http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room Ray Isle's Wine Blog en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:00:17 -0500 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:58:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/19/Blowout-CraftBeer-Dinner Last year, I was one of a supersmall group of journalists and brewers invited to the Brewers Association’s first-ever craft-beer dinner at NYC’s Gramercy Tavern. This year's dinner was even more spectacular. Some highlights:New Glarus... Beer Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:58:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/19/Blowout-CraftBeer-Dinner Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/18/Meantime-Brewings-new-Scotch-Ale  Last night I attended a phenomenal craft-beer dinner at NYC’s Gramercy Tavern (more on that later in a tomorrow's post). The brewers at the table got to talking about the most exciting beer innovations and innovators around the globe.... Beer Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:18:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/18/Meantime-Brewings-new-Scotch-Ale Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/18/Argentinas-Craft-Beer El Chaltén is Argentina's youngest city, placed near the Chilean border in 1985 by the government to beat its rival country to the land claim. The place still feels like a frontier town, with packs of wild dogs patrolling the streets, but in... Beer Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:08:27 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/18/Argentinas-Craft-Beer Kelly Snowden http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/8/Dogfish-Heads-Peruvian-Chicha-Brew I’m always game to try a funky new beer, but when Maggie Fuller of Beer Ethos called to say she’d scored a bottle of chicha from Delaware's Dogfish Head Brewery, I nearly wimped out. Chicha is a traditional South American brew made fr... Beer Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:34:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/8/Dogfish-Heads-Peruvian-Chicha-Brew Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/5/Trend-Report-from-the-Great-American-Beer-Fest  An estimated 49,000 craft-beer lovers descended upon Denver last week for the 28th Annual Great American Beer Festival, where they had the opportunity to taste some 2,100 beers in 78 styles from 457 American breweries. Writer Christian DeBenede... Beer Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:51:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/5/Trend-Report-from-the-Great-American-Beer-Fest Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/24/Seasonal-Ice-Cream-Floats I'm of the belief that a scoop of vanilla ice cream is a great addition to many types of fizzy beverages-both non-alcoholic and alcoholic alike-beyond the usual (albeit delightful) root beer. Since summer seems to have returned for an encore in N... Beer Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:35:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/24/Seasonal-Ice-Cream-Floats Megan Krigbaum http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/16/Beer-News-from-Samuel-Adams Yesterday I sat down in the Food & Wine tasting room with Samuel Adams founder and brewer Jim Koch to try some of his latest releases. After two years of tinkering, Koch has perfected the recipe for his new Coastal Wheat. The idea was to bottle t... News Beer Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:39:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/16/Beer-News-from-Samuel-Adams Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/14/Ommegangs-Brew-News Last night, supertalented chef Bobby Hellen of NYC's Resto teamed up with Phil Leinhart, the brewmaster at Cooperstown, New York’s Ommegang brewery, for a gluttonous, nose-to-tail feast. It was the first of a series of Zagat-sponsored, craf... News Beer Chefs Pairings Restaurants Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:50:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/14/Ommegangs-Brew-News Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/1/Today-Show-End-of-Summer-Drinks I was on the Today show this morning (check out the clip here), recommending a few summer's-almost-over-don't-miss-them beers and wines to Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. It was, as usual, a slightly crazy affair, but a lot of fun.Beer-wise... Dessert Wine Beer Red Wine White Wine Sparkling Wine Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:05:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/1/Today-Show-End-of-Summer-Drinks Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/24/FreshHop-Ales Writer Christian DeBenedetti, who reported on San Diego’s craft-beer scene in our June issue, recently took a trip to the Hamptons in New York to harvest hops (the delicate green flowers that give beer flavor). Here, he tells what beer lovers c... News Beer Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:34:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/24/FreshHop-Ales Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/28/Fonda-del-Sol-Smart-Pairings-Terrific-Food I've been to Fonda del Sol a few times now—it's just down the street from our office, conveniently—and it seems to be on an ever-inclining curve towards extreme tastiness. That's not a surprise to me. When I first met the rest... White Wine Sommeliers Red Wine Chefs Beer Pairings Restaurants Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:21:50 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/28/Fonda-del-Sol-Smart-Pairings-Terrific-Food Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/8/Ode-to-Oberon Dear Mr. Larry Bell, Perhaps it may seem that everything a person could ever want is here for the buying in New York City, but you and I both know that that is not the case. What New York lacks is a supply of beer from Bell's Brewery. While I wou... Beer Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:59:28 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/8/Ode-to-Oberon Megan Krigbaum http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/7/Beers-for-Summer-but-not-just-Summer-Beers I wound up on the CBS Early Show on July 4th, talking about beers for Independence Day. That, to my mind, meant craft beers brewed in America, as a kind of celebration of our country's history of small-business entrepreneurship and also as a cele... News Holidays Beer Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:27:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/7/Beers-for-Summer-but-not-just-Summer-Beers Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/6/12/Beer-Pairing-Ideas-from-a-Chef F&W Best New Chef 2007 Steve Corry at Five Fifty-Five in Portland, Maine, doesn't just know his way around the kitchen-he's also a huge beer aficionado. (He used to be a professional brewer at Harpoon in Boston and at San Francisco Brewin... Beer Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:17:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/6/12/Beer-Pairing-Ideas-from-a-Chef Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/6/10/Italian-Beers-Moment The Slow Food movement, with its long list of disciples, has added another group: Italian craft brewers, who are using local fruits and spices, as well as unexpected ingredients like tea or myrrh (instead of hops in some brews). Star Italian brewmast... Beer Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:37:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/6/10/Italian-Beers-Moment Christine Quinlan