Category: beer dinners

Beer Tasting and Tailgating

By on September 14, 2009in beer dinners, beer events, breweries

The Chef’s Gallery & Lift Bridge are scheming against the dull day you had planned in November.

The guys behind Lift Bridge Brewery are dedicated to eating and drinking with the utmost regard to pleasure – pure and simple! Learn about the brewing process and beer ingredients while sampling several distinct Lift Bridge beers that you will learn to taste from a culinary standpoint.

They will prepare some of their favorite tailgating foods: Brad’s Famous Bloody Mary Bar, Crosscut Pork Lollipops (made with Crosscut Pale Ale), Bacon-wrapped Jalapeño Poppers, Mini Blucy Burgers (inspired by friends and owners of The Blue Door Pub in St. Paul), and Fall-spiced Vegetable Skewers, made with exclusively local produce.

Cost: $60
Location: The Chef’s Gallery, 324 S. Main St., Stillwater
To register call (651-351-1144), stop in at The Chef’s Gallery or complete the online form.

Cooking With Beer

By on September 14, 2009in beer dinners, beer events, breweries

Join Lift Bridge and Chef Manfred Krug at The Chef’s Gallery in Stillwater for an evening of beer and ribs. Chef Manfred will be in charge of the ribs, and Lift Bridge will talk and sample beer. Their brews will be incorporated into both the ribs and the side dishes. There will be several different styles of the all-American favorite of juicy meaty ribs, seasonal side dishes, and beer pairing.

Cost: $65
To register, call (651-351-1144), stop in at The Chef’s Gallery (324 S. Main St.) or fill out the form online.

Be’Wiched Beer Dinner with Flat Earth

By on September 4, 2009in beer dinners, beer events

Flat Earth will be teaming up with Be’Wiched (which Erik Anderson of Sea Change recently endorsed as one of only three places he eats out at) for a beer dinner. They will be bringing some of your favorite beers, plus there’s a good chance Jeff will have something new up his sleeve to show off.

Please note the date has been changed to Sept. 30. Click here for info on the upcoming dinner on the Sept. 23rd.

Tickets are $35 per person–or reserve a table of four and pay only $30 per person. Reserve yours today by calling the deli at 612-767-4330.

Summit Beer Dinner @Wildfire

By on August 11, 2009in beer dinners, beer events, breweries

Summit Founder, Mark Stutrud, will be hosting a 5-course beer pairing dinner at Wildfire in Eden Prairie.

Menu:
1st Course: Pigs in a Blanket
Wild game sausage, artisan cheese, puff pastry paired with Summit Pilsener

2nd Course: Beer Cheese Fondue
Served with homemade wood oven baked jalapeno pretzels and Summit Oktoberfest

3rd Course: Potato Crusted Rainbow Trout
Served with applewood smoked bacon, beer braised cabbage and Summit Kolsch

4th Course: Red Ale Braised Pork Shank
Served with roasted root vegetables, fresh herb polenta, natural jus and Summit Horizon Red Ale

Dessert: Stout Brownie Sundae
Malt ice cream, hot fudge paired with Summit Oatmeal Stout

Tickets: $37.50 plus tax & gratuity
Call 952.914.9100 for reservations

Urthel & Two Brothers in the TC

By on August 2, 2009in bars/restaurants, beer dinners, beer events, beer stores

Moaten, a collaborative brew between Urthel and Two Brothers, an oak-aged Flemish red ale. They’ll be at The Happy Gnome on Thursday, August 6th for a beer dinner and at The Four Firkins on Friday for a free tasting. Sounds like fun!

On Thursday, August 6 at 6pm you can join Hildegard from Urthel and Jason Ebel from Two Brothers Brewing at The Happy Gnome as they introduce St. Paul to Moaten, a collaboration brew that has been aging on oak for the past couple of months, a Flander’s Red Ale. Hildegard is one of only a handful of women brewers in Belgium. They are both going to be on hand to chat and answer questions. Dinner and beer $38.

On Friday, August 7th from 6-8pm, they’ll visit The Four Firkins in St. Louis Park to sample some beers.