Friday evening drinking thread

Submitted by sadeto on
Nice evening here in NYC. On the patio with a beautiful woman and a Dales Pale Ale, grilling chicken marinated in Korean hot bean sauce. What ales you?

MDwolverine

June 19th, 2015 at 9:04 PM ^

I've been waiting all week for this thread. After years of reading these threads and hearing about Bells beer I was ecstatic to find out that it was coming to MD and so far it has not disappointed.



I sampled two hearted at my liquor store and took home a 6 of Oberon and Amber ale. Delicious. Smooth too. I'm so pumped to have a go-to brew for every Michigan football game.



Any other Bells favorites? What do they role out with in the fall and winter?



The arrival of Bells has been pretty big around here this week, heavily advertised at stores and they sponsored a block party/tap takeover thing outside of my office.

acnumber1

June 19th, 2015 at 9:05 PM ^

I'm in on the Trader Joe's Merlot as well...and eat Korean food more often than not weekly....but can't translate 'korean hot bean sauce' into anything I'm familiar with.

Can you describe a bit more OP?

sadeto

June 19th, 2015 at 9:25 PM ^

It's a paste, available in Korean and Chinese versions, base is beans and hot peppers. You can add it to marinades, soups, even mix it in bibimbap. I make a marinade with bean paste, wine (rice or white), garlic, green onions, salt, sugar. Sometimes I ad sriracha.

Chinese name of the paste is doubanjiang. My Korean sucks so I'm not sure.

sadeto

June 19th, 2015 at 9:46 PM ^

Actually, I think the first one is broad bean based, no? That's more like what I used tonight, but I have a tub of the second type in my fridge too. Goes well in dog soup.

My girl is from Manchuria, where the cuisine is heavily influenced by Korean, as well as Mongol.

sadeto

June 19th, 2015 at 10:02 PM ^

I don't make it myself, but I've dated Vietnamese and Korean women whose families do raise dogs to eat. And I've been in Manchuria and North Korea where there are dog meat restaurants. There's nothing like the site of a truck with frozen dog carcasses rolling down the highway. I refuse to eat it, but evidently I'm missing out on something.