Kip’s Irish Pub in St. Louis Park is holding their first beer dinner on May 21st, featuring beers from Maredsous. $40/person gets you three courses, each paired with a different Maredsous offering. Call or email for reservations, 952.367.5070 and kip@kipspub.com respectively.

Menu/pairings below the fold…

First Course

Waldorf Salad
Served with Maredsous Blonde, A delectable blonde ale with sprightly fruitiness, soft malting and a slightly dry, gently-hopped finish.

Second Course

Guinness Braised Beef Short Ribs
Served with Maredsous Brune, originally brewed as a Christmas beer and now available throughout the year.

Third Course

Black and White Chocolate Mousse Torte
Served with Mardesous Triple, a golden-bodied Belgian Triple, redolent with festive sparkle, creamy body and a luscious head.

Limited space available. Call 952.367.5070 or email kip@kipspub.com to reserve your spot today.

Foodies On Foot and  Lift Bridge doing a progressive craft beer on May 16th, starting at 6:30pm. The event starts at Lift Bridge for a tour and meet and greet with the brewers. That will be followed by a shuttled visit to three restaurants. Each will feature a course paired with Lift Bridge beers. The dinner will end at the brewery for dessert from Rustic Pies of Stillwater and paired with Lift Bridge Milk Stout. Sounds fun!

Tickets available at FoodiesOnFootMN.com Reservations required.

Join Summit for a five course beer pairing dinner at Kincaid’s in St. Paul.

MENU
1st Course: Chilled English Pea Soup – warm pea & bacon salad, fried creme fraiche & crispy shallots. Summit Summer Ale

2nd Course: Beet & Watermelon Salad – coriander cured salmon, avocado emulsion, micro cilantro & toasted pepitas. Summit Pilsener

3rd Course: Seafood “Cassoulet” – catfish “sausage”, sturgeon “confit” & smoked shellfish. Summit Extra Pale Ale

4th Course: BBQ Spiced Grilled Beef Strip Loin – charred sweet corn hash, pickled vegetables & jalapeno pepper. Summit Cask

5th Course: Chocolate Panna Cotta – caramel, candied lemon & meringue. Summit Great Northern Porter

Cost: $55/person + tax and tip
Call 651-602-9000 to reserve your seat.

Summit’s new beer, Saga IPA, along with four other beers will be included in a pairing dinner at Uptown Cafeteria.

MENU
1st Course: Fried spiced apple with sweet potato, peach creme fraiche & cinnamon gastrique. Summit Pilsener

2nd Course: Rhubarb salad with arugula & shaved beef jerky. Summit Summer Ale

3rd Course: Rosemary lamb pot roast with sunchoke soubise, cipollini onion & glazed carrots. Summit Horizon Red

4th Course: Onion tart with St. Pete’s cave-aged blue cheese. Summit Oatmeal Stout

5th Course: Pure maple flan. Summit Saga IPA

Cost: $65/person (includes tax & gratuity)
Call 612-877-7263 to reserve your seat.

Stanley’s Northeast Bar Room is holding a beer vs. wine dinner on Thursday, May 3rd. Six wines. Six beers from Brooklyn Brewery. $75/person, $135/couple.  Social hour begins at 6:30 pm with dinner to follow at 7:00 pm. Diners will vote for their favorite after each round. Follow this link to purchase tickets.

1st course: Amuse bouche: Kalamata olive tapanade. Crostini. Capers, garlic, lemon, tomato, bleu cheese.
Beer:  Brooklyn radius (a belgian session beer only sold in the “radius” of the brewery.)
Wine: Avissi Prosecco

2nd course: Arugula fig salad. Baked bacon & goat chz wrapped figs, toasted slivered almonds, onion, citrus vinaigrette.
Beer: Brooklyn Companion (weat wine, bottle conditioned)
Wine: Joel Gott Sauvignon Blanc

3rd course: Peppercorn seared ahi tuna steak. Fresh avacado salsa (cilantro,mango,pickled ginger), wasabi, ginger soy, scallions, won-ton chips.
Beer:  Brooklyn Sorachi Ace
Wine: Terra d’ Oro Barbera

4th course: Chicken a la king.  Wild mushroom/ bell pepper creamsauce, poached chicken, fried leeks, wild rice stuffed crepes.
Beer: Brooklyn Wild 1  (local 1 brewed with wild yeast, never sold)
Wine: Folie a’ Deux Russian River Chardonnay

5th course: Braised beef short ribs w/ polynesian bbq. Garlic butter noodles, scallions, ginger/garlic/hoisin BBQ sauce.
Beer:  Brooklyn Mary’s Maple Porter
Wine: Folie a’ Deux Dry Creek Zinfandel

6th course: Cranberry orange creme brule.  House made cranberry/orange compote.
Beer: Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Wine: Menage a’ Trois Moscato

Great Waters’ Anniversary Week may be over, but due to a turn of events (fortunate for you if you missed the orignal date), one last hurrah comes in the form of a rescheduled All Cask Beer Dinner.

