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Wine and Asian food

March 8, 2010 – 5:37 am

Asian food in general, and Thai in particular is murderously difficult to pair with wine.
My fave with spicy food is Amontillado sherry served ice cold, but I’ve never yet found that on a menu. Jammy Australian wine works well. There’s no point in getting too expensive as the spice will overpower most wines. [...]

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beers for summer

May 18, 2009 – 12:59 pm

Here’s the beers featured on Rogstad.
I’m a Pilsner Urquell guy myself, liking the clean sharp taste.
Cracked Canoe is aimed at light and American beer drinkers.  (No surprise there.  Moosehead clearly sees their future as south of 49.)
Great Western Pilsner is probably the best selling beer in the province, a Canadian style beer with some pils.
Red [...]

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