The topic of this month's installment of The Session is the beer cocktail. This seemed like the perfect excuse to combine two parts of this blog's mission statement by mixing home brewed beer with something from my edible garden.
The timing was a bit of a problem, however. In April, my garden was producing very little, except for some fall-planted onions and garlic, some very small radishes, and a little bit of spearmint.
Then I realized that the deadline for submission was a day before the first Saturday in May, the traditional day for the running of the Kentucky Derby.
So my mission was clear: I would use my homegrown mint to develop a beer version of the Derby's signature cocktail. I set out to create the Beer Julep.
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Posted by: chapka in Edible gardening, beekeeping on
Apr 30, 2009
The New York Times has an
interesting guest column on the way bees and flowers keep time that should be of interest to both gardeners and beekeepers.
Posted by: chapka in tomatoes, nutrition, canning on
Apr 9, 2009
A
nutrition blogger at examiner.com suggests that home-canned tomatoes aren't just a good way to preserve your harvest, they're actually healthier than either fresh tomatoes or store-bought. Another vote in favor of the "simple, extremely satisfying and nutritious" home canning process.
Posted by: chapka in wine on
Apr 6, 2009
It's common knowledge that many craft brewers and brewpub owners got their start as homebrewers. Now, courtesy of the Evening Sun of Hanover, PA, comes a story of a small winery that started the same way. High Rock Winery doesn't seem to have a web site yet, but according to press reports they'll be opening in the wine maker's basement near Hanover, PA on April 16, selling 34 varieties of home-fermented wine.
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