NG Saluting to Local Breweries

NG, to which my affection is very high, has dedicated the last month to promote the local beer industry, by promoting beers from local boutique breweries, and hosting brewers once a week. This is a nice action taken by my favorite Israeli meat restaurant, which not only gave stage to some local product, but exposed it’s customers to excellent bear that is not available everywhere.

Taking part in this fiesta where brewers from the local breweries how came to give “a show” on NG’s balcony. Each Friday a brewer would come and demonstrate out on the balcony brewing of one his brewery’s beers, explaining the whole process and ingredients involving in wine brewing.

Set a side the nice educational show, NG, gave us the opportunity of enjoying a selection of their cuts made in a “Drunk” manner, that is, they made the cuts marinated in bear. Alongside the beer you could order a variety of beers from the local boutique breweries. Different styles and flavors showing a wide arch of the beer world was available for the tasting.

I know that some people believe that meat should be accompanied by wine, however, on a hot summer afternoon, there is nothing like a good cold beer to accompany your 1.2KG porter house stake.

Here is the list of beers that was available:

• Dancing Camel – India Pale Ale
• Libira – Porter
• Golda – Jerk Dark Ale
• Salara – Bitter
• Isis – FreeStyle
• Shap-Beer – Lettet-B (Lettet means – Malt)
• Malka – Bright Malka
• Golan – Galil Wheat

Credit should also be given to Beer Master. These guy do an amazing job in promoting the local beer industry – Kudos.

No for the beers Iv’e tasted:

Dancing Camel – India Pale Ale –

The color is just like a beautiful deep golden sunset.

Full bodied and rich in flavors, distinct maltish flavor with a touch of sweet honey. The finish give a very very saddle bitter aftertaste.

Overall excellent beer that would fit a good juicy stake.

Golda – Jerk Dark Ale –

Brown dark Jamaican flavored beer. With the Jerk spice this beer gives a  balanced bitter flavor with some dark pepper spice.

Medium in body and very nice with non spiced meat.

Tabor Winery – Wine Delivery Service

Tabor Winery is lunching a new Wine Delivery service, in which you may buy wine directly from the winery and get it delivered  to your doorstep, without any additional fee. The service requires that you purchase at least one box (12 Bottles) of wine.

This service is available in the north, center and Jerusalem regions.

For more details:

04-6760444

Shop@twc.co.il

Dalton – Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Today we had a chance to try another wine from the Dalton winery (We already tried their Merlot from the same vintage) which is a medium size winery located in the upper Galilee region in the north of Israel.

It fair to say that we were disappointed with this wine, however, it is also safe to say that it wasn’t the wines fault. For all of you with the puzzled looks this is why – This wine was laying in our office a bit over a year, until the guy who was holding it decided to give it to us for our weekly wine meal. The wine was haled in very pour conditions as the bottle suffered from both heat and direct light.

We decided to try it anyway, and eventually it turned out as an interesting experience, since we got to see first hand what happens to a wine when it is haled in improper conditions. Now for the wine review:

pouring the wine into the glass we noticed that the color was odd. Even though this is a very young wine the color was somewhere between Burgundy and brown, which would have suggested a wine far more mature. It was also noticeable that the wine wasn’t as clear as you might expect a 3 years old wine. On the nose dark fruit and wood were noticeable alongside some acidity which did not vanish even some 45 minutes after we opened the bottle. On the pallet we noticed blackberries an berries mixed with a bit of tobacco, there was also some sour feel and acidity. The overall taste was off with a strong pinch of alcohol at the end.

I promise to myself to re taste this wine soon enough and see how a properly stored version of this wine feels like. It was an interesting educational experience. However I don’t plan on trying this again.

Benedikt (24/7)

I’ve heard a lot of nice things about this restaurant, so I decided to finally try it. One thing I can tell you about Benedikt, and that is – If you crave for a great breakfast, Benedikt is defiantly a place you should visit. Located in mid town Tel Aviv, alongside Rothschild boulevard it has a quite look and feel to it.

One interesting fact about this restaurant is that they serve breakfast 24/7, which means that you can get the most impotent meal of the day whenever you feel like it.

The menu is stacked with excellent choices and one may find anything from your classic Eggs Benedikt through Chili Con Carne to English breakfast.

I decided to try the Eggs Benedikt on top of grilled asparagus and slices of steak. They say that a picture is worth a 1000 words, so here is my 1000 words on this dish.