi schettak or Fisehatak (“to your health”) / في صحتك
  • Toasting Etiquette: N/A

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Alcohol Consumption By Type:

  • Beer: 92%
  • Wine: 3%
  • Spirits: <1%
  • Other: 5%

Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (in litres):

  • Recorded: 0.34
  • Unrecorded: 0.20
  • Total: 0.54
  • Beer: 0.30

WHO Alcohol Data:

  • Per Capita Consumption: 0.34 litres
  • Alcohol Consumption Trend: Decrease
  • Excise Taxes: Yes
  • Minimum Age: 21
  • Sales Restrictions: N//A
  • Advertising Restrictions: N//A
  • Sponsorship/Promotional Restrictions: N//A

Patterns of Drinking Score: 2

Prohibition: None

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Filed Under: Beers, Breweries Tagged With: Middle East, United Arab Emirates

Anchor Christmas Label Art Video

December 1, 2012 By Jay Brooks

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Anchor Brewing has a fun new video up about the artist who’s drawn nearly all of their Christmas Ale labels, Jim Stitt.

Anchor Brewing Company tells the story of our label artist Jim Stitt. Jim has had a hand in nearly every Anchor label since the 1970’s and hand draws a new tree each year for the Anchor Christmas Ale Label. Jim Stitt, Fritz Maytag, and Dave Burkhart collectively tell the story of a huge part of Anchor’s history.

A few years ago, the San Francisco Chronicle had an article about Stitt, as well.

I love seeing which tree is chosen for the label each year and seeing the new poster showing all of the ones done since the beer debuted in 1975.

This year’s tree is a Norfolk Island pine. According to Anchor, “Captain Cook discovered this South Seas isle and its native tree in 1774. These tropical-looking conifers, which thrive in sandy soil and coastal climes, were first planted in California in the 1850s.”

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers, Breweries, Just For Fun Tagged With: Beer Labels, California, San Francisco, Video

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