Category: exBEERiments

Ice Cream Social Gone Boozy

Four of Madison’s favorite local businesses have come together to give you an Adult Ice Cream Social! What: Whiskey shakes, beer floats, boozy sundaes, espresso shots! Where: Barriques-West Wash. 127 W Washington Avenue, Madison, WI. When: Thursday, July 30th 5-8PM.

Bat$hit Crazy Pretzels? Yes Please

Make some for yourself & send us your pictures! Directions – In a small saucepan, heat beer to 110°-115°; remove from heat. Stir in yeast until dissolved. In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar, 1-1/2 teaspoons salt, yeast mixture and 3 cups flour; beat on medium speed until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky).

Vanilla Wafer Porter Cupcakes!

Homemade Vanilla Bean Cupcakes | INGREDIENTS – 1 cup sour milk*, 2 vanilla beans, 3/4 cup butter, room temperature, 1 cup pure cane white sugar, 2 whole eggs + 2 egg whites, room temperature, 2 3/4 cup flour, sifted, 3 tsp baking powder, pinch salt.

This French Toast Is Better Than Fantastic, It’s Eggnogstic

This Eggnogstic Stout french toast is exactly what your weekend mornings are missing!  Here is the recipe we used, but you can modify your favorite french toast however you’d like! Ingredients 1 cup milk 2/3 cup Eggnogstic Stout 1/2 cup sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 2 tbs butter (plus additional as needed) 1 large […]

Celebrate National Chili Day with Bat$hit Chili

Do you like beer? Do you like spicy? Do you like chili?  Well, let’s put them all together!  National Chili Day is celebrated yearly on the 4th Thursday in February.  This year get ready to enjoy some spicy, delicious Bat$hit chili! This chili has a nice little kick to go along with the awesome Bat$hit […]

What’s An Arabian Date Night Without Pie?

Apple Pecan Pie Featuring Arabian Date Night Everyone loves the traditional pecan apple pie, but what about giving it a special twist for your next big event? Anyone can handle this and it’s sure to be hit! So the truth is that this recipe is flexible when it comes to the filling. You can use […]

Trixie’s Kiss Mint Chocolate Stout Cupcakes!

Trixie’s Kiss Mint Chocolate Stout Cupcakes recipe is finally here! Here are the recipes for both the cupcakes & the frosting. Tweet at us about how yours turn out! And upload your pictures to pinterest and instagram! We can’t wait to hear your feedback! __________________________________________________________________________________ Chocolate Stout Cupcakes Ingredients: 2 1/2 c (313 g) flour 2 […]

Uncle T’s Beer Brined Turkey? You Bet!

Thanksgiving is coming up and it’s time to prepare that turkey.  Well, this year, lets think outside the box with a MobCraft Beer Brined Turkey!  The September crowdsourced Uncle T’s English Caramel Ale fits the bill with some nice malty flavors.  For those of you who are new to this, brining is worth the effort.  […]

Tea Infused Beers: Methods to the Madness

Some of you may have noticed this small but chic trend recently being trialed in the American craft brewing community and may have wondered more about it. Maybe you thought it was just another gimmick to attract market share… Rest-assured, readers, tea infused beer is not just another gimmick, in fact, many of the far […]

Cooking with Beer: Beer Reductions

Almost everybody is familiar with traditional wine reductions, whereby wine is gently simmered to reduce it’s volume and concentrate its flavors, usually in the form of a sauce, and applied to everything from charcutrie to pastas, salads and even fish dishes. Lesser known to the culinary world is it’s more mysterious brother, the beer reduction, […]

Spent Grain, Hops, and Yeast: Their Uses in Making Soap

Well, you might be surprised to hear this but most people don’t think about soap when making beer… Whoa! Mind blown. But in recent days I have given a lot of thought to finding ways to recycle the by-products of the home brewing process in the home. While discussing with a friend who just got […]