Elspeth Payne on…

 While my personal jury is still out on putting actual cacao in beer, still…is putting chocolate in beer a viable way to encourage more women to drink and buy it?  Will women like chocolate beer? In a world where beer can come in pink cans and be flavored as Crisp […]

There are a lot of chocolate beer recipes these days, and I don’t just mean chocolate malt.  I asked our panel of experts what they thought. I have to talk for just a moment about chocolate malt, to make sure we’re all clear on the difference between it and honest-to-goodness […]

Let us think for a moment about how to pair a chocolate dessert with a beer – or for that matter, any chocolate anything with a beer, though there aren’t so many savory chocolate dishes as there are sweet ones.  I will confess to having checked with The Brewmaster’s Table […]

Today’s question for our guest panel is about beer and chocolate pairings.  With the growing number of pairing dinners, where each course is served with the perfectly matched beverage, there are more and more beer-themed pairing dinners (as opposed to wine).  That means more and more chefs out there trying […]

Yesterday’s beer fest at DuClaw Bel Air was exactly the kind of tasting festival I most enjoy.  First, the weather was lovely, or what passes for lovely in this part of the world in early September, which is to say, humid but not too hot.  There were threats of thunderstorms […]