Bike Beer BBQ

Oscar Blues Deviant Dale’s With Big Green Egg Smoked Baby Back Ribs and Greens

Mark — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:22:02 +0000

Hey everyone. Time for another beer and food pairing spectacular!

This time I’m cooking up some slow-smoked Baby Back ribs on the Big Green Egg along with some Southern Style Greens simmered in lots of pork fat. Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? With a meal like that I’d better have a good beer to go with it, right? Have no fear because I’m going to pair this meal up with an imperial pale ale/IPA from one of my favorite breweries, Oscar Blues, out of Longmont Colorado. They just released a hopped up version of their world-class Dale’s Pale Ale and named it “Deviant Dale’s”, which is 8% ABV and full of IBU’s (85 of them).

Here’s the video. Check below for the recipes:

Green’s Recipe:

1-2 pounds of greens (chard, collard, mustard, turnip are all good), chopped
8oz bacon
1 large onion chopped
1tbsp cider vinegar
2 tbsp sugar
salt and pepper to taste

-Chop the bacon up into small chunks and cook over medium heat until all the tasty pork fat is rendered out (about 10 minutes)

-Add the chopped onion to the bacon and simmer over medium heat until just beginning to caramelize (about 10 minutes)

-Add the chopped greens (you may need to add them in batches and let them cook down) to the pot along with 1/2-1 cup water or chicken stock, stir until combined.

-Reduce heat to low simmer and cover. Cook for 2-3 hours.

-Add the vinegar and sugar in the last 45 minutes

-Serve with your favorite BBQ’d flesh!

Baby Back Ribs

2-3 pounds pork baby back ribs, cut into manageable racks
1/4 cup paprika
1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tbsp onion powder
1 tbsp pepper
1-2 tbsp kosher salt
cayenne pepper to taste

-Combine dry ingredients and rub over both sides of ribs, let sit for 30-45 minutes

-Preheat your grill/smoker/oven to 275 degrees

-Add soaked wood chips to coals (or use smoker pan in the oven) and cook ribs over indirect heat for 3 hours or until meat is easily pulled away from bones.

-Enjoy!

Terrapin 90 Shelling From The Cellar and Lamb Osso Bucco

Mark — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:40:46 +0000

Hey everyone! Long time no blog post. I’ve been reviewing beers but haven’t posted here in a while. To make up for that I’m going to share a great food and beer pairing, Terrapin Beer Company’s 90 Shelling and Lamb Osso Bucco. The 90 Shelling is a beer that I reviewed back in July of 2009 (when it was fresh) but I kept a couple in my little beer fridge for later. Well,it’s later now so I decided to see how it has changed. I mixed up a batch of Lamb Osso Bucco to pair up with it. Here’s the video (the recipe for the Lamb is below the video). Enjoy!:

Lamb Osso Bucco

2-3 lbs Lamb Osso Bucco
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
1 large onion, chopped
3 large carrots, chopped
3 large celery stalks, chopped
2-3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small can tomato paste
1 Tablespoon Thyme
6-8 cups lamb stock (you can use chicken broth as well)
1 cup red wine
Salt and pepper to taste

-In a large roasting pan, heat the olive oil to just below smoking. Sear the Lamb until brown on all sides (about 10 minutes)

-Remove the Lamb and set aside.

-Add the onion, carrot and celery to the pan and saute until crisp (about 5 minutes)

-Add the tomato paste to the vegetables and stir to coat. Cook over medium heat for 3-5 minutes.

-Deglaze the pan by adding the red wine. Mix thoroughly and then bring to a boil and cook until liquid is reduced by 1/2 (about 5 minutes)

-Add the Lamb back to the pan and add enough stock/broth to cover half of the meat.

-Bring mixture to a boil then reduce to simmer.

-Cover pan and then place in pre-heated oven (275 degrees)

-Cook in oven for 1.5 to 2 hours, or until meat easily seperates from the bone. Turn Lamb once or twice during cooking.

-Remove pan from oven then take vegetables and liquid from the pan bottom and pulse in a blender until the mixture thickens up.

-Serve Lamb and drizzle vegetable mixture over meat to taste.

Enjoy!

