Fingers
Well-Known Member
So my company sent me to the big city for a few days and they are wont to do periodically. As is my habit, I dropped in to my HBS to pick up some supplies. (Getting my 50 lb CO2 tank hooked up to multiple regs). I had forgotten that the is one of the founding members of the Winnipeg Brew Bombers (word play on Winnipeg Blue Bombers, our local football club) and tonight (last night) is the meeting.
They had arranged a beer and food pairing event sponsored by the Liquor Control Commission in Winnipeg. For $30 you get to sample many different types of imported and domestic beer, all paired with dishes selected to complement each brew. Not only that, each dish is PREPARED with the brew you are sampling. The even took place in the liquor store in a kitchen off the back that was built especially for beer and wine sampling.
We started off the night with a lobster and shrimp bisque that was paired with a Duvel and Gulden Draak, both of the Belgian style. We then progressed into Sushi (smoked Goldeye, crab with whitefish caviar, and peppers) paired with Hoegaarden and Snowfresh, both wheat beers.
Next on the menu, in the spirit of Dim Sum (sp?), we had buns stuffed with spiced pork and steamed and baked. This dish was paired with Fort Garry Dark, and a Morroco ale, both dark ales. We then progressed to Braised Bison with stir fried vegetables paired with Little Scrapper IPA and Pedigree ale, both in the IPA style.
For dessert we had Chocolate Cherry Beer Cake and ice cream made from the syrup of the cherries. This was paired with Young's Double Chocolate Stout and Rochefort 10, another stout.
What a wonderful spontaneous night. Up to that point the night was just going to be sitting in the peace and quiet of a hotel room yakking at you guys and watching TV. Yeah, it was wing night in my hotel and they have Guinness on tap, but I just couldn't bring myself to go there alone. The beer and food made wing night a distant second.
They had arranged a beer and food pairing event sponsored by the Liquor Control Commission in Winnipeg. For $30 you get to sample many different types of imported and domestic beer, all paired with dishes selected to complement each brew. Not only that, each dish is PREPARED with the brew you are sampling. The even took place in the liquor store in a kitchen off the back that was built especially for beer and wine sampling.
We started off the night with a lobster and shrimp bisque that was paired with a Duvel and Gulden Draak, both of the Belgian style. We then progressed into Sushi (smoked Goldeye, crab with whitefish caviar, and peppers) paired with Hoegaarden and Snowfresh, both wheat beers.
Next on the menu, in the spirit of Dim Sum (sp?), we had buns stuffed with spiced pork and steamed and baked. This dish was paired with Fort Garry Dark, and a Morroco ale, both dark ales. We then progressed to Braised Bison with stir fried vegetables paired with Little Scrapper IPA and Pedigree ale, both in the IPA style.
For dessert we had Chocolate Cherry Beer Cake and ice cream made from the syrup of the cherries. This was paired with Young's Double Chocolate Stout and Rochefort 10, another stout.
What a wonderful spontaneous night. Up to that point the night was just going to be sitting in the peace and quiet of a hotel room yakking at you guys and watching TV. Yeah, it was wing night in my hotel and they have Guinness on tap, but I just couldn't bring myself to go there alone. The beer and food made wing night a distant second.
