Things are heating up on this week’s episode of Beer Sessions Radio™ (listen here) as host Jimmy Carbone welcomes Anne Becerra of Anne Likes Beer. Chief on their minds is how a beer component works into a larger festival scene. Jimmy is a co-producer of the 3rd Annual NYC Hot Sauce Expo (coming to Brooklyn this weekend Saturday-Sunday, April 25-26). Also in the studio are Graham and Lindsay Connolly of World Famous Hot Sauce, who talks about their origins in making hot sauce.
Anne is back from Portland (OR) where she was attending the annual Craft Brewers Conference, talking about the very different scene in the Pacific Northwest. She’s a fan of the Lagunitas Pils, which will be served at the Expo.
Hops intensify hot sauce, so Graham is recommending using beer as a palate cleanser (rather than to cool down). Anne also recommends a wit or a saison to balance fiery foods. And later in the show, Karen Magee of Lagunitas phones in to talk about the brewery’s sponsorship of the Expo.
Be sure to listen in as the panel chats about food and beer festival culture, the interesting ways hot sauce and beer can pair and what’s in store for the NYC Hot Sauce Expo!