Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper? Part 2

[thechickenchick]

SIL and her family will be in town this evening. Pizza, beer and a loud game of Catch Phrase!!

 

[3goodeggs]

cheese puffs.
I make no excuses.

 

[DawnSuiter]

Spaghetti sauce with PORK sausage, angel hair & ciabatta bread & broccoli

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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[chickabator]

today is pulled pork and potato salad and strawberry kewi kool-aid

 

[ScoobyRoo]

Homemade (as always) pizza here, pumpkin beer for me, tea for DH and pop for the kids. Special night. Nothing in particular just a weekend without commitments is special!

 

[thechickenchick]

Henry'schickens :

Homemade (as always) pizza here, pumpkin beer for me, tea for DH and pop for the kids. Special night. Nothing in particular just a weekend without commitments is special!

Ooh! I saw Pumpkin beer last night and almost picked some up! How is it?

Tonight is spaghetti with the B and SIL and their 4 kiddos. It is always what I fall back on for a big crowd. I have a freezer full of homemade sauce and a 5 pound bag of noodles from Sams Club. I'm good to go! Oh yea and Belgian White Beer for dessert!​

 

[Backyard Buddies]

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Mmmmmm. I loooooove Belgian beers! I know they're known for their chocolate, but it's the beer that they do best.

 

[ScoobyRoo]

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Ooh! I saw Pumpkin beer last night and almost picked some up! How is it?

Tonight is spaghetti with the B and SIL and their 4 kiddos. It is always what I fall back on for a big crowd. I have a freezer full of homemade sauce and a 5 pound bag of noodles from Sams Club. I'm good to go! Oh yea and Belgian White Beer for dessert!

I LOVE it!!! The pumpkin taste is not overwhelming. It is just right! It is seasonal and My Mother found it for me. Okay, I told you what my beer taste like,,,,what does Belgian White Beer taste like?

 

[Backyard Buddies]

Henry'schickens :

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Ooh! I saw Pumpkin beer last night and almost picked some up! How is it?

Tonight is spaghetti with the B and SIL and their 4 kiddos. It is always what I fall back on for a big crowd. I have a freezer full of homemade sauce and a 5 pound bag of noodles from Sams Club. I'm good to go! Oh yea and Belgian White Beer for dessert!

I LOVE it!!! The pumpkin taste is not overwhelming. It is just right! It is seasonal and My Mother found it for me. Okay, I told you what my beer taste like,,,,what does Belgian White Beer taste like?​

hee hee. That's a lot like asking "what does beer taste like?". Each one has its own characteristics and thechickenchick will have to answer for her specific Belgian White. In brief, a Belgian White is a beer made primarily of wheat rather than barley, but unlike most of the German wheat beers, the Belgians like to spike theirs with things like spices and orange peel. So, depending on what was added to thechickenchick's particular favorite, it'll determine what her beer tastes like.

Like I said, I love Belgian beers. There are so many different varieties and over there each beer is served in its own glass that was designed to bring out the qualities of that particular beer. My favorite style is the Belgian Tripel, particularly one favorite that is made by monks. It comes in a bottle with a cork in it because it's bubbly like champagne, light in color like straw, but don't plan on drinking a lot of it. It'll kick your backside! We toured Belgium a number of years ago and did a lot of tasting along the way. You can taste anything from an aged brown beer (great with Belgian farm cheeses, much like an aged port) to a beer spiked with a lot of fruit. Some of their beers are produced by open air fermentation, which means that even with the same recipe, you couldn't replicate the beer because the fermentation is provided by the landscape around the brewery.

Here's some Wikipedia reading for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Belgium

But if you want more in depth info, Michael Jackson (the beer guy, not the musician or all the other guys by the same name) wrote a book called "Michael Jackson's Great Beers of Belgium" that'll teach you all you wanted to know and more.

Our copy went with us to Belgium. Even though we traveled for 3 weeks (with carry-on luggage only for a 5 country trip), this was worth the weight in the bag!