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Now, the Award Winning Ale X

There were 17 entries in that Light Hybrid Beer category in the Strange Brew 2008 Slurp & Burp Open and we walked away with 3rd Place!

Brew #11

Coal Porter Cake

Cake

• 1 cup A to Z Coal Porter* (if you can't get it, use Deschutes Black Butte Porter)


• 1 stick butter, melted


• 1 1/2 cups white sugar


• 2 eggs


• 3/4 cup unsweetened, dutch processed cocoa powder


• 3/4 cup brown sugar


• 3/4 cup sour cream


• a few handfuls of chopped dark chocolate, or chocolate chips


• a couple of handfuls of some chopped walnuts



• 1 tbsp vanilla extract


• 2 cups flour


• 2 1/2 tsp baking flour


• 1 tsp salt

Frosting

• 8 oz cream cheese


• 1 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar


• just under 1/3 cup Coal Porter


• a dash of heavy whipping cream (or milk)

Preheat over to 350º F and grease a cake pan, or a couple of muffin tins for cupcakes.

In a big mixing bowl, mix the butter, sugars and eggs. Add the beer and cocoa powder. Mix in the sour cream and vanilla. Set aside.

In a separate bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt together. Slowly mix into the chocolaty beer mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time. Once the flour mixture has been mixed in, stir in chocolate and walnuts.

Pour into desired pan and cook for about 40 minutes for a cake, about 25 minutes for cupcakes, or until an inserted toothpick in the middle comes out clean.

To make the frosting, just whip together the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, beer and cream together. For a thicker frosting, cut back on the liquid and slightly increase the sugar. For a thinner frosting, add a little more beer (or cream if you want). Frost the cake once it has cooled.

*It's always good to start with 2 bottles of the Coal Porter. One for baking, the other for the baker.


Rating: It's Good

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Hop Harvest 2007!!!

The bounty from 1 of the 5 hop vines planted from FreshHops rhizomes in late May in the fertile compost primarily from grains & hops from the A to Z Brewing kitchen. I think this is a decent yield for immature vines, next year they should be coming out our ears! Hope to use some in a recipe soon, boiling some in water for a tea right now.... will let you know how it turns out.




USDA ACCESSION NO. : 19001
SELECTION: Seedling selection made in 1919 at Wye College, England
GENUS: Humulus
SPECIES: lupulus
CULTIVAR: Brewer's Gold