Beer and Pretzel Review: Legends and Lore (St. Boniface Brewing Company) and Garlic Parm Pretzels (Pretzels.com)

A Good Drinking Night

If you are reading this, odds are you aren’t a stranger to some good drinking nights.  I mean the kind of nights you slightly regret in the morning.  It’s funny I start off my next blog post following the non – alcoholic one last week but, I gotta keep ya on your toes. I digress.  There are 2 things I keep in mind when I know I might be imbibing on lots of yummy beer.  1)  Hydrate heavily before an during and  2)  Eat food.  Never, ever, ever, ever drinking on an empty stomach.

I feel like I am forever in search of the perfect foods to match my drink of choice for the evening.  If you appreciate the craft of a small craft brewery you might consider appreciating small batches of tasty pretzels to pair perfectly with your craft beer.  Don’t get me wrong, these would rock with a cocktail or glass of wine.  But Pretzels.com micro batches of pretzels are the perfect compliment for some craft beers. 

Pretzels

(If you go to our article here – The Beer Thrillers and Pretzels.com Affiliateship you can read up on how to get discounted pretzels through Pretzels.com)

The best part of all is they have savory and sweet options.  I have a sweet tooth, so a snack company that keeps in mind both savory and sweet has me sold in a heartbeat.  I started off my first pairing with the Garlic Parm pretzels and grabbed a Legends and Lore from St. Boniface out of the fridge.  This was a large mix of flavors.  Don’t come at me, I don’t pretend to be knowledgeable on pairing options, but I am open to suggestions. 

Beer Review: Legends and Lore (St. Boniface Brewing Company)

Beer: Legends and Lore
Brewery: St. Boniface Brewing Company
Style: Stout – Milk / Sweet
ABV: 4.2%
IBU: 39
Untappd Description: Legend has it that our chai tea milk stout is the perfect cold weather beverage. Roasted barley, black malt, and chocolate malt contribute the dark color and unsweetened chocolate flavors, and lactose provides some body and creamy mouthfeel. Ten gallons of chai tea concentrate were added during the boil, and this layers cinnamon, clove, allspice, and faint notes of honey on top of the dark beer base. Clocking in at a perfectly quaffable 4.5% ABV, Legends and Lore is sure to warm the soul on cold fall and winter evenings.
Global Average Rating: 3.64 (as of 4.2.23)

For me a beer always seems to disappear quicker as you are enjoying it with some food.  The Legends and Lore went down way to fast.  At 4.5% ABV it wasn’t a rough one and I appreciated not being obliterated by a high ABV beer to start off my evening.  I had this one back in December and it was a perfect beer for a cold winter night.  Legends and Lore is a chai tea milk stout.  I was a bit nervous to combine those flavors with a garlic parm pretzel snack but I am an adventurous type of gal.  I was not disappointed.  The chai flavors were there but because it is a milk stout has a creaminess to it that calms the cinnamon flavor down.

Garlic Parm Pretzels

(If you go to our article here – The Beer Thrillers and Pretzels.com Affiliateship you can read up on how to get discounted pretzels through Pretzels.com)

Now let’s talk about these garlic parm pretzels.  It wasn’t the kind of garlic snack that you had to be overly embarrassed about garlic breath fears.  This was a buttery garlic parm they also go down way to easy.  The combo of these two flavors seemed to work out.  Don’t be afraid to be adventurous when trying combo flavors.  Stay tuned for more of my pairing combos and I look forward hearing about flavor recommendations from our readers too. 

Closing Out

This is Amy’s second weekly Sunday article as she continues to write her ‘column’ like posts here for The Beer Thrillers. Today’s been a bit of a busy day. Yesterday was WrestleMania Night 1, where Ben spent the evening with his friends from his last job (at the Casino), and now is WrestleMania Night 2. Earlier today we did Scarlet’s first fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association. Walked the neighborhood with her, and stopped at Breski’s Beverages to grab a few four packs.

While Ben took care of Scarlet (watching A Princess and the Frog before getting her to sleep and starting WrestleMania) with the Phillies vs. Texans on his phone, Amy got to relax and write this article, while sipping on this fantastic Other Half beer. (Hopefully the Gusto Phillies beer glass helps them finally get a win this season. The Flyers are getting trashed by the Penquins, so that’s just a loss there.)

Thank you for reading!

