Eat Local, Drink Local
#PintsForksFriends Community

Welcome to Pints, Forks & Friends

We’re a craft beer lovin’ bread breakin’ community advocating: eat local, drink local 🍻 Join us: #pintsforksfriends

Quarantine Recipe – Peruvian Shrimp and Avocado Ceviche by Chef Dan

by | April 10, 2020 | Latest News, Quarantine Recipes | 0 Comments

Here is quick and easy #ChefDan #Peruvian Shrimp & Avocado Ceviche #Recipe, you can do with your kids. Light & refreshing, and packed with flavor!! #QuarantineRecipe #StayAtHome #CookWithYourKids #PhotofyMyRecipe. PM or call me with any questions!! PERUVIAN...
Read More

Quarantine Recipe – Gluten Free Fried Chicken Recipe by Chef Dan

by | April 10, 2020 | Latest News, Quarantine Recipes | 0 Comments

#ChefDan #Quarantine #Recipe. Protein Rich, Gluten Free #FriedChicken. Kelley Pincus Tencer, this is a great recipe for an #AirFryer (You won't need the Avocado Oil). Call or PM with any food related questions. Happy #Cooking!! GLUTEN FREE PROTEIN RICH SOUTHERN FRIED...
Read More

Oatmeal Brown Beercakes – Beer Me for Breakfast

by | March 21, 2020 | Forks, Latest News, Quarantine Recipes | 0 Comments

Pre 1800's, beer was the breakfast of champions. Say what?! Yes friends, in those days the water was far too contaminated. Plus, tea and coffee were not widely available. So our great ancestors broke their fast by knocking back a few brews with all of those delicious...
Read More

Christmas Ale French Toast Recipe

by | December 12, 2019 | Forks, Latest News, Quarantine Recipes, recipe | 0 Comments

Ingredients 1.5 cups half & half 2 oz Xmas Ale 1/3 cup powder Sugar 1/2 tsp oz ground nutmeg 1 tsp Cinnamon 4 ea. large Eggs Unsalted Butter for cooking French toast in a skillet French Bread cut on a bias 1.5 in thick 12 to 16 slices and let stale for a couple of...
Read More

Beer Brittle Recipe

by | November 21, 2019 | Craft Beer Recipes, Forks, Latest News | 0 Comments

Beer will always go with food. Pairings as fancy as the “fresh” dinners at Stone Gardens (amazing. So amazing) to the basic beer and enormous greasy pizza or breakfast burrito at 11pm at night.  Where there is beer, there is most always good food. Or passable food. ...
Read More

Foundry Social, Your Gathering Place for Spirits, Games and Fun

by | November 13, 2019 | Forks, Latest News, Pints | 0 Comments

Foundry Social - website link is opening soon (later this month) featuring 30,000 square feet of entertainment, featuring a variety of games such as duckpin bowling, billiards, bocce, pinball, and ping pong. In addition, a wall of “old school” video games like Pac Man...
Read More

Columbus Ale Trail

by | October 24, 2019 | Latest News, Pints | 0 Comments

With 31 craft breweries and growing, it's time to make Columbus your next beercation destination. http://cbusaletrail.com
Read More

Ohio Oktoberfest Celebrations, October 2019

by | October 1, 2019 | Craft Beer Events, Latest News, Pints | 0 Comments

In Ohio, fall and festival are almost synonymous. You cannot go to a small town, in this state, this time of year without tripping over a horde of people attempting to celebrate something. From the Renaissance Fest to the Sauerkraut Festival, Ohioans will find a way...
Read More

Royal Docks Brewing Company and Crave New Taproom Coming Soon!

by | September 26, 2019 | Forks, Latest News, Pints, Press Release | 0 Comments

Royal Docks Brewing Company and Crave announce joint venture in Akron's Merriman Valley. This will be a great addition to some of our other favorite restaurants and breweries in the valley, like R. Shea Brewing, The Merchant Tavern, Papa Joe's, Sushi Katsu, Sushi Asia...
Read More

Falling Knife Brewing Opens this October

by | September 23, 2019 | Latest News, Pints | 0 Comments

(Minneapolis, MN) –  After many months of planning, designing, demolishing, building, crowdfunding, paperwork and brewing, Falling Knife Brewing Company is ready to open their doors. Originally projected to open on September 20th, but they had to push it back a bit....
Read More

Drink Local

Deschutes The Abyss Old World, Sherry Barrel – EBBB Review

by | November 27, 2019 | EBBB - Craft Beer Review, Pints, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Erie Better Beer - Deschutes The Abyss Old World (Sherry Barrel) Here is another installment from the Erie Better Beer Bureau reviewing The Abyss Imperial Stout 80% aged in 30-60 year old Sherry Barrels. All right. What's going on guys? This is Morey from the Erie...
Read More

