Sipping and Sampling: Non-Alcoholic Beer Taste Test with Kelly & Jay

Come along for our Sipping and Sampling of non-alcoholic beer with me, Kelly, and my husband Jay. It was a great way to experience different flavors and styles without the worry of overindulging. There are a wide variety of non-alcoholic beers available, ranging from light lagers to dark ales and everything in between. A non-alcoholic beer taste test can be a fun and educational way to explore the differences between different brands.

We understand that it can be difficult to give up drinking alcohol, especially if it has been part of your life for a long time. That's why we're here to let you know that there's an alternative: non-alcoholic beer. Non-alcoholic beer is becoming increasingly popular and for good reason. It has all the same flavor as regular beer but without the alcohol content. This makes it a great option for those who want to enjoy the taste of beer without the associated risks of alcohol consumption. Non-alcoholic beer can be enjoyed with friends, at parties, or just for a refreshing drink on a hot day. Plus, it's also a great way to still be involved in the camaraderie of drinking beer with friends without having to worry about how much you've had.

Although I don't particularly like beer, my husband does. He loves the taste, the smell, and the way it looks when the foamy head is poured into a glass. He often talks about the different types of beer he has enjoyed, mainly crisp lagers. I don't mind watching him enjoy a beer, but I usually prefer something a bit more flavorful, like a glass of wine or a cocktail. 

Amazon.com is proud to offer a Non-Alcoholic Beer Variety Pack, featuring 12 bottles of some of the best non-alcoholic beers available. This pack includes Beck’s, Bitburger, Buckler, Clausthaler Dry Hopped Amber, Coors, St. Pauli Girl, Einbecker, Erdinger, Kilber, O’Doul’s Lager and Amber, and Stella Artois. All of these beers provide the flavor of traditional beer without the alcohol. Whether you’re looking for a refreshing beverage for yourself or a gift for someone who doesn’t drink alcohol, this variety pack is sure to please. Plus, it’s conveniently sold in one case of 12 bottles, so you can enjoy all of these beers at once. So make sure to grab your Non-Alcoholic Beer Variety Pack from Amazon.com today and enjoy the flavor of beer without the alcohol.

Jay is a huge fan of craft beer, and he is always on the lookout for something new to try. His favorite beer was Clausthaler Dry Hopped Amber. He loved the full-bodied flavor and the slight sweetness of the malts. The dry-hopping process used to make this beer gave it a perfect balance of hops and malt that was simply irresistible to him. The aroma of the beer was a nice mix of citrus, floral, and herbal hops. The taste was smooth and balanced. The finish was slightly bitter, yet still smooth and balanced. The unique taste and aroma of this beer made it his favorite in the pack.

When it comes to non-alcoholic beer, nothing beats a full-bodied, robust flavor like the Clausthaler. All the other beers were light and watered-down tasting, lacking the complexity of flavor that a good beer should have. They were simply too dull and lacked character. It was like drinking water and not the kind of beer you'd want to savor. Our personal opinion, of course.

But, if you like light beer, this pack would be a great choice for those who enjoy a cold brew but don't necessarily want the high alcohol content or the heavy flavor that comes with some beers. Not only does the non-alcoholic beer have fewer calories and virtually no alcohol than regular beer, but it is also easier on the stomach and easier to drink because of the light flavor. Light beer is the perfect option for those who want to enjoy the taste of beer without the strong aftertaste or the heavy feeling that can come with it. So if you're looking for a beer that you can enjoy without the after-effects, this pack is a great option for you.

