A Beer Dinner

"Tom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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a few weeks ago i threw my first 'beer dinner', where i attempted to match beer to the courses of
the dinner. i thought it went fairly well.... the theme was homestyle.

We do it the other way around - trying to match food to beers! We frequently do a variety of German
beers with Bockwurst, Bratwurst, German franks, sauerkraut, sweet & sour cabbage, German potato
salad and assorted mustards. Not light fare - but you can't beat it on a cold Autumn or Winter
night! Plus most of it can be made ahead, so it's an easy meal for a crowd. Plus, I guess we just
don't know enough about beer to do it the other way around! :-}

- Chris
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Bron,

you may like to check out www.maltshovel.com.au. Its the brewery for James Squire range of beers in
Australia. They have an Amber and a Porter in their range. They are a relatively new player (1 to 2
years) in the premium beer market here in Aus, but you can occaisionally see there taps in pubs, and
almost all decent bottle shops will stock there bottles.

Mr Hahn (I think his first name is Chuck), is the same Hahn as in Hahn beers you see around, and is
ow the head brewer for James Squires. He does a lot of beer meals, and beer tastings around the
country - set up the same way the familiar wine dining and tastings are done.

Now, just a word on the beer. It is different to the tradtional Aussie brews

maltiness and flavour, rather than the mainstream beers bitterness (I think they use bitterness to
hide the awful taste). If you haven't moved into a wide range of beers (or even homebrew for that
matter), James Squires is certainly a nice drop (I am partial to their Amber, their Pale Ale doesn't
quite grab me - I think it needs more aromatics from hops)

Ahh, and everyone might like to try maltshovel.com.aumenu.aspOpen ↗ from that same site. It
actually gives a suggested menu, with accomponying beers.

PlaneGuy said:

Ahh, and everyone might like to try maltshovel.com.aumenu.aspOpen ↗ from that same site. It
actually gives a suggested menu, with accomponying beers.

From that page I found recipes using their beer. One of them looks good for an upcoming brewry tour
- potluck event I'm attending. I will, of course use the local brewry's product instead.

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