Indulgence of the Night August 07

**Dinder1** · 08-01-2007, 05:42 PM

It being a very hot summer evening, I opted for a very refreshing Belgian white ale tonight.

**F16WarBird** · 08-01-2007, 05:56 PM

It's brilliant weather for a wit or a hefe. Good call.

**Kyle** · 08-01-2007, 09:05 PM

I don't normally post here, but had a pretty remarkable dinner this evening with a fellow B&B'er, so I thought I would share.

Appetizer: I did not prepare one as dinner and dessert were of prolific proportions.

Dinner Beverage: Sweet Tea. Not tea with some sugar in it or tea with artificial sweetener, but good, old fashioned, southern, homemade Sweet Tea. I'm talking 1 gallon of water boiled with 3 1/2 to 4 cups of sugar and steeped for 5 hours before chilling. Lip smacking good stuff.

Salad: Standard variety garden salad with the choice of either Ranch Dressing or a Roasted Salsa Vinaigrette (smokey with just a little kick).

Main Course: 16 oz. Rib-eye steaks, superbly marbled with just the right amount of fat, marinated for 9 hours, crusted with Lemon Garlic Pepper, and cooked to a perfect Medium.

Dessert Beverage: Aeropressed coffee from freshly ground beans (forgive me as I've forgotten the exact name/roaster. I know it was a dark roast).

Dessert: Triple chocolate cake soaking in a splash of Kahlua, a layer of sliced fresh strawberries, a healthy dollop of made from scratch whipped cream (also with a splash of Kahlua and mixed with a few ground up coffee beans), and topped with fresh raspberries.

The meal was out of this world (if I do say so myself) and the company was even better. It is hard to beat good food enjoyed with good friends.

**rtaylor61** · 08-01-2007, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by Kyle

I don't normally post here, but had a pretty remarkable dinner this evening with a fellow B&B'er, so I thought I would share.

Appetizer: I did not prepare one as dinner and dessert were of prolific proportions.

Dinner Beverage: Sweet Tea. Not tea with some sugar in it or tea with artificial sweetener, but good, old fashioned, southern, homemade Sweet Tea. I'm talking 1 gallon of water boiled with 3 1/2 to 4 cups of sugar and steeped for 5 hours before chilling. Lip smacking good stuff.

Salad: Standard variety garden salad with the choice of either Ranch Dressing or a Roasted Salsa Vinaigrette (smokey with just a little kick).

Main Course: 16 oz. Rib-eye steaks, superbly marbled with just the right amount of fat, marinated for 9 hours, crusted with Lemon Garlic Pepper, and cooked to a perfect Medium.

Dessert Beverage: Aeropressed coffee from freshly ground beans (forgive me as I've forgotten the exact name/roaster. I know it was a dark roast).

Dessert: Triple chocolate cake soaking in a splash of Kahlua, a layer of sliced fresh strawberries, a healthy dollop of made from scratch whipped cream (also with a splash of Kahlua and mixed with a few ground up coffee beans), and topped with fresh raspberries.

The meal was out of this world (if I do say so myself) and the company was even better. It is hard to beat good food enjoyed with good friends.

I just gained 3 pounds...

Randy

**TimmyBoston** · 08-02-2007, 12:44 AM

Sounds like a great dinner, Kyle! Enough to fill up even the gastrointestinal tract of a moose!

**Stauff** · 08-02-2007, 01:30 AM

Glenmorangie 10 yrs

**analog_kid** · 08-02-2007, 11:22 AM

CI Legends White (Camacho)

So far, this is my favorite of the CI Legends series. Very well constructed cigar, I had a bit of an uneven burn, but the wind seemed to kick up quite a bit last night so there wasn't much I could do about it. I got a lot of smokiness and nut flavor with just a hint of vanilla. A nice medium bodied smoke.

**Kyle** · 08-02-2007, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by TimmyBoston

Sounds like a great dinner, Kyle! Enough to fill up even the gastrointestinal tract of a moose!

Indeed it was.

**ouch** · 08-02-2007, 02:32 PM

Foie gras de mer (monkfish liver).

Main course- razor clams (official bivalve of B&B) in black bean sauce.

**ouch** · 08-02-2007, 03:24 PM

Dinner was so nice, I decided to sit out in the shade in the back yard and relax with a Stone Mountain Arrogant Bastard Ale and a bowl of Momoyama (am I the only person alive who likes this?) in a Butz-Choquin billiard.

Life is good.

**Nick** · 08-02-2007, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by ouch

Main course- razor clams (official bivalve of B&B) in black bean sauce.

It was a close race, but they narrowly squeaked out a victory over their long time rival the geoduck.

-Nick

**ouch** · 08-02-2007, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by Nick

It was a close race, but they narrowly squeaked out a victory over their long time rival the geoduck.

-Nick

I'd like to see you shave with one of those!

**TimmyBoston** · 08-02-2007, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by ouch

a bowl of Momoyama (am I the only person alive who likes this?)

You might be the person who knows what this is.

**momo360** · 08-03-2007, 12:29 AM

+1

Originally Posted by TimmyBoston

You might be the person who knows what this is.

**boboakalfb** · 08-03-2007, 09:07 AM

Stopped by the local pub yesterday for ahem...a couple...pints of Guinness. Seems there might just be a guys trip to Dublin in a couple months. I really hope this happens, considering the person coordinating it grew up there.

**Iceman** · 08-03-2007, 10:09 PM

A very hot day in the DC area with hotter days forecast for the weekend. I grabbed a Santa Damiana 600. I went to the B&M earlier in the day and had an always outstanding Rocky Patel 1992.

**zachster** · 08-04-2007, 10:13 PM

Made a nice Greek style Bolognese pasta ("Makaronia me Kima"). After dinner, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Bravo was showing Godfather I and II back to back. Just starting on II now, and enjoying an Anchor Liberty Ale and an H. Upmann robusto...

**Iceman** · 08-05-2007, 02:51 AM

I enjoyed a Griffin's robusto and a Sam Adams Boston Lager.

And in the end this is all that remained.

**ouch** · 08-05-2007, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by TimmyBoston

You might be the person who knows what this is.

This.

**letterk** · 08-05-2007, 02:46 PM

2005 Portteus Petite Sirah - We picked this one up in Washington last year.

Their description:

There's a hint of camp fire at the beach, and more serious than S'mores in a bottle, this is deep, dark chocolate eclair and a few wild huckleberries.

Lots of fruit, a little earth, moderate tannins. Nice alone, but better with food. We had some aged Gouda and crackers and found them very complimentary.

Silver Medal - Central Washington Fair, Commercial Wine competition