Is this beer and food thing gaining a little momentum or is it my imagination?<\/p>\n
– Otter Creek Brewing<\/a> will continue to host its weekly local cheese and beer pairings<\/a> each Friday through October as part of the brewery’s “Local foods meet Local Brews” events.<\/p>\n The free beer and cheese pairings, which include eight different Vermont cheeses, are held every Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the brewery, 793 Exchange St. in Middlebury.<\/p>\n – Full Sail Brewing<\/a> is beginning a weekly series of Brewmaster’s Dinners at its Hood River pub. The menu will change based on the seasonality of the ingredients and the release of the brewery’s seasonal and reserve programs. They begin on Full Sail’s 20th Anniversary date, Sept. 27. The cost of the dinner including beer is $20 per person. The menu will be served from 4 p.m.-8 p.m.<\/p>\n The opening course for the first dinner: Dungeness Crab Cake with Spicy Remoulade Sauce and Lupulin Fresh Hop Ale.<\/p>\n – Stone Brewing<\/a> is joining Brooklyn Brewery, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and others in a friendly battle with wine (conducted with knives and forks in hand). The basics:<\/p>\n WHO: Greg Koch, CEO – Stone Brewing Co. Guests at the “Beer v. Wine” dinner will sample both a craft beer and fine wine selection specifically chosen for each course. Koch will introduce each beer Wiss will introduce each wine. Guests fill out a small card with their preferences as to which beverage pairs best with the dish. For more additional call 800-770-7329 or visit www.ranchobernardoinn.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is this beer and food thing gaining a little momentum or is it my imagination? – Otter Creek Brewing will continue to host its weekly local cheese and beer pairings each Friday through October as part of the brewery’s “Local foods meet Local Brews” events. The free beer and cheese pairings, which include eight different … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beer-food","category-beer-wine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4wTn-58","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appellationbeer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Gavin Kaysen, Executive Chief – El Bizcocho
\n Barry Wiss, Sommelier – Trinchero Winery
\nWHAT: Craft Beer vs. Fine Wine Dining Challenge
\nWHEN: Thursday, September 27th @ 6:00pm
\nWHERE: El Bizcocho, Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego, CA
\nWHY: To Debate the Merits of Food Pairings with Beer Versus Wine <\/p>\n