The Noble Experiment

Month: February, 2012

Links and Blogs and Things You Should Read

There are a few definitive places that you should be getting your information from (aside from here). I’ll include the obvious ones, like reading the NY Times restaurant reviews (this week’s review was a one-star gem about Shake Shack, btw) alongside the *slightly* more obscure places you can read about beer and cocktails.  Without further ado, here are my top four in each category…

Cocktails

Jeffrey Morgenthaler - http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/

Jacob Grier – http://www.jacobgrier.com

Rum Dood - http://rumdood.com/

Gojee - http://www.gojee.com/

Beer

Beer News - http://beernews.org/

Brookston Beer Bulletin - http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/

Lew Bryson Seen Through a Glass - http://lewbryson.blogspot.com/

A Good Beer Blog - http://beerblog.genx40.com/

Newspaper Food Sections

NY Times - http://www.nytimes.com/pages/dining/index.html

Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food

LA Times - http://www.latimes.com/features/food/

Chicago Tribune -http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/#&lid=Food & Dining&lpos=Sub

You have other suggestions? What are your favorite beer, cocktail, and food blogs?

The Scotch Old Fashioned

This is an old favorite, one of my go-to cocktails when I want something approachable, yet complex. It’s a play on an old fashioned, substituting scotch for bourbon and using two kinds of bitters for complexity. I like Auchentoshan scotch with its nice balance of smokiness without an overwhelming peat fire flavor. My bitters of choice, not surprisingly, are Angostura and Regan’s Orange No 6.  Check the recipe below.

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The People Behind Founders Brewing

As you all already know, Founders Brewing has announced that they will be starting to distribute in MD later this year.  That’s great news for all of us craft beer fans and it means no more trips to DC and VA to snag that highly coveted Breakfast Stout, CBS, KBS, Centennial, Dirty Bastard, etc.  I know I’m excited.

To get you excited, I thought I’d share this cool video that Founders has put together that I found over on Beernews.org.  If you’ve never been over to Beernews.org, go check them out after you watch this video.

Founders Brewing: The Story from Founders Brewing Co. on Vimeo.

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