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January 12, 2009

Kraut beer

Over the weekend I ate a lot of kraut and drank some good German beer.

I found both at the annual kraut fest at Gertrude's restaurant in the Baltimore Museum of Art. Way back in the fall I spotted John Shields of Gertrude's at the downtown Baltimore Farmers' Market, where he was securing the cabbage for the kraut. Lots of it. Enough cabbage to yield about 400 plus pounds of kraut.

The kraut-making process is laborious and takes weeks of fermenting. The results were delectable. The kraut was served with sausage from Binkert's and Ostrowski's, and was much more flavorful and delicate than canned kraut.

The dish that blew me away was the sauerkraut ice cream -- smooth and sweet, with a caramel topping and the distinct, but strangely welcome, taste of kraut. Who knew?

Posted by Rob Kasper at 8:59 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Hey Rob or other readers,

I'll be in Miami for this weekends Ravens game, and was looking for good suggestions for bars or brews to check out while I'm there. I'm not looking for a touristy obnoxious hotspot with fancy martinis, and not looking to drink corona, I want the real and local stuff. Or is Miami just not a town with the culture, just a lot of cubans(sandwhiches and cigars)?

Any good Mirco-Brews in South Florida? Any Bars that have Ravens Fans?

Posted by: Thirsty in Miami | January 12, 2009 3:20 PM

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About Rob Kasper

Rob Kasper, a features columnist, has been writing about beer for 20 years, and he remembers when Anchor Christmas and Noche Buena were about the only beers at a holiday tasting and Sisson’s was the only brewpub in Baltimore. A collection of his columns, "Raising Kids and Tomatoes, Amusing Tales and Appetizing Recipes," was published in 1998. He lives with his wife, Judith, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in a downtown Baltimore rowhouse. They have two grown sons, who come home from time to time and drink their father’s beer.
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