Bayou Teche takes home silver in 2012 Beer championships … Hungarian pastry shop slated for LSU area

Bayou beer: Bayou Teche Brewing came away from the 2012 World Beer Championship last week with a silver medal in the Biere de Garde: Ale category. The competition is hosted by the Beverage Tasting Institute and pits some of the world’s finest craft beers in blind taste tests by a panel of judges. The winning brew, Courir de Mardi Gras, will premiere during the 2013 Mardi Gras season.

Traditional pastries: LSU alumnus Will Edwards is bringing the classic Central European kolache, a popular pastry in his native Houston, to Baton Rouge with the Kolache Kitchen in late July. Edwards, a May 2011 graduate, will convert the former Blimpie sandwich shop at Nicholson Drive and East Boyd Drive into his pastry shop. A kolache is a pastry about the size of a hot dog bun and filled with a variety of ingredients: “Traditionally, they’re filled with sausage, cheese or fruit,” Edwards says. The convenient kolache and the store’s proximity to LSU’s campus are expected to satisfy the busy student, Edwards says.