Category Archives : Cooking With Beer


The Wench’s Peachy Summer Ale Rice 4

This recipe is short of brilliant. Promise me. At first, I had no intention of cooking with beer tonight. But a series of “unplanned” events resulted in a culinary creation unlike anything I have ever heard of or seen of before! The recipe was inspired by my cravings for salmon. Lucky for me, I found […]


The Wench’s Drunken Shrimp Scampi 8

For some time now I have been longing to divide my blog posts into 5 different themes: Drink With The Wench (tastings & reviews) Cook With The Wench (recipes with beer – both created myself and others) Travel With The Wench (brewery tours, bar adventures etc.) Brew With The Wench (home-brewing & guest brewing – […]


NRA Chicago – Day Three 8

Although the two previous days in Chicago were spectacular, from the perspective of The Beer Wench – the third evening was “la piece de resistance.” (For those of you who did not grow up spewing out French sayings, I’ve attached the definition …) pièce de ré·sis·tance n. pl. 1. An outstanding accomplishment: “The bison is […]

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Cookout With The Wench

You are all invited to a Backyard BBQ themed “Drink With The Wench”!!! (There will be an official “fancy” craft beer tasting during the earlier portion of the evening.) WHAT: Beer, Burgers, Brats & BBQ With The Wench WHO: The Wench & EVERYONE who A. loves beer B. likes beer C. hates beer but wants […]


Columbus Foodcast Episode 7

Please pardon The Beer Wench while she does a little shameless self-promotion.I’m excited to announce that I’ve been asked to be a regular guest correspondent on the Columbus Foodcast blog. (Some may remember that this blog got a mention in Episode 5.) My first official correspondence on the Columbus Foodcast has been released today. I […]


Columbus Foodcast: The Beer Show

This is a very exciting time for The Columbus Beer Wench. At the last two “Drink With The Wench” beer tasting and ratings, we had the honor of being joined by local food critic and blogger CMH Gourmand (aka Jim). Jim, like myself, is a self-proclaimed foodie, wino & hophead. He also favors one of […]