Author Archives for Andrew Barrow
Savor - American Craft Beer & Food Experience
Comeing up quick - May 16th and 17th May is the Savor American Craft Beer and Food Experience.
Described as a ‘must attend for craft beer aficionados and foodies alike’, SAVOR will offer a memorable craft beer and food experience to a limited number of attendees under the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC.
There will be […]
Did You Know - about toasts?
An interesting snippet from a BBC email highlighting the background to toasting ones health -
According to them ‘toast water’ was a restorative drink during the 18th and 19th centuries and a highly popular one to boot. It was made by pouring boiling water over toasted bread and left to infuse until cool. It was then strained and […]
The Spirit World Needs You!
Are you a dab hand with the cocktail shaker or perhaps the slurp and spit of a fine Napa Cabernet is your thing?
We have a few spaces for writers here at The Spirit World - whether your love is wine, beer or spirits your words could soon be seen across the world via this website. […]
Fuller’s ESB and Vintage Ale Win Gold
I have two favourite brewers - Breakspears, based in my home county of Oxfordshire and London’s Fuller, Smith & Turner. Not sure if the former is availble across the pond but the latter has just won two gold medals at this year’s prestigious 2008 Brewers Association World Beer Cup held in San Diego.
The winning Fuller’s beers were: […]
New - Bollinger Rosé
It’s not often that a major Champagne house releases a new champagne but Bollinger have done just that with the release in London of Bollinger Rosé.
The creation of this non-vintage rosé has been long in the making and a dream of the House for almost a decade. This wine has evolved not as a curiosity, […]
Food and Wine Matching - Some Suggestions
Nigel Slater came up with some cracking recipes in last months edition of Observer Food Monthly. As is his style, the recipes are just the sort of food I adore cooking - highly flavoursome dishes benefiting from long slow cooking times. Uncomplicated but all the better for it. Look at that picture of the Pork Ribs, mouth-watering, […]
The Mojito of the Future’ – created by molecular mixologist Eben Freeman
Just as Heston Blumenthal popularised molecular gastronomy in food - Eben Freeman is doing it with drinks.
Molecular mixology is the new avant-garde approach to drinks that mirrors the legendary techniques. Through reinventing, deconstructing and reconstructing familiar drinks then layering and intensifying the flavours.
Bartenders across the globe are now offering their consumers a brand new drinking […]
Small Plates, Perfect Wines
Small Plates, Perfect Wines, a new cookbook from Andrews McMeel Publishing, featuring mouthwatering recipes and wine pairing tips, is now on bookstore shelves and available to order online.
Meze, tapas, antipasti, antojitos–no matter what you call them, small plates offer big flavor, and this is a style of dining and entertaining that has taken the country […]
“National Treasure” Car Chase Scene Features Fuller’s Trucks & Kegs
In the blockbuster movie “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” actor Nicolas Cage expertly maneuvers a Mercedes through the narrow streets of London as beer kegs drop off the livery truck exploding Fuller’s London Pride in front of him. But that’s not just any truck and those certainly aren’t just any kegs. To capture the flavor […]
Cisk Lager comes to the US
Cisk Lager is about to become available in the United States for the first time in its brewery’s 168-year history.
For those who just said ‘what?”, Cisk Lager is the signature beer of Malta.
The Maltese producers have won numerous international awards, including Cisk’s prestigious distinction as the World’s Best Standard Lager from the 2007 World Beer Awards, […]
