The vintage recipes in this series I discovered in cookbooks and recipe files that my wife inherited from her mother. We lost her mother just over a year ago. This past Christmas her Dad came to spend the holidays with us. One of the things he brought with him was Sandra’s cookbooks and recipe files.
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Jubelale Winter Beer
Jubelale winter beer is from Deschutes in Bend Oregon. This beer is available from October to December each year. This is an original brew from the start of Deschutes Brewery in 1988. Jubelale winter beer pours really nice from a 12-ounce bottle. The head comes in two colors: a frothier, lighter-colored ashy beige swirl amid
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Winter Warmer
Winter Warmer is an English Dark Ale from Rahr and Sons Brewing Company. This seasonal beer released in October. The flavors of roasted malt, toffee, chocolate, and caramel come forward first. The beer finishes with notes of dark fruits. Poured from a 12 ounce can, Winter Warmer pours deep brown, opaque. Good carbonation leads to
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Texas Rangers say Goodbye to Globe Life Park
At the end of the 2019 baseball season, the Texas Rangers say goodbye to Globe Life Park. Globe Life Park has been the Rangers home since it’s opened for 1994 season. Next season the team will move into Globe Life Field. This brand new baseball stadium will be complete with a retractable roof. The Texas
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The Salty Lady Beer. A Texas Goose.
I am continuing my beers of Texas series with this post on The Salty lady. The Review of The Salty Lady. The Salty Lady is Martin House Brewing Company’s interpretation of a Gose – a rather obscure, tart, salty German style beer. The tartness is tempered by salt additions from around the world and finished with
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Huntsville Botanical Garden, and Butterflies in the Shadow of Rockets
The Huntsville Botantical Garden is simply amazing. As we continued our college road trip we had to stop in Huntsville Alabama to visit my mother. One of our favorite things to do when we are in my hometown is to visit the botanical gardens. The people responsible for creating the gardens in Huntsville have worked over
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White Noise Whitbeir from Saint Arnold
This is another installment in my beers of Texas series. White Noise is a crisp Belgian style wheat beer (Whitbeir). This brew is based on the Witbier produced as a part of Saint Arnolds 2015 Icon series. That beer was based on a recipe from Celis White that added some oats added for a little
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The beer, if poured into a glass, has a slight, quickly dissipating white head and a wonderfully deep, copper color. Honey flavor up front with a sharp spicy rye finish. It is a medium bodied brew, but full flavored at heart, which is a great combination. The fragrance is very much like smelling fresh rye
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A Family Day out in Gruene.
In our quest to get out and see more of Texas, we headed for the former town of Gruene. Located about 25 miles Northeast of San Antonio, Tx. Gruene is no longer its own town, it is a historic district with ion the city of new Bruanfels, Tx. Listed on the National Register of Historic
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The Basement of Texas, Natural Bridge Caverns
A few weeks ago I posted about my attempt to reach the roof of Texas. This time we take a trip closer to home as we head the other direction, down that is to the basement of Texas. Since we were all off for President’s Day this year we decided to explore our little corner of
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