Archive for March, 2010

Beer Mugs Versus Beer Glasses

March 3rd, 2010

Beer Mugs Versus Beer Glasses photoDo you know about the difference about beer mugs and beer glasses?? This debate always there for every drinker.

Beer drinkers have been known to debate the advantages of mugs over glasses from time to time. Beer mugs don’t showcase the beer. You can’t see the color as well and they aren’t designed to bring the bouquet to your attention. On the other hand, the thicker glass of a beer mug holds the cold for longer. So if you like to sip your beer, a nice thick chilled glass beer mug will keep it nice and cold longer than a beer glass will.

Then there’s the question of what kind of glass to use. When you see beer glasses for sale, there are lots of different kinds. Each kind is for a certain kind of beer. That’s ok for beer connoisseurs, but for beer drinkers that just drink a particular brand and don’t know whether it’s pilsner or an ale, beer mugs serve the purpose quite well.

As Americans become increasingly savvy about wine, there has been an increase in their knowledge of different beers as well. Micro breweries are springing up even faster than new vineyards. These gourmet breweries teach their patrons about the proper glasses for drinking certain types of beer. Many of them also offer their own custom beer glasses for sale, so educating beer drinkers can also bring long term promotional benefits as well.

If you go to websites that have beer glasses for sale, you will find there are more than a dozen different types of beer glasses and at least two types of beer mugs. Regular beer mugs usually have straight sides and a handle; beer steins usually have sides that slope inward, a handle and a lid. As for glasses, there are pilsner glasses, footed pilsner glasses, tulip glasses, pint glasses, wheat beer glasses, nonik glasses, flutes, chalices and more. Each type of glass is intended to highlight the characteristics of a particular beer.

Beer mugs suit the basic beer drinker who isn’t interested in sampling special types of beers, Beer glasses are meant for the more serious beer drinker who may actually have beer drinking or brewing as a hobby. Like wine, beer is meant to be served in a glass that brings out its best qualities. Apparently, there are fewer kinds of wines than there are beers.

If you are looking for custom beer glasses for sale, you may want to check out some Internet sites do see what kind of beer glasses you need for your favorite beers. The sites will explain which beer should be served in each type of glass and why the design of the glass suits that particular type of beer. If you aren’t interested in the educational experience, you can just skip straight to beer mugs.

There are some websites with beer glasses for sale that will imprint whatever you like on the glasses. You can have custom beer glasses with the type of beer they’re supposed to be used for or with your own logo or family crest. There are many different companies offering custom beer mugs also. You may just want printed beer mugs displaying your name (so everyone knows it’s yours).

Which is better a beer mug or a beer glass? That depends on the person who’s drinking the beer. For most people either one works just fine. In fact, for many, if there isn’t a glass or a mug handy, straight from the bottle will work just fine.

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Ten Top Tips for Creating Canapes

March 1st, 2010

Ten Top Tips for Creating Canapes photoAre you know what is a canapes?? What is their function in the party??

Canapes are crucial for a truly fabulous party. Every guest’s first impression, they are perfect for setting the tone and getting people in the party mood! A bit like the cocktail of the food world, they can be fun and frivolous and downright decadent, but don’t think they have to be hard to create. We have compiled a few tips for creating simple yummy canapes at home, and a few pointers on the next ‘little’ thing in canapes from one of the UK’s top catering companies too!

If you are making canapes for a party at home, then keep it fairly simple but still stunning by following these five tips:

1. If you stick to seasonal produce, then the most basic food can speak for itself – consider delicious seamed new season’s asparagus drizzled with melted butter and lashings of salt and pepper, and with homemade hollandaise to dip.

2. Think creatively with your serving vessels - use little spoons or shot glasses to serve, or try rosemary skewers for lamb.

3. Remember that pretty much every favorite dish can be made in to a tiny mouthful with a bit of thought. Shrink down the classic roast beef into a mini Yorkshire, with a sliver of rare beef, and some horseradish cream.

4. If you don’t want the trouble of making a main course bite sized, then think about using food that is already bite sized – cherry tomatoes filled with delicious creamy buffalo mozzarella, or king prawns tossed in chilli and lime skins, served with big bowls of homemade mayonnaise.

5. And don’t forget your pudding canapes – they are the easiest to make! Any tray baked biscuit or cake can be cut up into bite sized mouthfuls – try chocolate brownie dusted with edible glitter for that party feel, and don’t forget fruit skewers with bowls of melted chocolate on the side.

If you are lucky enough to be using a caterer to create your canapes, then these ideas from “rhubarb” food design’s Menu Consultant Phil Owens, might help you make some crucial canapes decisions for your parties in 2010.

6. Think about cool cocktail canape sorbets on elegant spoons – try strawberry margarita sorbet with fresh strawberries and edible flowers. Delicious and refreshing.

7. Try creamy seasonal risotti in crisp cornets - in fresh and rich flavours such as asparagus with taleggio, or heirloom tomato with mascarpone and basil.

8. Make things pretty as a picture with melt in the mouth savoury beetroot macaroons with creamed goat’s cheese and pain d’epice.

9. For really incredible taste sensations, “rhubarb” like to work with intense vegetable and fruit powders – try crayfish brandade scented with tomato powder on a lemon puree.

10. And finally, don’t forget more substantial canapes or bowl food. They still feel special, but you get a lot more from your caterer for your money and they are great for guest’s favourites too – mini bowls of bangers and mash everyone?

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