Brew means more than just coffee at the USU
March 29, 2018
As students are wrapping up mid-term season and with finals looming in the distance, many students need a place of Zen that set’s their mind at ease while dealing with the stresses of academics. If combing a rock garden or selecting the perfect blend of herbal tea doesn’t cut it, it may just be...
Weekly Editor’s Picks: beer festival, local concert, food trucks
March 9, 2016
Wednesday 3.9 – Book Reading POPUP Bookfest Fundraiser + Art & Musical Festival Grab a book at Glendale Arts' first annual POPUP. Bookfest Fundraiser with live music and free art workshops. Free 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Barnes & Noble at the Americana. The event is on the second fl...
Finding the perfect brew for your food
February 17, 2015
Most things in life are about balance; trying to find someone or something that compliments our attributes. The same could be said about beer. When you're drinking a beer while eating, you want it to pair well with whatever you happen to be eating. Light Food If you pair a beer and meal that do...
Ask a nutritionist: What’s in beer, and is it good for me?
February 20, 2014
What is beer? Beer is made from four ingredients: water, barley, hops and yeast. Barley seeds must be malted and mashed, processes that convert the starchy grain into a sugary syrup. The syrup, or mash, is added to water and boiled with hops to produce wort. Hops, the female flower from the hop pla...
Make it yourself: Butterscotch-Ale Bread Pudding
February 19, 2014
If you couldn’t tell by now, this writer has a pretty big sweet tooth. Donuts, cookies, ice cream, I love ‘em all. One of my favorite winter desserts, by far, is homemade bread pudding. I’m not talking about that gruel-style crap with the reconstituted raisins you were fed as a tyke in preschool....
Warm up this season with these holiday ales
December 5, 2013
Tis the season, yet again. While some of us are counting down the days until our last final, and others are desperately clinging on to multiple-term-paper sanity, there is one thing that is certain to bring Christmas cheer into even the blackest of coal shaped hearts: Beer. That’s right. Nothing s...
Beer and food: Holiday dinner menu
December 4, 2013
Obviously, this holiday feast, and subsequent recipes, would be a logistical nightmare for even a seasoned culinarian to accomplish solo. Tracking down and preparing ingredients for an individual dish may prevent biting off more than one can chew, so to speak. Here’s a comprehensive list of what each...