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19Jan/090

Guinness Bread

Guinness Bread

I had another accident in the kitchen tonight that forced me to try something different. I was in the process of making another loaf of my beer bread when I knocked over my bottle of beer that I planned to use. I had nothing left but Guinness, and Guinness would not be my first choice of beers for bread.  So, I switched up the recipe and came up with this new loaf...

Guinness Bread

3 cups self rising flour
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon onion powder
2 teaspoons caraway seed
pinch of salt
1 bottle of Guinness Draught
1/4 cup melted butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.  Add the Guinness and mix throughly.  Transfer the batter into a prepared loaf pan.  Drizzle 1/4 cup of melted butter over the top of the loaf and bake for 55-60 minutes. 

I was worried about this bread tasting too bitter, but its not bitter at all.  It's actually a very nice flavor and would be a perfect bread to serve with soups or chili. 

19Jan/091

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Glass Etching Experiment

I was browsing Homebrewtalk.com recently can came across a thread where one of the members had used Armour Etch to etch graduation lines and numbers on his 5-gallon glass carboy.  I immediately wanted to do the same technique on my glass carboy, but after taking a closer look at the carboy, I realized that it's not smooth on the sides.  It has ridges and doesn't lend itself well to doing this.  After thinking about it some more, I decided to try it out on one of my beer glasses.  I purchased a package of stick-on vinyl lettering and put the JMS letters on the glass.  I used masking tape to form a box around those letters and then brushed on some of the Armour Etch paste.  I let it sit for about 8 minutes and then rinsed it off with hot water and then removed the tape and letters.  With a little creativity, I could probably come up with something on a glass that looks really nice...

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