Amazing beer and food pairing at Fleet Street Kitchen

Honestly, I thought I hated beer but a recent food and beer pairing from MillerCoors turned me around. 

The only beer I remember having that tasted any good was at the Bluebird Bar on South Carolina Avenue in Atlantic City circa 1968. Not a far walk off the beach to the bar with a friend who treated me to a beer, it was cold, it was wet and it had been a sizzling 100 degrees out in the sun.    

Circa 2016 and an invite by MillerCoors to their Tasting Room,  a multi course beer and food pairing  at the highly touted Fleet Street Kitchen arrived.  Normally I don’t do beer or coffee – I have too many bitter receptors.  A friend and mentor, Antoinette Bruno of StarChefs.com had recently encouraged me to taste EVERYTHING when we were at a local coffee shop, even if it isn’t in my culinary roundhouse 

Check out the slideshow and menu at my Dara Cooks blog post at Baltimore Post Examiner.

Evolution Craft Brewing and Nickel Taphouse special event

Mt. Washington’s Nickel Taphouse hosts Evolution Craft Brewing on Thursday, July 23rd for EVO Flights and Bites Night for $15.00.  From happy hour on to closing guests get a prix fixe pairing of 3-5oz. beers and 3 beercentric bites. 

Value added pluses; meet the owners of Evolution Craft Brewing from 6 to 8 p.m. Also tap into a special limited release, RIS (Rise-up Imperial Stout), that evening as well. 

Nickel Taphouse – 1604 Kelly Avenue – Baltimore MD   www.nickeltaphouse.com  443-869 6240 Facebook Twitter @NickelTaphouse Instagram @thenickeltaphouse #EVRBTR

Weekend Getaway: Good Beer Festival, Autumn Wine Festival or both

Don’t you just love the fall season, grapes have ripened for harvest, beer is in the forefront with Oktoberfest and all is right with the world. It’s a great time of year with temperatures mellowing, the leaves turning and fruits of early fall harvest are upon our plates.

So pack your weekend bag or backpack, grab your folding chairs and plan a trip to Maryland’s Eastern Shore to Pembleton Historic Park in Salisbury, Maryland home to the Good Beer Festival , Saturday, October 12^th  and Sunday, October 13^th or the Autumn Wine Festival, Saturday, October 19^th and Sunday, October 20^th or stay the week and do both.

Get all the details, watch the video and slideshow HERE.