Chicago has become a mecca for craft
beer and today we're at one of the
staples half-acre brewery known for
their variety standout cans and what I
hear is an amazing menu sounds I get
reflected to me random Keys leave
tell me about half-acre brewery because
when I think of breweries in Chicago you
guys are stupid we started about 11
years ago got a couple of us together
it's like I want to start a brewery with
like alright we didn't know anything
about brewing let's do it what I know
about half acre the cans are always so
interesting fun in fact we were the
first craft brewery in the state of
Illinois to Kin beer it's just such a
cool vessel but also it's just better
for beard we did get not only a treat
but also an Instagram about the beer
here give me a little list of some of
the beers that you guys have I'm
drinking a beer called big north
personal favorite is tuna obviously
daisy cutter'
I am drinking totally not only do you do
great beer but you also do really uni
thank you what are we actually gonna be
making today we're gonna make porchetta
the chef makes two ways both in the
sandwich and in the sort of a ramen
noodle and it's just an indulgently
delicious dish I can't wait to take a
dive in let's do it Cheers first just
walking into the kitchen it smells
unreal in here and I cannot wait to
start making forget it noodles let me
know where step one we're gonna boil the
noodles here while the noodles boil we
saute a mix of carrots scallions and
ginger and add in our stuff this is what
we call the terror which is essentially
makes a funny little rice vinegar a
little soy sauce with a little bit of a
chili flakes in there as they toss up a
cabbage slaw chefs preps the porchetta
and it's time to load up our bowl
I need a refill and it's time to eat
thanks chef
perceivable either Makenna noodles and
they were just like off the hook
porchetta just the top notch ten times
better than any ramen you'll find out in
the world ten times in the world the
world the world Schatz was amazing
he's good everything in there just
smells unreal so I'm dying you can be
both
the porchetta itself has got a lot of
good fat in it so which I love but you
gotta cut that down with some vibrant
flavors it has like a really nice tang
to it for saltiness of the poor perfect
with the beer Oh see this is happy you
gotta get out dirty it's the cheese
salut
double Cheers yeah let's do this
