tag: brooklyn brewery
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February 20, 2013
Delicious brews. Awesome friends. Quality bar. Good oysters. The best.
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Tags: bar, beer, beer bar, brooklyn brewery, brooklyn brewery launch party at le mary celeste, filles du calvaire, le mary celeste, oysters, paris, paris bar, travel |
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February 15, 2013
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned my deep and abiding love for beer on this blog yet. I was introduced to craft brew several years ago and fell head-over-heels, to the point where I did a bit of homebrewing in my Santa Monica kitchen before moving to Paris.
Imagine my disappointment when I arrived in France and couldn’t for the life of me find any decent brews. Sure, there were a couple of imports from Belgium at the grocery store, and a few specialty beer shops, but at most restaurants and bars it was the French equivalent of Bud, Miller, and Coors. Shudder.
But to my delight, craft beer has been starting to get a foothold in Paris, partly due to the efforts of people like the folks who put on the Sunday Beer Lunch, a pop-up brewpub event I was lucky enough to attend last weekend with Edna, Emily, and a few of our friends.
The lunch was Cajun-themed in honor of Mardi Gras, with three courses each paired with a delicious craft brew. Shrimp remoulade toasts, muffuletta sandwiches, and pimento cheese were served with light and crisp Saison Dupont. Then spicy (but not too spicy, for the Parisian palettes) jambalaya with Brooklyn Brewery’s EIPA, followed by beignets with chicory crème anglaise and my favorite beer of the day, Meantime Chocolate Porter. All for €30. Unheard of.
No joke: that chicory crème anglaise was so good that we straight-up drank it after the beignets were gone.
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Tags: beer bar, beer in paris, brewpub, brooklyn brewery, brooklyn brewery EIPA, craft beer, food, meantime chocolate porter, paris, popup, restaurant, saison dupont, sunday beer lunch, travel |
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