Beer Pairing 2009 Invite

In honor of our new project,

la mesita sin nombre,
we are kicking it off with what has become one of our favorite dinners of the year:

our 3rd annual Beer Pairing Dinner.
It all started in celebration of St. Pat's Day: a favorite holiday of ours, well mostly mine. We realized what a better time than this holiday of beer drinking to celebrate the beautiful marriage between food and beer. Ever since then, we have continued on, and the amount of great supportive feedback has allowed us to put this wonderful event together for our close friends year after year.

As many of you foodies and beeries have been noticing, beer being paired with food is grabbing a hold of the spotlight these days. I think it's about time since this movement began over 20 years ago. Beer pairs so well with food, in many cases better than wine. Everywhere I read these days from Imbibe, to Celebrator, to local beer bars, and restaurants such as The Linkery (who has hosted dinners with Lost Abbey , Firestone Walker, and the local boys from Mission Brewery , the beer and food dinners are catching on and I think that this is the beginning of a big movement... "you say you want a revolution?" Not only does food and beer taste well together but it brings a diverse group of people together who share a commonality: to eat well, drink well and be in good company!

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will be the afternoon this year when beer meets food and we celebrate! This year we have decided to do a four course pairing, and some before and after dinner delights to keep the atmosphere and the beer flowing. We will continue to strive to source as local as possible, with the food being made by hand, of course.

There is an insane amount of thought, hard work, effort, planning and expenses so we will continue with the tradition of a $35 donation per person, if you will. And although we would like to do this for 50 people, for an intimate ambiance, seating is limited (only 20 seats). Below is the menu and beer pairings are left to be a surprise. We can assure you that you will not be disappointed. Also, besides the beers for the pairing there will be many more beers for sessioning (although not necessarily session beers). If you want a certain beer for sessioning you are more than welcome to bring what you fancy, but there will be no need.

Crudités for the tables
Oysters with a trio of toppings to get the afternoon started
Spring pasta with peas and lemon peel
Braised short ribs in mole sauce or
Veggie nut loaf (vegetarian option)
Butter lettuce and spinach salad with citrus and avocado
Dark chocolate sorbet with a crunchy chocolate chip cookie
Cheese plate and barley wines to continue onward...

**Menu items subject to change based on what's available or if we run into something better!

Beer Pairing 2007

Beer Pairing 2008