theres something about making blood sausage that makes me happy. it turned out really well.

First beer dinner at holeman and finch. on the left house cured proscuitto wrapped brandade, tangerine marmalade, and candied rosemary, right pork shoulder confit, mustard braised cabbage, lardo cromesquis. bottom pickled shrimp and clams, lots of fennel and pollen, crispy shrimp heads.

These are smoked liverwurst from local veal. It was the first time trying it and it came out great. super creamy and full of flavor.

This is a orval beer dinner that I got to do acouple months ago at the brick store. The owner of orval was nice enough to take a pic with me. five different chefs lots of great food and amazing beer. needless to say it was a great night. I made duck mortadella, chestnut ravioli, quince membrillo, and duck ham. Thanks to all the great hospitality of the great staff at the brick store and mike gallaghar.

some of these pics are a little old but arer still worthy. Just having fun when breaking down whole piggies

its been a quite a while since the last update but were gonna do more work on the blog. The food at both restaurants is looking great and so is the product that we have been getting. so keep checking in on us.

The sausage fest/competition

The sausage fest! 5 seasons brewery hosted its first ever sausage competition. There were about 6 local chefs competing for the title. I love the way dennis gets other people in the industry involved in the stuff he does. Lots of people showed up for the festivities and it was a blast. I love every opportunity I get to do things like this, There might be a pig dinner sometime in june at 5 seasons which should be a good time. hey also released their new maibock which was awsome.
The winner! Smoked thai stick. Its a slim jim thats spiced with thai flavors and smoked in the bowl its presented in. it was a last minute thing that happened to turn out really good. The plan was to enter a smoked boudin blanc but it didn't set up right.
The final sausages entered.


The sausage queen competition was great. They all were asked sausage related questions and had to perform some kind of talent. good stuff.
The crowning of sausage king and queen. ts funny how it worked out considering were married. some people probably think it was fixed but I can guarantee it wasn't. Good time big thanks to dennis and the staff at 5 seasons for throwing such a fun party. it was a honor to be the first ever sausage king and queen of the five seasons brewery