Culture Bitch

One of our favorite local spots, The Independent, hosted a beer dinner recently sponsored by Ommegang brewery. Book Bastard loves his beer, and we both love this restaurant, and as the dinner was five courses, with beer pairing for $40/pp, how could we resist?
Now, a cynic might be tempted to think, “Only forty dollars for [...]

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Last night, Book Bastard and I decided to check out Ronnarong, a small place in Union Square, Somerville which bills itself as a “Thai Tapas Bar”. We originally heard about it from a neighbor, and the reviews on Yelp have been great.
When we arrived, we realized the place was indeed tiny, with about 8 seats [...]

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What could be better than a Halloween Costume Party Beer Tasting Dinner?  Sign me up!  I love Halloween and I love tasting menus so when The City Bitch asked if we’d like to go to Gargoyles on the Square for a Harpoon Beer tasting dinner, we jumped on it. 
The dinner started with two beer [...]

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I’ll admit that sometimes the language of wine is just weird. I’m sure it can be intimidating to the novice to hear someone come up with extravagant metaphors for what they are smelling in a glass. The most ridiculous experience I had with this was in my Level 2 class at BU, when this Tool [...]

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