If you’re looking to try a variety of non-alcoholic beers, there are a few ways you can go about it. One of the easiest and most cost-effective ways is to buy a variety pack like the one from Amazon. Many stores now offer a variety of packs of non-alcoholic beer, which include different brands and styles. This is a great way to find out which beers you like and don't like without having to buy a bunch of full-size bottles or cans. If you’re feeling adventurous, you can also try a beer tasting or beer flight at a local brewery or bar. These beer tastings usually feature a few different types of non-alcoholic beers, so you can sample them before committing to buying a bottle or can. You might even find a new favorite non-alcoholic beer! With so many options available, there’s no excuse not to try the variety packs of non-alcoholic beer

Make sure to sample a few light lagers, a few dark ales, and a few malty beers. Once you have your selection of beers, pour each one into a clean glass and take a few moments to take in the beer’s aroma (if you happen to watch the video we made, we didn't use a clean glass at each tasting because of the time it would take to taste 12 beers). Take a sip of each beer and let it linger on your tongue before you swallow, noting the flavor and texture. Consider the differences between the beers - is one more carbonated than the others? Does one have a stronger flavor than the others? Are there any surprises in the taste? Finally, consider your overall opinion of the beers. Do you like one more than the others? Would you buy it again? With some exploration and tasting, you can become a well-informed consumer of non-alcoholic beer.

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Here's a list of the non-alcoholic beers we tried from Amazon:

1. Bitburger Pilsner (Germany)
2. O-Doul's Amber
3. Clausthaler Dry Hopped Amber (Germany)** Jay's favorite
4. Buckler Euro Pale Lager (Netherlands) Brewed and bottled by Heineken
5. Kilber Euro Pale Lager (Ireland)
6. Ederinger Lager (Bavarian)
7. Stella Artois (Belgium) Brewed in St. Louis
8. Clausthaler Original Lager (Germany)
9. Becks Lager (Germany)
10. Heineken Lager (Amsterdam)
11. O'Doul's Lager
12. Coor Edge Lager

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• Whether you're pregnant, can't drink, won't drink, need to operate heavy machinery, or simply don't want a hangover tomorrow morning this premium non-alcoholic beer variety pack will help you choose the "poison" of your desire
• Stay on the wagon and enjoy yourself without a buzz
• This Variety Pack was created by Beverage Universe

So if you're considering cutting back on your alcohol consumption, we hope you'll give non-alcoholic beer a try.

Special thanks to Jay for helping me with the test taste, he enjoyed it more than me 😉

Do you drink non-alcoholic beer? What's your favorite? Please comment and share below.

Keep it sassy,

Kelly

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Irish Grilled Cheese Sandwich Taste Test Review

Recently, on our latest Facebook Live show, we tried some Irish foods because it happened to be St. Patrick's Day. Not only that, we like to eat 😉

The recipe came from the Food Network. 

Irish Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Ingredients:

• White Bread
• Butter
• Parsley, chopped
• Scallions, chopped
• Chives, chopped
• Irish Cheddar Cheese
• Bread and butter pick

Don't forget the bread!

Instructions for 2 sandwiches

1. Mash 4 tablespoons softened butter with 2 tablespoons each chopped parsley, scallions, and chives.
2. Spread the mixture on 4 slices of white bread and top each with sliced Irish cheddar cheese and bread/butter pickles
3. cover with 4 more bread slices.
4. Spread plain butter on the outside of the sandwiches and fry in a skillet until golden on both sides.
5. Spread the remaining herb butter on the warm sandwiches.
6. Slice into quarters, then press the cut sides in more chopped herbs.

If you would like to see what we thought, take a look at our video from the day we were trying out all that great Irish food. The grilled cheese sandwich part starts around 7:45.

Click here to the video. 

Are you an Irish food fan? If so, what is your favorite Irish food? Please comment below 👇 we'd love to hear from you.

Stay sassy, 

Cathy

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Taste Test - Spinach Tomato Burgers Recipe

Momma Sassy and I decided to try a new recipe for burgers and we were pleasantly surprised! Check out the video which was live streamed on YouTube! 

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Spinach Tomato Burgers

TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 20 min.  YIELD: 4 servings

Ingredients

1 large egg, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons fat-free milk
1/2 cup soft bread crumbs
1 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
4 whole wheat hamburger buns, split
1/4 cup spinach dip
1/4 cup julienned soft sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil)
Lettuce leaves

Directions

1. Combine first 6 ingredients. Add beef; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into four 1/2-in.-thick patties.

