New Year, New Beer

Happy New Year! This year I'm going for sustainability in all of my culinary endeavours. You can be vegetarian or vegan and still be supporting large scale monoagriculture, while skipping over sustainable meat and seafood in your own back yard. 2012 is the year to spend more time walking to the farmer's market, more time chatting with the people who grow my food (which includes Mom, of course), more time cooking and last but not least, doing the dishes.

Factory beer is out, artisan beer is in. Organic beer is better. California Certified Organic Beer is best. Beer tasting judge certification program and Pete's Connoisseur's Club Level 100 here I come. Brewery tours will take place this year, some streaming live and some for the pilot.

Farmers, chefs, brewers, vitners, artisan foodmakers, and food charities that focus on sustainable, organic, small scale, and localized food economies will be showcased in the pilot. If you know someone who should be featured, please leave a comment below!

Today I am enjoying Pete's #1687: Snowshoe Pumpkin. Not a very strong aroma, nor too hoppy. Any pumpkin flavour is very, very mild. Slightly bitter finish, bit on the ale side. Perhaps a tiny hint of sour, but negligible. Overall, decent, but not spectacular.