Category: Recipes

A personal collection of culinary and brewing experiments reflecting my passion as a Food Geek and (ex-)Homebrewer. Spanning over a decade, the entries blend traditional family recipes with creative homebrewing endeavors.​

  • Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

    I normally don’t follow recipes for cooking and, when I do, it doesn’t wind-up being much more than a rough guideline. Still, I’d been wanting to make Sheperd’s Pie for awhile and, knowing the basic concept of the recipe, decided to throw together one of my own. The results turned out great and I’ll definitely…

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  • Franken-Rye P.A.

    Over the past year, I collected up various leftover grains that were sitting on the shelf waiting to be used. I usually buy a bit more ingredients than I need and so I decided to put a few of these grains together for a mix-and-match beer. I also wanted to use some of the Nugget…

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  • How a Brew Day Goes Horribly Wrong

    The last couple of years, I’ve taken time off from brewing during the summer months due to the fact that I have a hard time keeping my fermentation temps regulated when the weather is warm. Sure, I’ve used a swamp cooler but cycling out the ice packs gets to be tedious and and have a…

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  • Yummy Potato Casserole

    Ingredients 2 lbs hash browns (thawed, used 1 lb 14oz bag shredded hash browns) 1/4 cup butter (melted) 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 pt sour cream 4 oz cream cheese (softened) 1 lb sharp cheddar cheese (grated) 6 slices of cooked bacon (diced) 2 tsp onion powder 1 tsp black pepper 1 tsp…

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  • Crockpot Mac & Cheese

    Ingredients 1 lb elbow macaroni (cooked) 2 lbs extra sharp cheddar cheese (cut into chunks) 1 lb Velveeta (cut into chunks) 24 oz evaporated milk (2 x 12 oz cans) 3 cups milk 3 eggs 2 tsp black pepper 1 tsp onion powder 1 tsp salt Directions Cook macaroni just shy of al dente Combine…

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