The Menu:

1. Smoked Tomato Capsicum with GW House Ale
2. Carnitas Lettuce Wrap with Blackwatch Oat Stout
3. Almond Encrusted Walleye & Tomato Scallop Sauce with Dry-Hopped St. Peter Pale Ale
4. Pork Tenderloin, Polenta & Mild Chipotle Sauce with New Centurian Mild Ale
5. Fruit Pizza & Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookie with Cask Brown Trout Brown Ale

$65 reg / $55 MBA members (includes tax and grat)
Seating Limited – Call 651-224-2739 to reserve your spot.

We mentioned Great Waters’ 15th Anniversary in an earlier post, but below you’ll find some specifics on their  special five-course, five-cask dinner. The menu, created by Great Waters’ chef Ernesto, has been carefully planned alongside five specially chosen beers by Brewmaster Bob.

Details of the dinner, which takes place at 7pm on Monday, April 2, at Great Waters Brewing Co., are below:

1. Smoked Tomato Capsicum with Great Waters House Ale

2. Carnitas Lettuce Wrap with Blackwatch Oat Stout (with Cacao Nibs)

3. Almond Encrusted Walleye & Tomato Scallop Sauce with Dry-Hopped Timma IPA

4. Pork Tenderloin, Polenta & Mild Chipotle Sauce with O’Byrne’s Irish Red

5. Fruit Pizza & Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookie with Scotch Ale

Tickets are still available for the event at $65, http://www.greatwatersbc.com.

Harriet Brewing is teaming up with the crew over at Solera for a beer dinner pairing Harriet’s beers with Chef Jorge Guzman’s Spanish cuisine. Sounds tasty to say the very least! $45, March 22nd at 6:30.

HARRIET BREWERY DINNER – MARCH 22 – 6:30pm

ENJOY 5 PERFECT PAIRINGS OF SOLERA’S SPANISH CUISINE AND HARRIET BREWERY’S BEERS. CHEF JORGE GUZMAN WILL BE PREPARING A FIVE-COURSE DINNER, PAIRED WITH FIVE COMPLIMENTARY BEERS TO SAMPLE.

$45 PER PERSON, ALL INCLUSIVE..
OUR VALET PARKING IS AVAILABLE FOR $8.00.
CALL 612-338-0062 FOR RESERVATIONS.

MENU INCLUDES:

OYSTERS
RAW EAST SIDE GRANITA, BROILED SPANISH PEPPERS,
BERKSHIRE BACON FRIED CORNMEAL DUSTED, CHILI AIOLI,
PAIRED WITH EAST SIDE (BELGIAN-STYLE IPA)

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
JUMBO LUMP CRAB, MINT, CORIANDER SAUCE,
PAIRED WITH DIVINE OCULUST (BELGIAN-STYLE GOLDEN STRONG)

SHRIMP & GRITS
HOUSE CURED TASSO, DOMESTIC GULF SHRIMP, PICKLED FRIED VEGETABLES, PAIRED WITH WEST SIDE (BELGIAN-STYLE IPA)

QUAIL
CHORIZO CILANTRO SPOON BREAD, SIDRA-GLAZED BRUSSELS, TOMATO GRAVY, PAIRED WITH DARK ABBEY (BELGIAN-STYLE DUBBEL)

SPICED CARROT CAKE
STEWED PEARS, DOPPELBOCK ICE CREAM & BULLEIT WHISKEY BROTH, PAIRED WITH ELEVATOR (DOPPELBOCK)

Check it out!(PDF) Monday, March 26th from 6-9pm at Barrio in Edina. $55 includes five special beers, four courses of dining and appetizers to share.

Great Waters is coming up on a milestone, their 15th anniversary, and to celebrate they’re offering a week’s worth of celebrations. You don’t have any excuse not to make it over at least once.

Throughout the week, we’ll be releasing 15 different cask beers – 15 beers for 15 years, so every days cask list will be a little different. We’ve had 4 beer engines pumping everyday for the last 15 years, so this seemed a fitting tribute. Come in and get a “Caskport” and chart how many of the 15 you’ve tried. Try 10 or more throughout the week and you’ll be elligible to win a brew day with Bob & Chad where you get to name the beer and come back when it’s done to tap up the first firkin!

On Sunday, April 1st at 5PM we’ll be releasing one last keg of our ginger spiced Yuletide Ale (although given the date, maybe we’ll call it Fooltide Ale) with $1.50 pints of that all night.

Monday, April 2nd will feature our all-cask 5 course Beer Dinner. That’s right, each course will be paired with a Cask Ale. $65 regular/ $55 MBA Members. More details, including menu and exact start time will be released this week.

Tuesday, April 3rd is Old Home Night. All former GWBC staff is invited down for reunion to wax nostalgic and share a few pints. If you’ve been a regular for quite a while, there’ll be some old familiar faces to visit with that night.

Wednesday, April 4th will be a 15th anniversary MBA party. All active MBA members are invited down starting at 6PM for some free food, a bit of free beer followed by very cheap beer, and good company. Not an MBA member? There’s still time to join but only a few spaces remain at the moment!

The rest of the week will feature more Cask Ales released, drink specials, and possibly more events and giveaways. Stay tuned to this site or our Facebook and Twitter for more details.

Please note that we will be closed on Sunday, April 8th for Easter.

A big thanks to all of you that have supported us and made these 15 years possible!