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Food From Jen’s 40 Years

June 16th, 2011 · No Comments

Bucking the Reid family tradition of having elaborate games at 40th birthday parties (see Brian, Jill, Chad), Jen opted for a food and drink extravaganza in the backyard. Chad and Jen chose 4 different periods of Jen’s life and prepared food and drinks from each of those phases. What an awesome idea! Luckily the weather cooperated, because there were probably 30+ people there to celebrate with Jen. It was a little chilly, but overall good. I had so much fun stuffing my face on all of Jen’s favorite food and drinks! Plus, so many of our good friends were there. And it was sunny. Sunny! What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon/night.

Here’s what we had:

First course: Belgium, where Jen was born
Food: Cheese plate
Drinks: Leffe & Jupiler beer, white wine, or gimlets

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Second course: Newport, where Jen grew up
Food: Grilled shrimp, steamed clams & mussels
Drinks: Sam Adams Summer Ale, white wine, or more gimlets

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Third course: Virginia, where Jen went to college
Food: Assorted chips. Premade guacamole, salsa and taco dip.
Drinks: Cheap beer – Bud Light, MGD, cheap red wine, or more gimlets

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Fourth Course: Chicago, where Jen lives now
Food: Grilled sausages (assorted from Paulina Meat Market), baked beans
Drinks: Goose Island Summertime, red wine, or more gimlets

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Fifth Course: Kristin’s Homemade Cake

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Surprise Sixth Course, courtesy of beer. .. much beer.

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Hopleaf Beer

May 21st, 2007 · 3 Comments

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Hopleaf Beer Menu, Andersonville, Chicago

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Leffe Blonde :: Hopleaf, Andersonville, Chicago

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Delirium Tremens :: Hopleaf, Andersonville, Chicago

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Wostyntje Torhouts Mustaard Bier :: Hopleaf, Andersonville, Chicago

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Kwak :: Hopleaf, Andersonville, Chicago

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Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout :: Hopleaf, Andersonville, Chicago

If there’s one thing I learned from our night out at Hopleaf it’s that mussels do not make a good drinking base. Combined with the fact that we were drinking premium beers with high alcohol contents, like starting at 5% and going all the way up to 12%. We all wanted to try all different beers on the menu, but I knew that as I went, I’d never remember what I had, so I took a photo of each beer. I only had 5 beers, but that was enough to call it quits for me! Too bad we didn’t go home after Hopleaf, because that would have been the really smart thing to do. I guess we’re not smart people when we’re drunk. More on that coming up…

These are the beers I had:

The beer list at Hopleaf is so astoundingly extensive. There are two menu pages of draft beers and about 10 pages of bottle beers. And it changes, so I think you could go there 1,000 times and never try all of the beer at Hopleaf.

* I thought this is the beer I ordered and I remember the glass had a few different beer names on it and I took a photo of the side of the glass that had the name of the beer I ordered, but when I looked online all accounts say this beer is literally made from mustard seed and it has a golden color.. which the beer I drank really did not. So, I don’t know what it really was!
** I thought I ordered Kwak because I just wanted to say “kwak,” but online it says this beer is served in this unique glass. And I did see people drinking out of that kind of glass, so I know they had it. . .. unless they ran out and used a regular glass for me, I don’t know. Maybe I didn’t have Kwak. Lesson #2, it’s hard to keep track of what you’re drinking during a long, fun, night out.

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