Drink more beer.
And Eat more pretzels!
– Amy

Amy’s Weekly Column Articles

Since getting back to writing for the blog after a short hiatus, Amy has started up a weekly column style writing for the blog. You can find these articles here:

• I’ve Missed Drinking (A Look at Non Alcoholic Beers)
• Beer and Pretzel Review: Legends and Lore (St. Boniface Brewing Company) and Garlic Parm Pretzels (Pretzels.com)

You can find all of Amy’s articles here: Amy’s Archive of Articles.

All of Our Nerd Content

Here’s all of our nerd content, served up best in one single place. Enjoy!

I know ya’ll here for the nerd reviews. So check out our other nerd reviews below:

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• Beer Review: The Pandalorian (Tattered Flag)
• Beer Review: Wookie Monster (Fourscore Beer Co)
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• Beer Review: This is the Way (Broken Goblet Brewing)
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• Beer Review: Java the Stout (Jackie O’s Brewery)
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• Beer Review: Let the Haze Flow Through You (Black Flag Brewing Co)
• Book Review: The Jedi Path and The Book of the Sith (Daniel Wallace)
• Book Review: Guardians of the Whills (Greg Rucka)
• May the Fourth Be With You (2022)
• RAR Out of Order Star Wars Drop!
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• Beer Review: Out of Order: Green Milk (RAR Brewing Company) (Batch 1)
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• Book Review: An Atlas of Tolkien (David Day)
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• Beer Review: Peace Among Worlds (Cushwa Brewing Company)

Space Balls:

• Beer Review: Moon of Vega (Equilibrium Brewery)

Game of Thrones:

• Beer Review: Game of Thrones: My Watch Has Ended (Omnegang Brewery)
• Book Review: The Wit and Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister (George R.R. Martin)

The Simpsons:

• Beer Review: I Voted for Kodos (Second Sin Brewing Company)
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Back to the Future:

• Beer Review: Back to Reality (Three 3s Brewing Co)

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• Beer Review: Scrooge IPA (Iron Hill Brewing)

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• Beer Review: Prognosticator Pils (Logyard Brewing Company)
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A Christmas Story:

• Beer Review: The Soft Electric Glow of Sex (RAR Brewing)
• Beer Review: You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out! (Eight and Sand Beer Co)

Pro Wrestling:

• Beer Review: Broken Skull – Stone Cold Steve Austin’s IPA (El Segundo Brewing Company)
• Beer Review: Macho Man (Couch Brewery)
• Beer Review: Royal Rumble (Funk Brewing)
• Stone Cold Steve Austin and the WWE Are Celebrating 3:16 Day

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• Beer Review: Pulisic Pilsner (Jackass Brewing Company)

World Cup:

• Qatar Bans Alcohol Sales at World Cup in Last Second Decision
• Breweries Opening Early For the USA vs Netherlands World Cup Ga

Phillies:

• Drunk Phils Fans and Rotunda Brewing Company Collaborate Together on Jam the Batter sWheat Tart

Matrix:

• Matrix Monday

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:

• Beer Review: Terpenes in Time (BAREBottle Brewing Co)

HP Lovecraft / Cthulhu:

• Beer Review: Azathoth (Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company)

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• Beer Review: The Death of Civilization in Slow Motion I (Ghost 907) (Adroit Theory)
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• Beer and Pretzel Review: Legends and Lore (St. Boniface Brewing Company) and Garlic Parm Pretzels (Pretzels.com)

Thank You For Reading

B. Kline jumping in here now (acting as editor, I suppose I was here the whole time, though Amy fully wrote the article, I just edited it and added the blog “fluff” to it), I just want to say that we here at The Beer Thrillers really appreciate all of you coming to the blog and reading all of our posts and articles. It really means a lot to us.

With it being WrestleMania weekend, I do want to call to attention the Stone Cold beer review – which you can find here below:

• Beer Review: Broken Skull (Stone Cold IPA) (El Segundo Brewing Company)

I also want to point out, that its Sunday – April 2nd, and at 11:59:59 PM EST (so in just about three hours) the voting will end for the Conference Finals. You still have time to vote – and you can vote by going here:

• The Battle of the Breweries (2023) – Conference Finals

I also want to point out that earlier today we covered two breweries going on a temporary hiatus / closing. Fermentery Form and Separatist Beer Project (formerly Sole Brewing Company). You can read those articles here:

• Fermentery Form Announces Temporary Closure
• Separatist Beer Project Announces Temporary Closure

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Drink more beer.
And Eat more pretzels!
– Amy

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