While in Germany last year (Sporkful eps, blog posts and more about Germany collected here), I lived in the region where the beer style called Koelsch dominates. We do get Koelsch in the States (it's one of the styles I wrote up in Slate), but generally only from a few producers. There are dozens more in Cologne and I had
This week, Sporkful again comes to you from a bar, Commodorein Brooklyn. We're back with bartender Yasmin Reshamwala, this time talking about what bar lessons we can use outside the bar. We'll talk about making drinks at home, of course, but also dealing with people, from the nice ones you want to date, to the drunk ones you just want
I had a great conversation about craft beer on the CBC radio program Q this week, triggered by their interest in the recent Slate piece I wrote about "beer sommeliers." At the end, host Jim Brown tries to draft me into something of a stop the hops campaign. Will I stand for malty sweetness or defend the bitter beauty of
See the full gallery on Posterous This week, we're taking Sporkful on the road to learn a thing or two from a bartender. We did two episodes at Commodorein Brooklyn to learn how to make the most out of any bar visit from bartender Yasmin Reshamwala. She gives us inside dope, tips on tipping, and other ideas on how to maximize
I joined Dan from Germany during Oktoberfest for our latest appearance on Madeleine Brand's show, talking beer and sausage. As I say often, there's a lot more to German food and drink culture than these two things. And there's a lot more to Germany than Munich, the theme of my recent Slate article on great beers beyond Oktoberfest. But sausage,
We talked a bit about the mixing of beer and banana juice in one of our episodes from Germany. German media outlet Deutsche Welle invited me to write a commentary about Biermischgetraenke, the German beverage genre that combines beer with soda, juice, or in the case of the drinks seen here, super sweet syrup. I love German beer, but, as