Double Chocolate Cider Brownies
When times are strange, we all need brownies. My double chocolate porter brownies date back to the earliest days of Eight Degrees in 2011. It was a well road tested recipe – I still...
Category: Irish beer & cider
Sláinte: The Complete Guide to Irish Craft Beer and Cider, Irish craft beer and cider, pairing beer and cider with food, beer and cider events, Eight Degrees Brewing, baking and cooking with beer, microbreweries in Ireland. Irish expert on Irish craft beer and cider with food, devoted to exploring the intersecting worlds of Irish craft beer, cider and fine Irish food.
Feast: Slow Cooked Lamb with Cider and Pomegranate
When you wake up in the morning and there’s snow on the ground, it’s a good time to put on the oven. A few Sundays ago we had guests coming for lunch, but I...
Hearsay 2017. Listen – and taste.
When I did a drop off in Kilfinane on Thursday, I met Mike who had flown from Sydney to pick up a Hearsay Audio award for his A Nightmare before Christmas. Friday evening, at...
Hearsay 2017. An Audible Tasting.
Staker, Staker, you can’t catch me, Staker, Staker, you can’t catch me, Staker, Staker, you can’t catch me… Staker Wallace was the bogeyman of Kilfinane. Hanged, drawn and quartered in the revolutionary year of...
Damson, Stout and Vanilla Jam
I’m keeping an eagle eye on some trees at the moment. Hidden in the hedgerows of the fields that surround the cottage, there is a store of purplish-black gold for those who know where...
How to spend 24 hours in Belfast
Beer, cheese, sherry, chocolate, coffee: for the last three years I’ve taken the ABV Fest (and every other opportunity!) as a chance to immerse myself in the food side of Belfast. I love the...
Beer and food at Holy Smoke and ABV Fest
This summer I’ve been working with Holy Smoke Cork on a series of beer and food nights, events where we showcase the best of Cork food and beer, with an occasional tot of local...
St Patrick’s Day Bake: Irish Stout Blackcurrant Cheesecake Brownies
Putting a dash of blackcurrant in a pint of stout was a tradition I was introduced to when I first started drinking. I wasn’t a stout drinker initially (it took several gigs at the...