Stanley’s NE Bar Room has a new kick ass banquet room, and they’re using it to host a Lagunitas Beer Dinner! Join us for some classic Northeast food pairings and some NoCal beers. Menu and beer details to follow, but a mystery cask may or may not be involved…

The Lexington plays host for a four-course beer dinner with Summit. Tickets are $39/person and reservations can be made by calling 651-222-5878.

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First Course
Spicy pork ribs with napa cabbage slaw and peach BBQ sauce
Paired with Summit Pilsener

Second Course
Shrimp and smoked corn chowder garnished with micro cilantro
Paired with Summit Extra Pale Ale

Main Course
Pan seared duck breast with savory grits and braised greens garnished with cracklings and a cranberry jus
Paired with Summit Maibock

Dessert
Ancho chili chocolate souffle with creme anglaise and macerated berries
Paired with Summit Oatmeal Stout

Got lunch plans today? If not, you might want to head to Axel’s Bonefire in Eagan for a beer lunch with Summit.

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Fire Roasted Stuffed Peppers
Sweet baby bell peppers, stuffed with spicy chorizo and tomatillo rice, fire roasted in the brick oven. Served with a Summit chipotle ranch dipping sauce
Paired with Summit EPA

Bonfire Chopped Salad
Iceberg and romaine lettuce, tossed in a homemade herb-mustard vinaigrette, with chickpeas, gorgonzola and cheddar, chicken, bacon and avocado, topped with crunchy tortilla strips
Paired with Summit Maibock

Cowboy Eggrolls
Tender smoked brisket, with pepper jack cheese and jalapeños, served with a tangy pineapple BBQ sauce, and creamy home-style slaw.
Paired with Summit Horizon Red Ale

Roasted Pork Tenderloin
Juicy tenderloin, roasted to perfection, with beer braised carrots and a maple bacon, pecan puree. Finished with a Summit Oatmeal Stout reduction
Paired with Summit Great Northern Porter

Oatmeal Stout Floats
Classic Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, floated in Summit Oatmeal Stout. Have your beer, and eat it too!
Paired with Summit Oatmeal Stout

Cost: $39/person (includes tax and gratuity)
Call for reservations: 651-452-0200

The Anti-Valentine’s Day Beer Dinner! Featuring all black beers including 21st Amendment Back in Black, Founders Imperial Stout, Left Hand Fade to Black, Furthermore 3 Feet Deep & Left Hand Milk Stout. $65 includes a 5 course meal, 5 beers, tax & gratuity. Social hour at 5:30pm, dinner will start being served at 6:00pm. Visit Blackbird Cafe’s Website or call the restaurant for Tickets.

Summit is holding a beer dinner at Amsterdam Bar & Hall in St. Paul. The meal will feature some items from the Amsterdam menu as well as some broodjes prepared especially for the evening.

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Dutch cheeses – Summit EPA

Salad with crouton and shaved aged gouda, crispy onion – Summit IPA

Assorted broodjes and brownies – Summit Horizon, Oatmeal Stout and Maibock

Cost: $65/person
Call 612-285-3112 or email Josh (at) amsterdambarandhall.com to reserve your seat.

Once again, Hai over at Ngon Bistro has lined up quite the tasting menu for New Years Eve for only $40.

First Course: Coconut Cream & Acorn Squash Soup, candied walnuts and house-cured bacon
Second Course: House Cured Lamb Belly & Daikon Cake, local greens in a wasabi sauce
Third Course: Wild rice crusted Star Prairie Trout & oyster mushrooms with a spicy quava mint sauce
Fourth Course: Five spice Braised Fischer Farms Pork Shank with sweet potatoes & pickled greens

For an extra charge, your meal can be paired with your choice of wine ($20) or beer ($15)–but given that they’ll be tapping Surly Darkness, Surly Five & a firkin of Lift Bridge Farm Girl with Asian plums, I’d opt for the beer.

Reservations can be made at their website or their Facebook page, but make yours today, its sure to fill up!

Featuring Bourbon Barrel Aged Blackout Stout, Christmas Ale, Edmund Fitzgerald Porter & Burning River Pale Ale.

Click Below for the Full Menu

Tuesday, November 15th The Local will be hosting a 7 course Bell’s Beer Dinner. The festivities start at 6:30 and last until, well, the food & beer have run out! Tickets are only $40 and are on sale now. As soon as the menu has been released, it will be posted as a follow up. For more information please contact The Local at (612)904-1000.

Senor Wong in St. Paul will feature a four course, five beer dinner with Goose Island on November 9th. ?Read on for a menu. Sounds tasty! Makes me want to crack a Matilda right now…

First Course

Opah and Rock Shrimp Ceviche

Red onion, serrano chili, cucumber, cilantro, fresh orange, yuzu juice.

Served with Goose Island Sofie

Second Course

Caramel Apple

Slow-cooked pork cheek, miso-caramel sauce, granny smith apple-chive salad, rice vinegar dressing.

Served with Goose Island Matilda

Third Course

Duck, Duck, Goose…Island

Sichuan pepper crusted breast, duck & foie gras xiao long bao (soup dumpling)

miniature bok choy, oyster mushroom, carrots, black cardamom jus.

Served with Goose Island Pepe Nero

Fourth Course

Chocoflan

Hazelnut cajeta (goat milk caramel), pepita & maria cookie streusel, ripe bananna ice cream.

Served with 2008 Goose Island Bourbon County Stout.

http://senorwong.com/beerdinner.html.

Great Waters is hosting a five course beer dinner that includes some seasonal beers and plenty of tasty eats. Tickets are $65/person, or $55/person if you are a MBA member. Stop in or call 651-224-2739. They are also giving away two tickets to the event to one lucky winner who posts which course they think sounds the best on their Facebook page.

Beer Dinner Menu

Course 1:
Stout & Goat Cheese Soup with The Blackwatch Oat Stout

Course 2:
Wild Rice Walleye Cakes and a Rosemary Mandarin Vinaigrette with The Golden Prairie Blonde

Course 3:
Banana Leaf Wrapped Pork and Vegetables in Guajillo Sauce and Basmati Rice with New Centurian Mild Ale spiked with Cocoa Nibs and Ancho Peppers

Course 4:
Shrimp and Scallops over Fettuchini in a Poblano Cream Sauce with Scotch Ale

Course 5:
Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake with Belgian Bruin