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| As usual for Alaska, the summer is flying by. Hard to believe it’s August already. At least that means dipnetting is finished for the year; the hordes can return to Los Anchorage and leave us hicks down here on the Kenai to rusticate in peace…
The good news about it being August is that we are now in the heart of the beer festival season in Alaska. First off, 49th State’s Augtoberfest starts today in Healy. I have yet to attend this fest (next year, for sure!), but everything I’ve seen and hear tells me it’s a fantastic time. The brewery is offering special Bavarian-style food for the fest: Roasted Duck (duck braised in apple juice, fresh apples and white wine served with dumplings and red cabbage), Smoked Pork Chop (served with Bavarian sauerkraut, German potato salad, house-made dumplings and stone ground mustard), Smoked Trout Skewers (an Alaskan twist of the traditional “Bismarkhering”, this is trout marinated in brine with blackening and pickling spices, then smoked on a stick), a … |
Source: Drinking on the Last Frontier
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