2. Place burgers on an oiled grill rack or in a greased 15x10x1-in. pan. Grill, covered, over medium heat or broil 4-5 in. from heat until a thermometer reads 160°, 4-5 minutes per side. Grill buns, cut side down, over medium heat until toasted. Serve burgers on buns; top with spinach dip, tomatoes and lettuce.

 Found this recipe here ---Taste of Home

We hope you try this recipe and add your own special touches!

Do you have a special burger recipe? Share it with us!

Stay safe & sassy!

Cathy

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Kayla’s Test Kitchen Lemon Doodle Cookie Recipe Review

Hey everyone! We have the privilege of having a guest blogger today. Kayla is Rhonda's business assistant and a very good one at that. She wanted to try her hand at writing a blog post with a baking review and we happily obliged. If you enjoyed this post, please leave a comment below.

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Kayla’s Test Kitchen

While scrolling Facebook, I came across a post from a bakery about lemondoodles. Now, maybe you’re like me and your first thought was what the heck is a lemondoodle and why do I think I need it? Or maybe you have encountered lemondoodles and you’re wondering why I live under a rock. Either way, it sparked an idea. I was dead set on making lemondoodles.

When I ran the idea by Cathy, she suggested I write about my experience, so here we are.

I did a quick search and found two recipes that sounded like good contenders for my little experiment. I printed them off and I was ready to go.

Here’s something you should know about me: I sometimes, maybe, just a little bit, fail to follow instructions, especially on recipes. Keep that in mind. I know Rhonda likes to follow the recipe to a T the first time and then make the changes the second time around, but that’s just not me.

First, I started with Mary’s Lemony Doodles from Just a Pinch which can be found here: Just a Pinch - Lemony Doodles

It seemed easy enough (and I had all the ingredients!) so that’s where the adventure began.

I added my dry ingredients and zest to a small mixing bowl and then I started to go a little off script.

The recipe calls for plain shortening, but I added butter flavored shortening (I like Crisco baking sticks) and sugar to a bigger mixing bowl and creamed them together with a hand mixer. Then I added the eggs one at a time and continued to mix until it was nice and creamy.

I added the dry ingredients in batches and mixed them by hand with a large spoon to avoid overmixing (I’m told it creates more gluten and a denser cookie and I don’t like that).

Here’s where things get a little shaky in my instruction-following abilities, but I must be transparent with you so that you don’t make my mistakes. I juiced half of my zested lemon and then added the required sugar. I know. I know I messed up. Half a lemon is WAY more than a teaspoon. I know that. I do. I did it anyway and I won’t do it again.

So, my lemon sugar was very thick and not really acceptable for rolling, but oh well. I thought I would just run with it.

I pulled out the big cookie scoop. I know the recipe says a generous teaspoon, but that’s not a cookie- that’s a disappointment. I understand there’s a time and a place for little cookies. Like for children and people with sugar issues and for dieters and all those other things that I don’t consider when I’m making a cookie. I would rather have more than a single bite. Sorry, not sorry.

Anyway, I went off the rails again and made a large round and plopped it in the too-wet sugar. As you can see, it didn’t exactly roll in the sugar very well.

Some sugar stuck to the dough, but not much. So, I swirled the bowl, sending the dough around and around to coat it without having to put my fingers in the wet sugar, a method I perfected by the end.

I placed each sugary ball of dough two inches apart or so on my parchment-lined baking sheet. Typically, I use the parchment paper that is marked with a grid, but we were all out. I had to improvise, but I thought I did a good job. 

The recipe warned that the cookies would spread while baking. I was prepared for that, especially since I had used the big scoop.

I popped them in the oven at 350 for 10 minutes.

They were not done. They were super soft, still shiny, and hadn’t cracked. That one is on me though because I didn’t follow the instructions to make them small.

I stuck them back in for another 2 minutes.

Then another 2 minutes.

Finally, I took them out and they had just barely set. That’s how my family likes cookies, so that’s how I left them.

