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Food Preservation, Recipes, Sauerkraut, Vegetable Ferments

Making Sauerkraut at Home

Fermenting cabbage, or any other vegetable crop, is an ancient and low-tech way of preserving the harvest. Making sauerkraut at home is easy, and the result is night and day from the insipid, mushy pulp that passes for kraut at your local Kroger.   Homemade kraut is healthier too, because unlike the pasteurized stuff at the [...]

Craft Beer, Food and Beer Pairing, Seasonal Menus

Have Yourself A Very Veggie Christmas

Goose Island 312

Christmas dinner is usually known to have turkey or ham as the center of attention.  If you’re a vegetarian you’re probably used to eating the ever popular “meal of side dishes” at the holiday get together.  Not this year.  Chef Jackson has put together this totally vegetarian holiday meal that will surely satisfy herbivores and [...]

Homebrew Recipes, Homebrewing, Recipes

Scott LaFollette's Amber Ale Recipe

Brew your own version of Scott’s Amber Ale recently paired with Chef Jackson’s Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad on Fox 19’s Morning Show.  Have any brewing questions?  Post them below for Scott!

Scott LaFollette's 'Fox 19' Amber Ale

Scott LaFollette’s ‘Fox 19′ American Amber Ale

All Grain Recipe, 5 Gallon Batch, 75% Mash Efficiency

Grains for the [...]

Circle 3 Appearances, Food and Beer Pairing, Seasonal Menus, Upcoming Events, Video

Video From Today’s Show

Chef Jackson and Chris Nascimento on Fox 19’s morning show!

Circle 3 Appearances, Food and Beer Pairing, Seasonal Menus, Upcoming Events, Video

Recipes and Beers from this morning’s Show

Here is the menu from today’s Fox 19 Morning show with Chef Jackson and Chris Nascimento:

Fresh, Fall, Farm-to-Table Flavors

Adam’s County Butternut Squash Bisque with Amish Milk Foam, Brown Butter drizzle, & Crispy Sage.  Paired with Brewery Ommegang’s Hennepin Farmhouse Saison.
Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad with Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinaigrette, Pomegranate, Capriole’s Old Kentucky Tomme, & Caramelized [...]

Circle 3 Appearances, Food and Beer Pairing, Seasonal Menus, Upcoming Events

Set your Tivo: the Circle 3 crew is live Tuesday morning!

This Tuesday, December 1st, catch beer expert Chris Nascimento and Chef Jackson Rouse on the Fox 19 Morning show.  The segment is scheduled to begin at 8:15 AM with Fox19 Morning hosts Sheila Grey and Rob Williams.  Chef Jackson has a four course menu planned entitled “Fresh, Fall, Farm-to-Table Flavors”.  Chris will be talking about specially chosen beer [...]