Category: beer dinners

Surly Beer Dinner @Ngon

By on March 2, 2010in beer dinners, beer events

Beer dinner lovers, mark your calendars! Ngon Bistro will be hosting a six course Surly beer dinner later this month for 42 lucky diners.

Food Menu:
Course 1 – BLT
House-cured anise bacon, pea shoots, spicy aioli, & Bushel Boy tomatoes, on baguette

Course 2 – Star Prairie Rainbow Trout
Smoked rainbow trout cured with fennel & curry, micro greens, and a mango chutney

Course 3 – Nem Nuong
House-made Vietnamese sweet pork sausage, fried free range egg & pickled mustard greens with a cilantro sauce

Course 4 – Lamb Belly
Iowa lamb belly with sauté Brussels sprouts & daikon cake with a hoisin ginger sauce

Course 5 – Duck Cassoulet de l’Indochine
Wild Acres duck confit with great northern beans, grape tomatoes, garden carrots, shiitake mushrooms, & pork belly with a pho spiced duck broth

Course 6 – Surly Coffee Bender Ice Cream

Beer Menu: TBA, but it has been confirmed that Darkness will be included.

Cost: $65/person (or reserve a table of six for $60/person)
Call 651-222-3301 for reservations

6:30 Meet & Greet
7:00 Dinner

If the beer, the menu or the date just don’t work for you, keep your eyes open for an April dinner with Flat Earth Brewing and a May patio dinner with Lift Bridge Brewing.

Beer Dinner in East Grand Forks

By on February 22, 2010in bars/restaurants, beer dinners, beer events, breweries

Summit is reaching far and wide across the great state of Minnesota to bring beer pairing dinners to those more than a stone’s throw from the Twin Cities. Here they’re venturing just about as far west as possible without crossing into the Dakotas.

Blue Moose Bar & Grill
East Grand Forks
Call 218.773.6516 for reservations

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Appetizer:
Lemon Chicken and Fennel Salad served on Sun-dried Tomato Crostini
Summit Maibock

Salad:
Baby Arugula and Greens topped with Queso Fresco, White Asparagus, Beefsteak Tomato tossed with Warm Porcini Mushroom Vinaigrette
Summit Horizon Red Ale

Soup:
Beer Cheese Soup made with Smoked Gouda Cheese, Roasted Red Bell Pepper and EPA. Maple and Ale Cornbread.
Summit Extra Pale Ale

Sorbet:
Lemon Sorbet encased in Tangerine Skin

Entree:
Beef Wellington-Stuffed with Chicken Liver Pate, baked in Puff Pastry, sauced with Red Onion and Porter Reduction. Served with Parmesan Au Gratin Potatoes with a hint of Pilsener
Summit Great Northern Porter

Dessert:
Dark Chocolate Cheesecake garnished with Hot Chocolate Caviar
Summit Oatmeal Stout

Summit Dinner @Tracy’s Saloon

By on February 17, 2010in bars/restaurants, beer dinners, beer events, breweries

In addition to the Unchained Series Batch 03: IRA release party at Tracy’s Saloon, they’re also doing a limited seating, six-course tasting menu dinner.

Menu:
Bouillabaisse Crudo of Bluenose and Opah Fish, Rye Flatbread with Rouille
Soup Trio: Grilled Cheese & Tomato, Octopus Carbonade with Summit Pilsener, and Spice Consomme
Rabbit Meatball with Eggplant Vermicelli, Roasted Red Pepper Vinaigrette
Stuffed Ham Hock on Creamy Rye with Green Sauce
Baked Oyster with Summit IPA Sabayon, Crispy Pig Ear
Rye Eclair with Great Northern Porter Ganache & Hazelnut Cream

Cost: $35/person
Call 651-361-0923 for reservations.

Average Guy’s Beer Dinner at Stub & Herb’s

By on February 11, 2010in bars/restaurants, beer dinners, beer events

Join Stub and Herb’s and Goose Island for their first ever “Average Guy’s Beer Dinner” on March 4th at 7:PM.  Stub and Herb’s has two new chefs.  They are putting their own spin on the traditional beer pairing dinner.  But, they are doing it the Stub’s way! The dinner will be a four course meal where each course will feature a different Goose Island beer paired with a “Average Guy” favorite…the slider!

Here is what you get:

1st Course (Salad): Served with Goose Island Demolition -7oz

Toasted strips of marble rye topped with sliced jicama, orange wedges, arugula and a honey-orange vinaigrette.

2nd Course: Served with Goose Island Matilda -7oz

Toasted mini soft pretzel roll with sliced and seasoned pork tenderloin topped with caramelized bananas and a pomegranate reduction.  Served with a few beer battered onion rings.

3rd Course: Served with Goose Island IPA- 7oz

Toasted mini soft pretzel roll.  Juicy lucy style, 100% Angus Chuck slider, stuffed with Gouda cheese and lemon grass, topped with seared pancetta, pickled onion and garlic aioli.  Served with a few homemade french fries.

4th Course (Dessert): Served with Goose Island Bourbon County Stout- 6oz

Ice cream sandwich sliders.  Two, flourless chocolate, mini cakes with bacon infused ice cream in the middle.

Mike Rose from Goose Island along with Stub and Herb’s new chefs Paul and Aaron will be present to answer any questions. They event cost is $25 (priced for the average man).  Tickets available now at Stub and Herb’s.

Summit Curry Dinner @Longfellow Grill

By on February 11, 2010in beer dinners, beer events

Love curry? Love Summit? Then mark your calendar for early March for the Curry Dinner, featuring Summit beers and guest host Heather Jansz, at the Longfellow Grill.

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Appetizers:
Kadala – Served with Summit Pilsener
Godhamba Rotti – Served with Summit Maibock

Main Course:
Yellow Samba Rice
Lamb Rendang
Coconut Chicken Curry
Kale & Chard
Curried Dahl
Papadams
Served with Summit Horizon Red Ale & Passion Fruit Cocktail

Condiments:
Hot Coconut Sambol
Raita
Plum Chutney

Dessert:
Mango Creme
Served with Summit India Pale Ale

Longfellow Grill
$50 per person
Call (612) 558-9271 for reservations