They were very light in color but had formed a nice crust on the bottom and did not fall apart when I moved them to the cooling rack, so I left them.

After a few minutes, I tried one. They were very lemony thanks to all the juice I used, but also very sugary. They had almost no chewiness to them, which I should have expected with the way they spread.

I put more in to bake for 15 minutes. It makes sense that I double or triple the cookie size that I would have to do the same to the cooking time.

It turns out 15 minutes was too long. The next batch came out crisp and not at all chewy like a doodle should be. The sugar also pooled in little spots and turned brown on the second and third batches.

Overall, not the best cookie I’ve ever made. It probably would have gone better if I had followed the instructions exactly. My dad seemed to share in my opinion, but my mom thought they were pretty good, but they’re also believers that there’s no such thing as a bad cookie.

FAMILY REVIEW:

Mom: “They’re really good. I really enjoy them. 4 out of 5 stars.”

Dad: “The first batch is better. The others are too crispy.”

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We hope you enjoyed Kayla's review. Have you ever made Lemon Doodle cookies? Do have some helpful hints or a favorite recipe? We'd love for you to share it in the comments below.

Stay safe and healthy,

The Sassy Silver Sisters

Cathy, Rhonda & Kelly

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Chick-fil-A Sauce vs Walmart Chicken Dipping Sauce

First off, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 2020 was a challenging year and we hope that 2021 will be better and that we can get to more of our normal life. Sad to say, this may be our new normal for a while. Oh well, let's talk about something we all love to talk about and that's food!

We LOVE Chick-fil-A! Did you know that their most delicious special sauce was invented by the owner of our local Fredericksburg CFA restaurant? Indeed it was and you can read about it here Serendipitous sauce the chick-fil-a sauce story. It's a great story!!

I don’t get to CFA as often as I would like. I keep their sauce on hand but when it runs out, oh my, what shall we do. We found out that Walmart has a Great Value Chicken Dipping Sauce that rivals CFA Sauce. My daughter decided to try a taste test and I was in. Here’s what we found out:

First off, my daughter put the two sauces in separate bowls and marked them A & B. I was supposed to guess by looking & tasting which one was which. I knew right off the bat that B was the CFA sauce because of the lighter color. I tasted both and again picked B as the CFA sauce. I was correct on both.

The major differences between the two were that the Great Value was darker in color and had a smokey bbq flavor also a bit tangier. It also had a thicker consistency. The CFA sauce is sweet and mustardy also it is thinner in the bottle than in the small packages. 

Size and price difference: GV is 12 oz. for $1.92 and the CFA sauce is 8 oz. for $2.50. (price increase in 2023 is GV sauce $2.28 and the CFA sauce is $3.98)

My preference is always going to be the CFA sauce. It just goes so well with chicken and I like to dip my fries in too. Oh so good!! The GV sauce is good too, so I will have this in my pantry for a go-to when I run out of CFA sauce.

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Stay safe and healthy,

~ Kelly

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Viter Energy Mint Review 2018 By Sassy Silver Sisters

***UPDATED 9/2/23***

VITER ENERGY MINT REVIEW

The Viter Energy Mint Company reached out to us and asked if we could review their product! Of course, we love doing reviews! We decided there is lots of flavor and the packaging is cool! The caffeine part was tested out by our friend. We did seem a little peppy toward the end of the video though! Reasonably priced and less expensive than fancy coffee! I hope you try it sometime as we gave this product 3 👍👍👍

We would love to hear from you, comment below!

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Taste Test Challenge Name Brand Vs Store Brand #1

***UPDATED 1/6/23***

Taste Test Challenge Name Brand Vs Store Brand #1

This was so much fun and very interesting to see the results!

We enjoyed it trying out products that we are going to do a series so watch for them on YouTube!

In this challenge, we took name-brand and store-brand products and put them to the test.

Grape juice -- Welch's vs. Great Value

Pudding -- Snack Pack vs. Great Value

Pickles -- Mt. Olive vs. Food Lion

Which product won the test ??

Watch the video -- you are going to be as surprised as we were !!

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