August 21, 2014

Pub Chat: Episode 67 - Sculpin

Home cookin' !!!

Kevs Kitchen ( Twitter ) joins us to talk all about food, home cooking, beer and whole lot more. To top it all off, we’re drinking a favourite of ours, the excellent Sculpin IPA by Ballast Point from San Diego.

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Show Notes

00:00 – Intro
00:15 – Ballast Point Sculpin
01:30 – Tasting the beer
03:10 – Ballast Point and fishing
04:55 – Home cooking
10:00 – Immersion circulator cooking
12:10 – Chemistry in cooking
18:30 – The most expensive book ever
19:30 – Recipes versus techniques
22:45 – Planning versus ingredients on hand
25:45 – Sustainable and natural ingredients
29:05 – Motivations for drinking beer
31:30 – Making condiments and infusing liquors
37:20 – No excuses for not cooking
43:10 – Brewing beer, variety and consistency
49:50 – Wrapping it up

August 7, 2014

Pub Chat: Episode 66 - Commander Imperial Stout

The BBQ episode

Abstract Artform is back on the podcast and he brought ribs! We’re talking all about barbeque, from our favourite sauces and rubs to cuts of meat and wild game. Dead Frog Commander Imperial Stout (2014) was the drink of choice.

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Show Notes

00:00 – Introductions
00:52 – Barbecue
03:25 – What makes good barbecue
08:00 – Barbecue competitions
12:55 – Southern barbecue styles
15:40 – Dead Frog Brewery
17:20 – Dead Frog Commander Imperial Stout
19:10 – Back to barbecue competitions
24:20 – Styles of barbecue by location
28:00 – Barbecue methods
32:25 – Wild game
35:50 – Why barbecue
40:15 – Cheap beer and the hood-est rats
41:10 – Wrapping it up