Category: food pairing

NYE Dinner at Barley John’s

By on December 21, 2011in beer events, brewpubs, food pairing

Say goodbye to 2011 with a great dinner at Barley John’s. The five-course meal is available a la carte with or without wine/beer pairings. Receive 10% off if you order all five courses. Reservations: 651-636-4670.

Course 1
Chilled Mediterranean Stye White Prawns with Cream Dill Sauce and Classic Red Cocktail Sauce served with steamed broccoli & cherry tomatoes – $15
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Hush Puppies & Grilled Zucchini with rémoulade – $8
(Wine | Beer Pairing: Champagne | Duval )

Course 2
Sugar Snap Peas & Tomatoes with Salmon Tartare – $16
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Field Greens & Roasted Root Vegetables with Apple and Pear – $12
(Wine | Beer Pairing: Barnard Griffin Fume Blanc | Little Barley Bitter)

Course 3
Florentine Stuffed Steelhead Trout & Sole with sage butter on pappardelle – $23
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Grilled Buffalo Tenderloin with MN Wild Rice, Roasted Celeriac & Parsnips with Wild Mushroom Ragout – $36
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Tuxedo Truffle Gnocchi with fresh peas, roasted walnuts, Parmigiano-Reggiano and crème fraîche with braised greens – $34
(Wine | Beer Pairing: Carpe Noctum Pinot Noir | Wild Brunette)

Course 4
Cheese Plate
Freisago (Sheppards Way, MN) | Hook’s 15yr Cheddar (WI) | Bucheron Montchevré (CA) with Roasted Bell Pepper Pesto, Marinated Mushrooms – $22
(Wine | Beer Pairing: Ben Marco Expresivo – Smoked Porter)

Course 5
Triple Layer Cheesecake -or- Chocolate & Cranberry Layer Cake -or- Pumpkin Cheesecake Tartlet -or- Coconut Cloud Cake
(Wine | Beer: Imperial Stout)

Surly Smoke Release at Red Stag

By on December 18, 2011in beer events, food pairing

Get your Smoke on Monday night with food pairings at Red Stag Supper Club.

Wild Acres Duck Sausage Sliders Smoked Slaw, Brioche Grilled Cheese with Wisconsin white cheddar and fig jam, Bison Meatball with Surly Smoke BBQ sauce. These will just be a trio of the sliders on a platter.

Mussels with chorizo, fennel, Surly Smoke

Grilled Elk with Butter stewed celery root, glazed carrots and Bone marrow and Surly Smoke sauce.

Swiss Cake Roll with chocolate Surly Smoke mousse

Reservations recommended: 612-767-7766

Brewing TV #48: The World’s Your Oyster Stout

By on November 4, 2011in beer education, breweries, food pairing, general beer

We’ve seen some experimental brewing on Brewing TV, but nothing like this. Our buddies at Lift Bridge Brewing Company get shellacious on an Oyster Stout. And they aren’t holding anything back. The boiling wort had shells, oyster meat and the briniest of the briny juice thrown in! Join us for an awesome brew day and an oyster festival at Meritage where the beer is served alongside the best oysters the county has to offer. This episode also marks the official BFF hook-up between MN Beer and BTV. Check out that nice log in the closing credits! Sa-weeeeet!

Summit Unchained #8 Events

By on October 19, 2011in bars/restaurants, beer dinners, beer education, beer events, breweries, food pairing

Summit continues its Unchained series with another brew from Mike Lundell. #8 is “an exotic Black Ale with Australian and New Zealand hop varieties for intense citrus, passion fruit and pepper character and slightly toasted malts.”

Monday, October 24
Muddy Waters will have Black Monday with a beer lunch (black pepper tagliattelle with smoked wild rice sausage, roasted hen of the woods mushrooms, gorgonzola cream sauce and rye breadcrumbs) from 12:00 – 3:00 pm, followed by Black Hour (keep the signature Unchained Series glass your pint comes in) from 3:00 – 7:00 pm and finishing out the night, $3.50 pints of all Summit beers, DJ and giveaways.

Wednesday, October 26
Republic’s Beer School will feature Professor Mike and $3 Summit beers (all day).

Wednesday, November 2
Urban Eatery Beer Dinner (details on price and menu to come)

Thursday, November 3
The Nook & Ran-Ham Lanes will have burgers, bowling and beer.