The Bear Returns Cupcakes are good. I like cupcakes. But I have been using butter as my main source of fat in the latest cupcakes recipes. This recipe, I want to move back to oil. Sweet delicious oil. The beer for the this recipe is a stout from Bear Republic Brewing Co. We will be…
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Electrostatic Mac and Cheese
More Cheese I loved the idea of a hoppy beer contrasting with the savory flavors of mac and cheese and I have accomplished said juxtaposition when I made Red Rocket Mac and Cheese. It is time again to return to the cheesy noodles sans powdered cheese. This time around, rather than focussing on contrasting hoppy…
Lightning Brewery Opens New Tasting Room
San Diego is notoriously known for being one of the biggest craft brew cities in the world, there is no doubt about that. Stone and Lost Abbey guard the valleys of north county while breweries like Ballast Point and Karl Strauss dwell in the city proper. But between north county and San Diego, in the city…
Beerology and Ancient Craft Brewing
It was hunter gatherers who created the first craft brew. During that time of foraging for berries and going out for a hunt, hoping that one of your tribesmen actually catches something edible, humans decided that they need more beer. Thus agriculture and what we consider modern civilization is born. This isn’t true exactly, but I…
Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Beer Bread
Beaver’s Milk I was in North Park in San Diego one day enjoying a delicious Pliny the Elder at Toronado, when I decided to make my first trip to Belching Beaver. I enjoyed their beers on tap, but the Beaver’s Milk Stout and and Beaver’s Milk Stout with Peanut Butter really stood out to me. So much…