A Belated Merry Christmas, Happy New Year And Some Beer Reviews

Mark — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:20:05 +0000

Wow, it’s already 2012! The last month has flown by and I’ve been slacking (as usual) in updating this blog, for which I apologize. But, I have been reviewing beers and posting them to YouTube. I’ve also been taking a bunch of photographs and posting them to my photography blog, Mark’s Photography Spot. I started a Project 365 so I’ll be posting a lot of pictures (one each day). I also plan on doing a few equipment reviews in the next month, so check that out and please subscribe to it if you’re into photography at all.

OK, on to the reviews! I’ll start with the most recent (my 3 year anniversary special) and work my way back to the oldest:

Catching Up With Lots Of Beer Reviews And A Little Photography

Mark — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:45:24 +0000

Wow, it’s the Holiday Season and I’ve been slacking with posting my reviews to this blog. I hope all of you have been doing well So, once again I present you with a beer review mash-up. I toss in a bourbon and camera lens review for good measure.

I’ll start of with a video review of the Canon 10-22mm lens that I rented for our trip out west. You can read more about it on my photography blog Mark’s Photography Spot. I have reviewed some good beers in the last month including some Sour Ales and Holiday Seasonal Beers. I even reviewed an afordable Kentucky Bourbon.

Here they are. Enjoy!

A Porter, Some Posole, My Beer Cellar And Some Other Beers

Mark — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:37:47 +0000

Wow,The month of October is gone! We’ve been super-busy with travel and with my new photography blog so I apologize for the beer review mash-up that follows. I’m going to make a concerted effort to get my reviews posted to this blog a little closer to the time they go up on YouTube.

In this latest “catch-up” post I review a Porter from Trader Joes, the latest collaboration beer between Terrapin and Left Hand, give you a beer cellar update, make some Posole and pair it with a collaboration between Terrapin and Schmaltz and finish with yet another Terrapin beer, their 2011 fresh hop ale.

Here We go!

Beer Reviews: An IPA, Oktoberfest, Amber Ale and Porter

Mark — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:55:26 +0000

Time to catch up with my latest reviews. We’re moving towards Fall and I’ll be transitioning to more dark beers like Stouts and Porters. So watch for more of those coming up.

The past couple of weeks have seen me review the Laughing Dog Dogzilla IPA, an Oktoberfest from Thomas Hooker, an Amber Ale from Rogue and the first Porter of the season from Founders Brewing.

An IPA, Brown Ale, Pale Ale And Stroh’s

Mark — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:22:40 +0000

Time to post my last few videos. This time I have a fairly wide selection for your viewing pleasure. I start off with the Cigar City Brewing Jai Alai IPA, which I’ve been wanting to try for a long time. I then review a Brown Ale by Brooklyn Brewing. I toss in another macro-lager from my past, Stroh’s and finish up with a dry-hopped Pale Ale from St. Louis brewer Schlafly.

Enjoy!

Two Kentucky Bourbons And A Bourbon Ale

Mark — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:39:33 +0000

A couple of weeks ago we took a long weekend to meet up with two other couples in the Bourbon area of Kentucky (about 20 miles South and East of Bardstown). We rented a farmhouse and spent a few days enjoying each others company, touring some distilleries, eating good food and of course enjoying good beer (and Bourbon).

This was the 1st time we had been to this part of the country and we really enjoyed it. We hit a nice spot of low-humidity weather and really took advantage of it. The distillery tours were interesting and the people were super-friendly.

I brought back 2 Bourbons (Jim Beam Devil’s Cut and Maker’s Mark) and a Kentucky brewed Bourbon barrel ale to review. Here they are:

Weihenstephaner Kristallweissbier

Mark — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:55:23 +0000

It was a hot and humid day. I had just finished some chores around the yard and was thirsty for something light and refreshing. I opened up the fridge and found I had a bottle of supposedly tasty beer from Germany ice cold and ready to drink. Here’s my review of this German Wheat Beer:

Heineken, Genesee Cream Ale, Steak, Stout and Coke Zero

Mark — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:57:52 +0000

I’ve gotten a little behind (again) in posting to this blog but I’ve still been posting to the YouTube Channel. Here’s a quick summary of the past few weeks in which I review a king can Heineken, update you on the garden, review Genesee Cream Ale, cook a big steak and pair it with Stone’s 2011 Imperial Russian Stout and finish off with my first (and probably only) soda review.

Enjoy!!