Entries tagged ‘beer’

The best recipes come from the best kept secrets. My grandmother got a chili recipe from a guy who sold it in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. It was a secret recipe that he kept closely guarded all his life.

It’s no secret that Wyck Fowler perfected chili 35 years ago in Pecos, Texas. So why should you delude yourself into thinking you can improve it? Well, I say you can.

Anytime you combine beer and beef into any type of recipe you know that it’s gonna knock your freggin’ socks off.

Pretty much any recipe that has beer in the title is OK with us. This is a pretty simple broiled or grilled shrimp recipe that is sure to please your need for appetizers with just the right amount of heat.

Whether cajun cooking thrills you or scares you, here is a recipe we can all deal with—unless you don’t eat pork.

Braised Sirloin Tip roast with hot giardiniera, dark beer, herbs and spices.

Students at Rice University have created “BioBeer” using yeast genetically modified to produce resveratrol, a naturally occurring compound found in red wine that has been shown to have cancer-fighting and cardiovascular benefits.

“Heineken?!?! Fuck that shit! … PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!” – A manic Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in the film “Blue Velvet.” When I first decided to do a write-up on Pabst Blue Ribbon, I anticipated Belly readers would question my judgement. “But Rob,” they’d say, “isn’t PBR the kind of unmitigated swill you said the Beer Belly would steer clear of?” In a word, the answer is “yes.” In several words, the answer is “yes and no.” Here’s what I mean…

A decade ago scientist Raul Cano drilled a tiny hole into amber (think Jurassic Park) and extracted a tiny colony of bacteria and yeast from a Lebanese weevil that had laid dormant for 45 million years.

DARWIN, Australia (AP) — An Australian driver who secured a carton of beer in his car with a seat belt but left a 5-year-old child unrestrained was fined $710.  Constable Wayne Burnett said he was “shocked and appalled” when he pulled over the unregistered car on Friday in the central Australian town of Alice Springs.  […]

A worldwide shortage of hops – a key ingredient in most brews – and rising prices for malted barley have pushed up the cost beer.  Add global warming to that equation and precious, life-sustaining beer is becoming a luxury item. According to Gothamist, this past year has seen a drought in Australia, flooding in Germany, […]