Crowds Are Lighter This Year At The Big Apple Block Party

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Beer Garden At The Big Apple Block Party

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Tonight Only at the Water Front Ale House

WATERFRONT ALE HOUSE
540 SECOND AVE
NEW YORK NEW YORK 10016
212-696-4104

Left Hand Brewery Night
Thursday 1-14-10 6-8PM
Come meet the brewers

PRINT & BRING THIS FOR A FREE BEER & GLASS

Photograph courtesy of Pig Trip. Used without permission, but I'm pretty sure it's OK.

Happy New Year at Hill Country

Here's a tip.....

Today only.....

Hill Country Buys You Beer

Consider this a challenge: for every pound of meat you buy, this Flatiron barbecue joint will spot you a beer. After this ode to your machismo, we know you'll be ready and thankful for Hill Country's next offer, which is obviously champagne-

411:	Hill Country, 30 W. 26th St (near 6th Ave), 212-255-4544

Grillin' On The Bay and The Brooklyn Chili Smackdown

It's back and better than ever!

Grillin' On The Bay 2009

To benefit St. Mark School Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
Sanctioned by The New England Barbeque Society
Sponsored by RUB BBQ and Butternuts Beer and Ale
Saturday April 4, 2009

Corner of East 18th Street and Avenue Z, Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn
Four Grilling Categories: Chicken Breast, Fish, Pork and Chef's Choice
$75 to $125 to Enter - Cash and Fabulous Prizes
and
The Brooklyn Chili Smack Down
People's Choice Chili Contest
Any type of Chili you want to make.
You call it Chili - WE call it Chili

Free to Enter
$100 to the winner!
$10 All the Chili you can eat - Till it runs out!

For more information: Web: GOTB Email BrooklynQ or call 917-763-5062
This contest is not affiliated with the Kansas City Barbeque Society or any Chili Contest Sanctioning body.

A First: A Contest on The Blog

It's a first for WhiteTrash BBQ - A contest! I'm giving away a copy of "He Said Beer, She Said Wine." Keep reading and find out how to get a copy for yourself.

Finally a book about wine and beer for the rest of us; "He Said Beer, She Said Wine" by Dogfish Head brewery founder Sam Calagione and renowned sommelier Marnie Old and published by DK Publishing just this month.

I loved this book.

Beer is traditionally the drink of choice when it comes to barbecue, but as barbecue expands to grilling and more "exotic" foods face the flames, many people are searching for the right wine for the meal. Others still reach for that beer but are growing bored with the mass produced brews.

So what do you do? Which beer will make him happy with Carpet Bagger Steak? Which wine is right for Tuna Confit? Don't know? "He Said Beer, She Said Wine" will help provide the answer.

"He Said Beer, She Said Wine" is written in a style that pairs beers and wines together with real foods for a meal. It's written so that even the most novice wine or beer drinker can learn what makes a good wine and deciphers all that vinology gobbledygook without making the reader feel like a real dumb ass. And it makes beer accessible and desirable to the wine snob all the while singing its praises for the great unwashed.

Beer is not the plebeian drink and wine is not just for the Rockefellers. In "He Said Beer, She Said Wine," we can all get along.

Want your free copy of "He Said Beer, She Said Wine?" All you have to do is answer the following five questions and send your responses, with a valid return email address to me.

1. The Kansas City Barbeque Society is the largest barbecue sanctioning organization in the country. Name two others.
2. Who is the Baron of Barbecue?
3. What is the difference between barbecue and grilling?
4. Who does WhiteTrash BBQ turn to for wine advice?
5. Besides barbeque, what is WhiteTrash BBQ's other food obsession?
   

All answers can be found here on the blog. This contest is open only to residents of the United States. All responses are due no later than Midnight on Saturday, April 12, 2008. The winner will be chosen at random from all correct responses. The winner will be announced on Monday April 14, 2008. My decisions are final.

Good luck and thanks for playing!

March Madness: Cop Out - Media Saturation

It's 12:37 AM according to the clock on my computer and I just finished dinner. Kinda late, I know. But I had to put in some overtime with the clients today since I was out sick for two days. I'm still coughing my head off and my throat is sore, but my voice almost sounds normal.

Tonight's dinner? Ready? A Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich on potato bread. Woo Hoo! A real winner. Tasty though. Skippy and Smuckers - is there a better pairing in the world?

But back to BBQ, a couple of interesting things have popped up in my email today.

1. Bobby Flay is starting a new grilling show on Food Network and he's looking for partners. You can either create a 3 minute video tape and submit it by March 15 - OR - you can go to the open casting call on in NYC on Friday. I'd do the casting call, but a three minute shot of me coughing doesn't qualify as good TV in my opinion. If you're interested contact Jessica from Embassy Row Productions at 646-747-472. Tell her you want to be on GRILL IT! WITH BOBBY FLAY ON THE FOOD NETWORK! and tell her I sent you.
   
2. Marie Lena Tupot over at scenarioDNA inc is looking for any extreme barbecuers in the Houston/Texas area. She's looking to interview about three of them on video for about one hour, and we can give them each $100 for their time. Timing would ideally be next week. They need to be between the ages of 21 to 27. She can accept guys up to 30 though. The interviews will ask about their social networking and their beer drinking experiences. Sounds like BBQrs Gone Wild (Thanks Todd!). But if you're interesting in making a quick Benjamin (See us old coots are hip!) call Marie at 917-364-9742

So come on you media stars - the world is waiting!

Beer and BBQ

Can there be anything better? Or more right?