Your Comments, Criticisms and Contributions - September 2001
Hello, I have heard of this punch called Guinness Punch. I hear it is made with Guinness, of course, and cream and milk. I was wondering if you have heard of it and how to make it. It is my boyfriend's 21st birthday this Friday and Guinness is his favorite. I am having a party and wanted to serve Guinness punch. Please help me out ASAP. I appreciate it tremendously.
-- Jaclyn
The following recipe is from webtender.com. There may be other variations out there.
1/2 cup sweetened Condensed milk (regular or skim)
1/16 tsp (or to taste) Cinnamon
1/16 tsp (or to taste) Nutmeg
unsweetened Cocoa powder (optional)
Mixing instructions:
Gently pour a well-chilled Guinness into a small mixing bowl or glass that will hold all of the liquid ingredients. Add the sweetened condensed milk, spices, and cocoa (if desired). Stir or whisk well, and pour the mixture into a pint-sized beer mug or pub glass. Makes 1 drink.
Can u tell me where Budweiser started? Is it an American or European beer? Any info on this would be appreciated.
-- Gerald
It's a complicated question you ask. The original Budweiser beers were those brewed in the Czech town of Budweis, same as the original pilsners were brewed in Pilsen. When Adolphus Busch went hunting for a name for his new brew - which may actually have been born as a contract brew, but that's another story entirely - he landed on the name and appropriated it. The beer known as Budweiser Budvar - now sold in the U.S. as Czechvar - was not brewed at the time Adolphus took the town's name as his own, but coming from a brewery in the town of Budweis, it would seem to me that they do have a rather more legitimate historical claim.
One thing is for certain, though: I'd take a Buweiser Budvar over an A-B Bud any day.
I have just signed up for your newsletter and I have a question. Is it at all possible to get beer from any of the monasteries in Belgium? Thanks.
-- Sharon
Chimay and Orval beers are widely available in the U.S., Canada and much of Europe, Westmalle less so. Rochefort and Westvleteren beers are relatively rare, but still available if you have a good beer store near you and are in one of the more major urban areas. Achel beers have been available only at the source, but I understand that bottling has begun and exports should soon follow.
I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction on where one might be able to buy/order Jenlain. I keep running into walls trying to find a few bottles. I am in Washington state. Thank you.
-- Dean
Jenlain is distributed in the US by Fischer Beverages.
Contact them at:
www.fischerbeverages.com
webmaster@fischerbeverages.com
393 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, MA 02451-2013 USA
Tel: 781-890-3534
Fax: 781-890-2850
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