Trillium & Other Half Double Street Green – EBBB Review

by | October 11, 2019 | EBBB - Craft Beer Review, Pints | 0 Comments

Erie Better Beer - Trillium & Other Half Double Street Green Here is another installment from Mark Pyle and the boys at the Erie Better Beer Bureau. Check out their craft beer review of Trillium & Other half Double Street Green - New England style Double IPA...
Read More

Southern Tier Nitro Pumking – EBBB Craft Beer Review

by | October 10, 2019 | EBBB - Craft Beer Review | 0 Comments

Erie Better Beer - Southern Tier Nitro Pumking Here is another installment from Mark Pyle and the boys at the Erie Better Beer Bureau. Check out their craft beer review of Southern Tier Nitro Pumking - 8.6% alcohol. Aroma - Creamy pumpkin, mellow, pumpkin pie with...
Read More

Troegs Mad Eld Grand Cru – EBBB Craft Beer Review

by | October 25, 2018 | EBBB - Craft Beer Review | 0 Comments

Erie Better Beer - Troegs Mad Eld Grand Cru Here is another installment from Mark Pyle and the boys at the Erie Better Beer Bureau. Check out their craft beer review of Troegs Mad Eld Grand Cru. Weighs in at 11% alcohol. Aroma - Spicy, Mild Ginger with a hint of...
Read More

Troegs Mad Eld Grand Cru – EBBB Craft Beer Review

by | October 17, 2018 | EBBB - Craft Beer Review | 0 Comments

Erie Better Beer - Troegs Mad Eld Grand Cru Here is another installment from Mark Pyle and the boys at the Erie Better Beer Bureau. Check out their craft beer review of Troegs Mad Eld Grand Cru. Weighs in at 11% alcohol. Aroma - Spicy, Mild Ginger with a hint of...
Read More

Marz Citra! Citra! Citra! (Triple Dry Hopped DIPA!?) | The Craftavore Tastes Ep. #24

by | March 14, 2018 | IPA, The Craftavore Tastes | 0 Comments

Marz Citra! Citra! Citra! (Triple Dry Hopped DIPA!?) | The Craftavore Tastes Ep. #24 Here is another episode of from Max at The Craftavore Tastes. Check out his review of Marz Citra! Citra! Citra! Triple-Dry hops IPA. Weighs in at 8.0% ABV. The Craftavore Tastes...
Read More

Hill Farmstead Elaborative Three – EBBB Craft Beer Review

by | March 9, 2018 | EBBB - Craft Beer Review, Stout | 0 Comments

Erie Better Beer - Hill Farmstead Elaborative Three Here is another installment from Mark Pyle and the boys at the Erie Better Beer Bureau. Check out their craft beer review of Hill Farmstead - Elaborative Three. Weighs in at 5.5% alcohol. Packaged on 10/17/2017 Aroma...
Read More

Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA | The Craftavore Tastes Ep. #3

by | March 9, 2018 | IPA, The Craftavore Tastes | 0 Comments

Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA | The Craftavore Tastes Ep. #1 Here is another episode of from Max at The Craftavore Tastes. Check out his review of Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA. Weighs in at 6.7% ABV. Canned on Dec. 13, 2017 The Craftavore Tastes Rating -...
Read More

Night Shift Morph IPA | The Craftavore Tastes Ep. #2

by | February 16, 2018 | IPA, The Craftavore Tastes | 0 Comments

Night Shift Morph IPA | The Craftavore Tastes Ep. #1 Here is another episode of from Max at The Craftavore Tastes. Check out his review of Night Shift Morph IPA. Weighs in at 6.0% ABV. The Craftavore Tastes Rating -3.75 caps Aroma - Bold, grassy aroma. Lemony in the...
Read More

Barrier Non-Cents Session IPA | The Craftavore Tastes Ep. #10

by | February 7, 2018 | IPA, The Craftavore Tastes | 0 Comments

Barrier Non-Cents Session IPA | The Craftavore Tastes Ep. #10 Here is another episode of from Max at The Craftavore Tastes. Check out his review of Barrier Non-Cents Session IPA. Weighs in at 5.0% ABV. The Craftavore Tastes Rating - 4.00 caps Aroma - Tropical fruits,...
Read More

PFF Field Notes

New Orleans, Louisiana Field Notes

by | November 20, 2018 | Field Notes | 0 Comments

Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes A client, chef, and Louisiana native Johnny Schulze put together a cajun business trip exploring the fine cuisine New Orleans has to offer. Johnny got his start down there and makes it a point to get down there regularly to keep...
Read More

