{"id":1742,"date":"2010-04-27T10:23:35","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T17:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topmomblog.com\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2020-07-12T14:58:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T21:58:30","slug":"beer-and-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/beer-and-brownies\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer and Brownies?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Beer pairings, like wine pairings, complement each other and double your flavor experience. To my surprise, a vegan brownie beer pairing was the most eye-opening, unique taste I experienced at the Taste of Huntington Beach this past weekend was the Sierra 30 beer from Sierra Nevada paired with a brownie! Who would have thought! A person would consider nibbling on a brownie while sipping a rich, complex Cabernet, but beer?<\/p>\n

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale has been our beer of choice for years, so it’s no surprise that I sought out their booth to satisfy my palate after tasting Surf Hero Deli’s<\/a> fantastic Italian Hero.<\/p>\n

On my second visit, a line was beginning to form and the guys were talking up \u00a0Torpedo<\/a>, a bold IPA with 7.2% alcohol content! We’re all nodding – yeah, yeah we’re in… it was assertive and full of flavor with hints of citrus and herb – everything they said! \u00a0No surprise that Sierra Nevada’s Torpedo placed 1st<\/span> in the beer category. On to more tasting…<\/p>\n

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On my third visit, we knew each other personally by then, I was treated to an advance tasting of the Sierra 30<\/a> with a chunk of the brownies they had tucked away for the scheduled tasting debut at 3:30. \u00a0To celebrate their 30th anniversary, the brewmasters at Sierra Nevada have collaborated with the craft beer brewing pioneers in America to create four special edition brews<\/a> for \u00a0Sierra 30<\/a>.\u00a0Fritz Maytag, owner of Anchor Steam, agreed to guest brew Pioneers Stout<\/em>. Pioneers Stout<\/a><\/em> i<\/em>s described as a rich and roasted ale, perfect for aging and worthy of your finest snifter! And it’s a perfect dessert beer! So\u00a0open your heart and awaken your taste buds to a whole new eye-popping flavor bomb!<\/p>\n

Which brings me to the brownies<\/span>. \u00a0My daughter is the baker in our family and she’s been experimenting with using more wholesome ingredients, i.e. substitutes for refined sugar and including whole wheat flour, flaxseed, wheat germ, etc. in place of white flour. \u00a0Her friends are asking her if she’s “gonna go all vegan on them” now that she’ll be joining the “tree-huggers” at \u00a0UC Santa Cruz – but they had no problem gobbling down these brownies \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Vegan Brownies Recipe<\/h2>\n
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