Mountain High Pizza Pie “Everything Pizza” – even includes Reindeer sausage!

Outdoor seating area [photos from Sally T on Yelp]

Mountain High Pizza Pie is restaurant/cafe in Talkeetna, AK. They feature a wide range of salads, pizzas, flatbread sandwiches, and subs, as well as all-day breakfast. In addition, Mountain High Pizza Pie serves beverages from an always changing list of wines and craft beers. I was curious and excited to find they even offer reindeer sausage as a pizza topping.

Recently had the privilege of creating their menu design. Examples of the final menu design are found below. The color scheme was taken from the Mountain High logo, and I added some subtle mountain range watermark images behind the text. This was my first menu design and I had a great time creating it. I would love to hear any feedback you might have via comments.

Full menu [PDF] ~2.1MB

OR

Individual Menu Pages [flickr links open in new tab]:

• Page 1 – Breakfasts, Appetizers, Soups & Salads
• Page 2 – Flatbread Sandwiches & Subs
• Page 3 – Pizzas
• Page 4 – Calzones & Desserts

Mountain High Pizza Pie’s website
Mountain High Pizza Pie on Yelp

(click the image to download font)

Here is a sample of a font I created for a client. To download it, simply click the image sample. I created the font from a photo of a menu chalkboard with an expressive handwritten script on it. Currently it is only the uppercase alphabet; the lower case is warped versions of the uppercase set.

Download and use at will; please leave a comment with a link to your design.

Despite never having been a big hop-head, I figured it was time I attempted to brew a bigtime American IPA. One of the most memorable IPA’s I’ve had recently was HopSlam by Bell’s Brewery. It has a nice blend of hoppy flavor and aroma, without being overly bitter, plus it packs the flavorful zip of a touch of honey. I decided to model my recipe off that beer, along with some guidelines described in Jamil Zainasheff’s Brewing Classic Styles. Here’s a brief run-down of my ingredients and process:

• 1.067 Starting gravity
• 64 IBU
• Horizon, Centennial, & Columbus Hops
• Clover Honey

My recipe is pretty big—on the high end of the style—which almost places it in Double IPA territory. My hop choices were based on information from the Brewing Network podcasts:

• Bitter w/ Horizon or Magnum for lower cohumulone levels, i.e. less harshness
• Add Centennial for Juicy Fruit/Fruit Loops quality
• Dry-hop w/ Columbus or Summit for “dank” aroma

In addition to brewing a new style, I also decided to attempt some new methods. My local homebrew shop, BX Beer Depot, suggested I use maltodextrin powder, towards the end of the boil, to provide a little body to balance the heavy hopping and alcohol of this particular recipe. Basically this is just fine, white powder that dissolves after some stirring, adding some unfermentable sugars which leads to fuller mouth-feel.

Also, after doing some looking around on the internet, I discovered that the secret to getting big hop flavor and aroma, without adding too much heavy bitterness, is to dry-hop the beer. Basically this involved adding 1 oz of Columbus hop pellets after primary fermentation had completed (the vigorous environment of primary fermentation would scrub away many of the hop oils responsible for aroma and flavor).

For any homebrewers out there wanting to know more, I’ve included the recipe.

BREWED ON 4/12/2010

DRY-HOPPED ON 4/23/2010

Below is a picture of the hop salad strained out before pitching the yeast.

misselhornMedia has completed a new website design: Dryclean USA, a Miami-area dry cleaning company with many locations across the greater Miami area.





The site features a store locator, some useful fabric & fashion tips & glossaries, and a Flash fabric care symbol translator. Also, it is developed on a PHP content structure that I am still in the process of refining but I’m excited about the potential of using it in the future.

If you live in the greater Miami area and are looking for a valuable dry cleaner to treat your garments, go ahead and sign up for their free pickup & delivery service. Dryclean USA does a great job and provides great value.

Please feel free to leave comments, critiques, and/or suggestions on the usability, aesthetics, or content.