May Black Bean Burritos and Smoked Porter

We barely squeezed this paring in but it was a good one!

Matt picked up the beer last night at Jungle Jim's.  He chose Stone Brewing Company Smoked Porter which looks heavy but we found it to be perfect.

After some contemplating between buying Chipotle burritos or buying frozen ones, I decided to tackle them myself and it was well worth it.

I used this recipe using the recommendations of the May 5, 2004 comment and adding Rotel, corn and some other ingredients including cumin and chili powder.

While waiting to wrap the burritos I used the genuine Mexican tortilla warming cloth that Andy bought me while on a mission trip in college.  It is hand made and embroidered and is even more beautiful than it looks in the picture.

I realized while they were cooking that I didn't know how to fold them so I googled it and found this great tutorial which result in perfectly wrapped burritos.

And here is our final pairing along with our post!

Black bean burritos and @StoneBrewingCo Smoked Porter
for May beer/food pairing. Read my entire story
at mybeerfoodpairings.blogspot.com
@Mike_Canan @WCPO #9beer

Special Event: Flights and Bites at Red Roost Tavern

I got a Twitter message from Mike Canan this week inviting us to the Flights and Bites event at the Red Roost Tavern with Chef Chad Goudie in Cincinnati.  I was super excited!

The event was a blast and I hope to go to more like it!  Everyone was talking about the Beer/Food Pairings calendar so hopefully more people will participate!

I met Mike for the first time.  I also met his wife and she said they were thrilled the first time I posted my pairings after his article.

When we arrived, we were served this Madtree Brewing Lift beer.

 

 Mike and me right after our arrival

 

Our placesettings with a description of the food and beer pairings

 

Dinner Food and Beer pairings

Madtree Sprye with Lobster Slider
Madtree Amber with Ballpark Slider

Madtree Gnarley Brown with Brisket Slider

Chef Goudie with Mike Canan

Chocolate Sandwich with Ice Cream for dessert
served with Madtree Axis Mundi beer.