Just ordered the ingredients and already have enough Vanilla Beans for this batch. Looking forward to getting this going.

–TB

Tonight I found a Guinness Mop Sauce for a Brisket but decided to use it on some pork chops. I think it will come out just as yummy. Here is the recipe http://bbq.about.com/od/moprecipes/r/bl50713a.htm

This Mod Sauce is not very strong and the only thing I might suggest is to add some brown sugar to the recipe to get more caramelization going on your meats.

Let me know how your Beer cooking skills are doing. Drop me a line or send me your recipes to jon (at) tattoodbrew.com or just reply to this post with your recipe and i’ll give it a try.

Today Beth and I are starting to make some homemade mustard using beer. Specifically Dogfish Head Raison D’Etre. The Recipe is from these fine folks at Local Kitchen Blog.  http://localkitchenblog.com/2010/12/06/can-jam-raisin-detre-mustard/ We started this off soaking white raisins in the Raison D’Etre for 4 hours. That’s an awful long time not to enjoy one of these fine beers! Stirring the contents in the bowl so it steeps nicely. After the four hours I removed the raisins and added both mustard seeds into the beer to sit overnight. After the overnight soak in the Raison D’Etre the everything needed to be put into the food processor for a bit and then into a sauce pan for a quick boil before I put the final mustard into Jars for keeping. This was not a big enough batch to do a lot of canning. Check out some of my pics during the process.

For a pairing for this mustard I would recommend a hearty meat. Some sort of roast beef or even a corned beef sandwich on some crusty bread. Very nice!

Since I’ve been going to school lately for Internet Development, I have made it a personal goal to make a Favicon for my site! And Now it is done. Here is a little bit of a larger pic of the Favicon.

Maybe I’ll have some shirts made of this as well.

I like technology!

TB

Today I am in “Full Swing” designing a branding package for an up and coming brewery about to be established from my hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. This for a friend of mine who we have known each other since grade school. Come to find out we have been big homebrewing buffs for a long time and he is going to be the first to step up to the plate with a brewery. I’m real proud of my friend John and his team. I’m also thankful that he is turning to me to help with his vision and asking me to help out.

More details about this Awesome news in the future.

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