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You remember Goran’s cake recipe he posted using Tenaya Creek’s Imperial Stout, right? Wish you could eat the cake without the hassle of actually making it? Head to the Tenaya Creek brewery after 6pm on the 31st to meet up with Goran and the rest of us at Hooked on Hops to sample some of the cake while drinking some of the brewery’s finest beers.
We plan on having a busy night and there’s only so much cake to go around so show up early!

Tenaya Creek Brewery
3101 North Tenaya Way, Las Vegas, NV 89128
Tuesday, January 31st at 6PM

Wednesday, February the 1st, Joseph James Brewing Company of Henderson is set to relaunch their brand at Khoury’s Fine Wine.

The brewery recently hired Alex Graham as a new head brewer and have been reevaluating and rewriting the recipes to all of their beers based off of the feedback given to them by consumers. Graham will be at Khoury’s at 6pm introducing the new Lager, Weize Guy, Tahoe Blue, Hop Box and Red Fox.

The first 48 customers to buy a six pack of Joseph James also gets one of two limited release beers for free. There will be 24 bottles of Roasted Coconut Pumpkin Porter and 24 bottles of S’more Porter available.

Hope to see you all there! Several of us from Hooked on Hops will definitely be there as well.

Hello,

I have recently became a contributor to this blog. This is the my first post. I will be posting many recipes in the future that include beer as one of the ingredients. Please do not be shy as far as leaving any feedback. I will be also very happy to answer any questions you may have.

For this recipe I have decided to use the Imperial Stout beer from Tenaya Creek Brewery from Las Vegas, Nevada after our recent trip there. The stout has Chocolate, Roasted and Black malts making this a very thick and flavorful beer. It is definitely one of my top favorite beers out there.

Please keep in mind that, for this recipe, I have decided to keep it very simple and also due to the fact that I would like everyone to be able to make this cake, I have taken lots of shortcuts. There is a long way of doing this (which will yield an even better result), but I guarantee you, I would have lost you half way throughout the recipe. Anywho, I implemented the K.I.S.S method (Keep it simple, stupid).

On to the recipe now!

Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 ea (14.5-oz) Gingerbread Cake mix packages
• 2 ea large eggs
• 2 3/4 c Imperial Stout Tenaya Creek beer, room temperature (1 bottle)
• 1/2 c Butter, softened
• 1 ea (16 oz) package Powdered Sugar
• Garnishes

Preparation:

1. Stir together gingerbread cake mix, eggs and 2 1/2c Imperial Stout beer.
2. Pour the batter evenly into 2 lightly greased cake pans
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until the toothpick is clean once inserted into the center of the cake. Cool the cake on the rack for 1 hour or until completely cool.
4. Beat the softened butter at medium speed until creamy. Add the sugar and the 1/4c Imperial Stout beer gradually.Beat until light and fluffy.
5. Spread the Buttercream between the layers and on the top of the cake.
6. Garnish the cake

Note:

Keep in mind that you can use plenty of things for garnish. I have decided to go for roasted Pecans this time. Make sure you toast them in the over at 350 degrees for about 10-15 minutes. Be careful and do not burn the nuts.

The finished product will look like this:

If you find any of these bottles, BUY IT!
Deliciously balanced stout with lots of body and malty, roast chocolate, and espresso flavors. Loads of magnum hops give this beer a strong, clean bitterness to balance out the sweetness.
The caps are wax sealed so this beer can be safely aged. Over time the hops will start to fade and the sweetness will mellow out creating a smooth profile.

People travel all over world to come to Vegas. The city tries hard to make these visitors feel welcome by having a little bit of their home somewhere in town. There are “mini-cities” amongst the hotels, there’s a buffet for nearly every ethnicity of food, and various attractions featuring animals from all around the world.
But what about beer? I’ve found a few shops and bars in town with large selections of beers so I presumed that this town had the beer scene covered. However, as I started following different out of state breweries on Twitter, as I regularly read other beer sites and as I’ve gone to bars in other states, I’m hearing of so many breweries that I have never heard of before. After a while I begin to wonder why it is I hear so much about a particular brewery, but have never seen it on tap or even for sale anywhere.
Recently, the Brewers Association released a list of the top 50 breweries of 2010 (based on volume of beer sold). Of this list of 50, only ~20 of the highest selling breweries distribute in Nevada. Looking through my Untappd profile, the only beers I’ve had that were not of the 20ish breweries that I’m referring to were either:
A: purchased while I was in another state
B: shipped to me from another state
C: from one of Las Vegas’ local breweries or
D: not an American brewery.
That being said, Las Vegas is not a destination for craft beer. The beer that is distributed here, is definitely very good. My 3 top breweries distribute here (Stone, Dogfish Head and New Belgium), but there is still so much more that this city is missing out on.