Northern California Homebrew Festival Brewer’s Dinner

Colonial Beer Dinner Menu

September 21^th, 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

2017 – Beer Camp Dinner

2016 – Belgian Beer Dinner

2015 – Prohibition Beer Dinner Menu

2014 – Wild West Beer Dinner Menu

2013 – Space & Beer Dinner Menu

2012 – Colonial Beer Dinner Menu