Beer Dinner round 2

[Chipman]

Tonight myself and my brewing budding are putting on another beer dinner. 8 homebrews paired with tasty dishes and desserts! It'll be my second to host, but with more folks than before. We're hoping for 15-20. Anyone else host beer dinners? Great to have gallons of tasty beer on hand but I like our efforts to culminate with good brews and tasty foods.

Our lineup is:

Maibock / pretzels and german mustard for an appetizer

Extra Pale Ale / Falafel

Kolsch / salad with cranberry, blucheese, and walnuts

Chamomile Agave Wheat / salmon fillet

Dusseldorf Altbier / roast pork shoulder with apple and sauerkraut

Arrogant Bastard Clone / baby bbq sandwiches

Robust Porter / dark chocolate cake with plums

Brown Porter / cheese from our cheesemonger friend ( don't know what yet)

Digestives: Berkshire Brewing Co Holidale Barleywine, Snake River Brewing Le Serpent Flanders Sour, Big Honkin Stout homebrew, and Double Chamomile Agave Wheat

So psyched!

 

[Pappers_]

Hope you had a blast! I'm curious, did you do tasting size glasses? Even with food, 8 beers is a lot for one night, especially if you want to be able to taste the last few

 

[Rick500]

Wish I was closer.

 

[Chipman]

Aye i got some 5.5 oz glasses from the local pub here, perfect size for 8 courses. 40 oz considering head space so 2-3 pints per person. everyone was fat 'n happy at the end of the night! great success and i'm psyched to start planning the next!

 

[FromZwolle]

what cheese did you end up with? a brown porter needs a good strong cheese to contend with.

 

[Chipman]

Ended up with a (don't remember either of the names) smooth semi hard cheese with coffee in it for the robust porter, and had a somewhat tangy blu with a stout instead of the brown porter. Needed a bigger beer to stand up to the blu!

 

[motobrewer]

recipe for agave wheat?

 

[jwright]

Chipman,

thanks for sharing the pairings. that sounds like a great night. I'm not sure whether to get up to get a beer or make something tasty. In retrospect how did things match up? Would you change anything?

jason