Mardi Gras Madness 2023 (Homemade Creole Cuisine & Homebrew Imperial Stout)

We’re eating and drinking good in celebration of Mardi Gras! The Krewe of Chop & Brew gathers for a Carnival-themed lunch of homemade Creole food: chicken and sausage jambalya, shrimp etouffee, pork belly rillons, greens, cornbread, king cake and bread pudding. Plus, a homebrewed Black Rose Imperial Stout brewed and fermented just in time to

The Mardi Gras Brews of Zony Mash Beer Project

We have a very festive and Carnivalesque grand finale to this year’s Mardi Gras Madness mini-series as we taste and talk about three Mardi Gras themed beers from Zony Mash Beer Project in New Orleans with owner-brewer Mitch Grittman: Zony Pop Hurricane Spiked Seltzer, a fruited hard seltzer; Mystic Brewe of Mardi Gras, a Hurricane-inspired

King Cake Ale Homebrew Recipe

A beer fit for Carnival season! Here is the recipe for Chip’s King Cake Ale as seen brewed in Chop & Brew – Episode 50: King Cake Ale. Shout-out to Drew Beechum and Dan Murphy for their help in developing the recipe. For 3 Gallon BIAB OG: 1.058 FG: 1.018 ABV: 5.2% MALTS 5.0 lbs