Front Royal, Virginia Field Notes

by | August 10, 2018 | Field Notes | 0 Comments

Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes So the day after my evening in Flint Hill, Virginia, I started heading back to Ohio. I did a quick search in my Google Maps app for breweries and came across an interesting town called "Front Royal" –and the new Front...
Read More

Flint Hill, Virginia Field Notes

by | August 8, 2018 | Field Notes | 0 Comments

Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes The opportunity for a quick road trip to Flint Hill, Virginia presented itself and I jumped all over it. The last time I was down that way was a few years ago visiting Culpeper Virginia, which is a bustling, majestic...
Read More

Siesta Key Field Notes

by | July 31, 2018 | Field Notes | 0 Comments

Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes A great beach, oyster bar, and craft beer pizza joint, um yes, this is our spot. Siesta Key Beach in itself a true gem. Unlike other beaches that are made up mostly of pulverized coral, Siesta Beach's sand is 99% quartz = white...
Read More

Honolulu, Hawaii Field Notes

by | June 15, 2018 | Field Notes | 0 Comments

Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes It's funny, the first time I noticed Kona Brewing, it was at a local gas station beer cave in Ohio. It was Longboard Island Lager to be exact, so I bought it on impulse. As I was consuming this delicious beverage I remember...
Read More

Haleiwa Joe’s Field Notes

by | May 30, 2018 | Field Notes | 0 Comments

Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes Traveling to O'ahu, Hawaii something I'll never forget. A lot of planning went into our trip, and I actually wrote a blog post about "digital mapping apps to map a localized trip". I don't want to get into everything I wrote...
Read More

Le Claire Iowa Field Notes

by | November 15, 2017 | Field Notes | 0 Comments

Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes We've been hearing for a while now how cool Le Claire, Iowa is so we put together a little road trip to see the town in person checking out Green Tea Brewery, Mississippi River Distilling Company, and Sneaky Pete's Woodfire...
Read More

Columbus, Ohio Land Grant Brewing Co Field Notes

by | September 9, 2017 | Field Notes | 0 Comments

Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes I first met the boys from Land Grant Brewing Company at the Winter Warmer in Cleveland. They were one of the last brewers I spoke to that day and their name, creative energy, and their Kolsch brew hooked me immediately. I asked...
Read More

Drink Local, Eat Local, Wadsworth Field Notes

by | May 19, 2017 | Field Notes | 0 Comments

Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes With the explosion of craft breweries popping up everywhere, I was so happy when a local home brewer decided to take the jump and open a real brewery right in our home town of Wadsworth, Ohio. Brewer, Ernie Joy and wife Ericha...
Read More

Lakewood, Ohio Field Notes

by | April 5, 2017 | Field Notes | 0 Comments

Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes I've been hearing about The Proper Pig Smokehouse for months now. Owners Ted Dupaski, and Shane Vidovic started out as a food truck and received great reviews which led them to open a brick and mortar store on Detroit Avenue in...
Read More

Stories From Our Friends

An Expanded Section Featuring Local Restaurants, Local Breweries, Recipes and More!

Dave Grohl Talks Barbecue on the Bon Appetit Foodcast

Dave Grohl Talks Barbecue on the Bon Appetit Foodcast

by | Jun 7, 2019 | ,

A post shared by Adam Rapoport (@rapoport) on May 29, 2019 at 10:27am PDT featuring Dave Grohl  Link to article with podcast at the bottom Attention BBQHeads! You Might Have Been hearing about Dave Grohl's barbecue obsession for the past Season or so, but here Is a...

Grilled Lobster Poutine Recipe

Grilled Lobster Poutine Recipe

by | Jun 1, 2019 | ,

Grilled Lobster Poutine Ingredients 4 russet potatoes, large 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 4 tablespoons flour 2 15 ounce cans lobster stock 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic 1/2 teaspoon...

Curated Contributors

Quick sippin’ content for your viewing pleasure. Cheers!

Cascade Brewing Sells Brewery and Pub

Cascade Brewing Sells Brewery and Pub

by | Apr 2, 2020 |

(PORTLAND, OR) – After more than 20 years, one of Oregon’s founding fathers of Oregon beer is passing the torch. It was announced today that Art Larrance has sold Cascade Brewing to new owners. A capable and proven team of brewery and taproom owners––made up of Mark...

Lobster and Pho

Lobster and Pho

by | Mar 13, 2019 |

Lobster and pho is not just a combination that you normally would come up with. However a little restaurant at a plaza on Rockside Road in Independence has done that. . .and more. Lobster & Pho can be a mashup of Vietnamese, seafood and cajun seafood boils. It...

Pin It on Pinterest