Northern California Homebrew Festival Brewer’s Dinner – 2012
Northern California Homebrew Festival Brewer’s Dinner
Colonial Beer Dinner Menu
September 21th, 2012
Seating at 6:30 PM
First Course
1776 Salad
baby spinach, arugula, watercress, assorted herbs, dried cranberries, toasted pecans tossed in a poppy seed Anchor Steam dressing
Anchor Brewing Co. – Anchor Steam
Second Course
George Washington Beer Brined Chickens
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale mixed with salt, sugar, bay leaves, thyme, onions, carrots and celery, brined for 36 hours and
smoked in cherry wood, served with mashed potatoes infused with roasted garlic and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
and mixed kale braised in a shallot Tumbler jam
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Brined and Cherry Wood Smoked Tofu
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale mixed with salt, sugar, bay leaves, thyme, onions, carrots and celery, brined and smoked
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Tumbler Brown Ale
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Anything Gose
Third Course
Beef and Mushroom Stew
fresh grass fed beef cheeks, tossed in a seasoned flour and browned, mixed with wild mushrooms, carrots,
onions, celery, marble potatoes and Anchor Porter, simmered for hours
Smoked Portobello and Morel Mushroom Stew
cherry wood smoked portobello mushrooms, simmered with leeks, carrots, onions, celery,
morel mushrooms, marble potatoes, vegetable stock and Anchor Porter
Barley Flour Biscuits
barley and all-purpose flour blended together with Sierra Nevada Tumbler Brown Ale
served warm with a side of bourbon barrel smoked Straus Family Creamery whipped butter
Anchor Brewing Co. – Anchor Porter
Fourth Course
Plymouth Rock Gingerbread
fresh ginger, crystalized ginger and powdered ginger mixed with molasses, brown sugar, Anchor Porter,
lemon zest (to prevent scurvy) and spices, topped with a Sorachi Ace hop and green cardamom infused homemade ice cream
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Northern Hemisphere Harvest Ale 2012
Fifth Course
Craft Beer ‘Bill of Rights’ Pumpkin Pie
pumpkin puree mixed with Anchor Old Foghorn, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, vanilla, farm fresh eggs and baked in a
Knob Creek Bourbon crust with a dollop of Bigfoot maple and malt infused whipping cream
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Bigfoot Barleywine 2010
Anchor Brewing Co. – Old Foghorn Barleywine
Past Northern California Homebrew Festival Friday Night Brewers Dinner Menus:
2018 – Vegas Beer Dinner Buffet
2015 – Prohibition Beer Dinner Menu
2014 – Wild West Beer Dinner Menu
2013 – Space & Beer Dinner Menu
2012 – Colonial Beer Dinner Menu