It's been a slow coupla weeks in the kitchen, so I'm gonna ramble on about some stuff I saw at work that looked pretty cool:
BeerNerd This is a board game built around beer tasting and beer geek trivia. You start with a comparative tasting of at least 3 brews, taking "tasting notes" on all, then move your game pieces around the board. As you move around the board, you'll be asked to test your beer trivia knowledge and occasionally your taste buds when you land on a "blind taste test" spot.
This game looks like it would be a great way to get started on the path to beer geekdom. It also would be a great way to introduce friends and family to your obsession, if you're already a beer geek. It might even add a competitive diversion to homebrew club tastings? The possibilities are nearly endless! And they all revolve around our favorite beverage!
This game hasn't made into my kitchen yet, but it looks like it could be a lot of fun.
The Hungy Scientist Handbook This has absolutely nothing to do with brews, but it looks like too much fun! Homebrewing is all about mixing science, cooking and magic, and this cookbook expands our target categories somewhat. If you enjoy homebrewing, you'll likely find this book too much fun to put down!
Something that did happen in my kitchen:
Just popped open a bottle of Dark Horse Perkulator. Huge head, like a root beer float, that lingers on. and on. and on some more. Very bitter coffee aroma, nearly biting like yesterday's grounds. The taste opens up the coffee, still bitter but with a slight malt finish to take off a bit of the edge. Still bittter, and just a touch of sulfur on the finish. Absolutely freakin' awesome! Hopefully Dark Horse will upgrade this to year-round availablity.
