Spiced Tea Recipe

New Jersey Breweries

EAST COAST BEER COMPANY – POINT PLEASANT

Established in 2007, pint-size nanobrewery East Coast Beer Company offered its first beer, the robustly rewarding Beach Haus Prohibition-Style Pilsner, during 2010. Co-owners Brian Ciriaco and John Merklin, world-traveling technologists both of them, grew up during the late ‘80s craft beer movement started by Samuel Adams, Sierra Nevada and Anchor Steam. Envious of the large contingent of small breweries dotting European towns they sojourned, the home-brewing partners brought experienced lead brewer Tom Pryzborowski aboard to develop their initial prohibition-fashioned libation. Working under the tutelage of Climax Brewing’s Dave Hoffman gave Pryzborowski the trained scientific technique Ciriaco and Merklin sought.

Merklin explains, “Before prohibition, German immigrants typically made pilsners using American ingredients that had higher grain and hop content and more flavor, body and alcohol content. When we brewed our first batches, we wanted a full-bodied beer that had a smooth, easy finish.”

The result: a vigorous, pale-bodied, citric-ripened concoction that reaches a creamy honeyed malt summit. A well-balanced changeup more filling than lighter pilsners, Beach Haus’ grassy-hopped spicing underscores corn-sugared cereal graining and tart lemon-peeled bitterness.

Utilizing a Rochester-based contract brewer for bottling and distribution, East Coast Beer Company will offer an approachable malt-roasted, hop-toasted, fuller-bodied Beach Haus Winter Rental Dark Lager by autumn. They’re also developing a pale ale.

Ciriaco snickers, “My lifelong passion to brew must’ve come from delivering beer from the refrigerator to my father during football season when I was only a kid.”

BOAKS BREWERY – POMPTON LAKES

I first met entrepreneurial Boaks Brewery zymurgist Brian Boak at Ramsey Liquors when he was handing out samples of an interesting Belgian-styled beer he’d just concocted. Open since February 2008, Boak’s first two beers became staples around Jersey. The above-referenced Two Blind Monks Dubbel and resilient Monster Mash Imperial Stout are readily robust ventures into ‘Big Beer’ styling.

“My mother used to call me a beer snob at 17 because I drank Molson Golden. If you go back to 1977, there were no American craft beers marketed and very little imported beer,” Boak recalls.

The Appleton Spiced Ice Tea Cocktail Recipe | RumShopRyan

Appleton Estate Rum is said to be Jamaica’s finest. That’s an arguable statement, but don’t they say things get better with age?

Appleton Estate has been handcrafting rums since 1749. Located in the heart of the country’s sugar cane belt, it is the oldest sugar estate and distillery in Jamaica. Which translates into, they know what they’re doing.

A couple weeks ago I picked up a bottle of the Appleton Estate Reserve. Nothing fancy, just wanted a bottle for the collection. I’ve been sipping and enjoying it thoroughly, but now it’s time to whip up an oh-so-good Boat Drink cocktail with it. Time for the Appleton Spiced Ice Tea.

We are definitely trying this recipe . . . spent a week in Jamiaca this past winter and we’ve been drinking appleton’s ever since! Getting ready to spend a week on our boats – island hopping around Lake Erie – and starting to plan our “drinks of the day”. This will probably make the list – many thanks. Happy days!

Chai, the spice tea of India

Culinary Tea, More Than 150 Recipes Steeped in Tradition from Around the World

Yoga Journal

Tea and Cookies, Enjoy the Perfect Cup of Tea--with Dozens of Delectable Recipes for Teatime Treats

The Healthy Kitchen