One seriously good beer tasting/dinner recently. Met up with around ten serious beer folk in the Boston area at the home of a local beer buyer. Cranked out 2 types of deviled eggs. One with creme fraiche, chopped capers, Dijon and dill-garnished with smoked salmon and dill. The other with brown sugar roasted bacon, mayo, chopped parsley, mustard, and a seriously good habanero/fruit based hot sauce (Dickies Sweet Burn) out of Norwell Ma. Along with this we baked up a round of hot pretzels and served them with a beer cheese sauce based on Wit beer, goat cheese and Dijon. Round 2 saw the classic Moules Frites-cooked in Gueuze-we opted for tator tots vs frites, and they rocked! Finally, we did a Beef Carbonade using a Trappist Quad, pan roasted Crimini and sauteed spinach gnocchi. Plenty of Chimay cheese for dessert. A special guest: The elusive Duck Duck Gooze! Here are a few of the Brews sampled at this event. I’m going to get all these recipes into print as time permits. Now planning the next event!
Beers On Hand Tonight:
- Smuttynose Brewing: Big Beer Series: Barleywine: vintage 2003
- Panil: Barrique: vintage 2007
- Lost Abbey: Duck Duck Gooze: vintage 2008
- Alesmith: Speedway Stout: vintage 2008
- Ommegang: Hennepin Ale: vintage 2007
- Ommegang: Cave Aged Series: Three Philosophers: vintage 2006
- Eisenbahn: Lust: vintage 2007
- Cantillon: Vigneronne: vintage 2000
- Mikkeller: Monk’s Brew: vintage 2007
- Mikkeller: It’s Alive!: vintage 2007
- De Proef: Reinaert: vintage 2005
- Hoppin Frog: Bourbon Barrel Aged B.O.R.I.S.: vintage 2008
- Orval: vintage 2006
- What A Night!
- Cheers!!
