Brewmaster's Dinners

August Wild Ale Dinner

$35 per person- 6:30pm- Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Jolly Pumkin E.S. Bam Bière - 4.7% abv

An artisan farmhouse ale that is golden, naturally cloudy, bottle conditioned and dry hopped for a perfectly refreshing balance of spicy malts, hops and yeast.  Added hops make this an incredibly interesting beer.

-Chilled sorrel, pea vichyssoise's

Lips of Faith Fall Wild Ale - 8.5% abv

Our mahogany-hued autumn ale spiced with schisandra, opens with the floral, earthy notes of fall itself. Schisandra berries, known as "five flavor fruit," possess a panoply of flavors . This malt-forward dubbel ale is fermented with a Trappist yeast and finishes dry and slightly sour from a touch of bretta. New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, Colorado… We’ve been putting the NEW in BELGIUM since 1991. It starts with the Belgian brewing tradition of ignoring tradition. Add in our Belgian brewmaster Peter Bouckaert and his imaginative blend of brewing delicious beers with loads of character and aspiring ingredients.

-Grilled Radicchio salad with Maytag blue cheese, walnuts, maple balsamic vin.

Mikkeller It's Alive! – 8% abv

Mikkeller, Kobenhavn, Denmark Mikkeller’s answer and tribute to the trappist beer Orval. It's Alive is an easy-to-drink beer, with a lot of hops. The color is amber, the foam is high, white and dense. The potent Brettanomyces culture makes It's Alive continue to develop in the bottle.

-Roulade of sole, crab and spinach with a cucumber/tomato verblanc

Panil Barriquee, 8% abv – Torrechiara, Italy

Save the wild yeasts! From senseless abuse and pasteurization. Suddenly beer-lovers here in the States are all a-titter over dark, sour, wood-aged ales. These complex, fruity-tasting beers, native to the Netherlands and Belgian Flanders, represent one of the oldest beer styles in the world. In their traditional form, these Sour Reds – also known as ‘Flemish Red’ or ‘Oud Bruin’ beers – are related to real lambic beers: a touch of wild yeast and bacteria coming from the wood give acidity, both lactic (sour) and acetic (vinegar).

-Goat cheese/sour cherry ice cream