It has been a CRAZY past few months! One of the last moments of sanity was back when I went to the Big Beers Festival in January. It was a wintery getaway full of deliciously strong beer!
If you recall, I helped with a cooking workshop with Ginger Johnson from Women Enjoying Beer. Ginger made multiple yummy dishes with beer. One of the dishes was Beer-soaked Ladyfingers. Allagash Fluxus 2013 was used as the beer in this chocolaty, zesty ice cream topping.
After the session I was excited to have received a bottle of the Fluxus so that I could make it at home! Since the months flew by and I never got a round to it, I decided to finally just enjoy the beer. However, the recipe is on Your Home with Karie Engels and I definitely recommend it! It is a dessert that can be easily thrown together and will surely WOW your guests π
The Fluxus is an ale brewed with blood oranges. Though I would definitely consider it a dessert beer, it is an ale which keeps it from being too heavy like a stout or porter. It has a strong chocolate aroma but it is not overwhelming in the taste. I felt it had a delicate smoky flavor. It was very pleasant on the palette.
If not making it into a dessert, it would be so delicious accompanying a simple chocolate cake or anything that is not too heavy or extravagant.
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Sounds Delicious π I need to learn to cook with beer again – tried it once and it was a disaster. Happy Weekend!
Oh no! Lol yes, you should try again π
Sounds interesting, Citrus and fruity beers in general sound good for the summer.
Well I wouldn’t call it a summer beer- maybe a summer dessert beer. It is still dark and more of a cooler beer for me but still drinkable in summer. Maybe on a cool of rainy summer day? π
This sounds absolutely wondrous! It’s going on my list! Thanks for the inspiration, once again!
You are so welcome! I feel you could make this beer into an awesomely delicious and unique dessert π
that beer looks amazing and I love your photos.
Wanted to share that I finally made it to a local brewery. Though haha, I had a scotch and soda! Though that was followed by a meeting for a professional organization I belong to where we tasted a flight of four beers and ate crazy-good food. One of the pizzas, for instance, was called a bahn mi’zza. So good and just plain brilliant to turn that sandwich into a pizza. Went great with beer π
That is great!! Scotch and soda!? Lol which brewery was it? That pizza sound yummy!
That beer looks so rich and delicious and I love the idea of dipping lady fingers in the beer. What fun!
Thank you! Ya, it is also delicious to use beer-dipped ladyfingers for Tiramisu! π I will post a recipe for that someday!
Hi Lilly, It’s been some crazy months over here for me in hk too…so glad you had this great chance to visit this beer festival. Nothing beats getting into our true self and doing what we love best. That blood orange beer is interesting! How do you like it?
It is a delicious beer. It is not one I would drink regularly but it is good and it would be great paired with dessert π
I love the blood orange flavour addition π
Cheers
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Yes, blood oranges will make me try any beer. There is a blood orange IPA by flying dog that is absolutely delicious!
Hi lily-sue, great to hear your love for beer & food pairings still continues on. I love the sound of the choc/blood orange variety, in both beer, food & chocolate, it’s a winning combination!
Yes, it is! π It got slow for a bit but I am trying to get back into it. Thank you for stopping by!!
Oh my gosh, smoky, chocolatey blood orange beer? Sounds delicious! I love liqueur-soaked biscuits with ice cream so I can imagine how delicious the dessert beer soaked ladyfingers would be. I’ll have to try and track this beer down over here… yum x
Thanks Laura! Ya, I have no idea what kind of beers you get over there but hopefully you can find something similar! π