My Fantasy Beer Dinner 僕の空想の麦酒ディナー
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 by Tim
I was just wondering what you folks would think might be the ultimate beer pairing dinner. The wife and I where thinking of talking about one on our pub cast so I thought I would get help from the best beer people in the world
Price is no option so go hog wild
pick a beer and food to go with it
course
1 appitizer
2 soup and/or salad
3 fish/seafood
4 main course meat
5. desert
6 after dinner drink.Thanks for the help
Taelec, beeradvocate.com
This is a topic that was posted by a fellow Disciple on Beer Advocate earlier today. Spelling mistakes and punctuational inconsistencies notwithstanding, this is one of the most thought-provoking posts I’ve read in the Beer Advocate forums in a while. I spent literally an hour contemplating it at work today.
I took some liberties with the course order, but here is what I ultimately decided on for my ultimate fantasy beer dinner:
- Amuse-Bouche/Apertif
Oil-Cured Moroccan Black Olives, Feta Cheese-Stuffed Manzanilla Olives, and Kalamata Olives
Beer: New Glarus Enigma - Hors D’oeuvre
Monkfish Liver with Fresh Wasabi, Grated Ginger, and Ponzu
Beer: La Fin Du Monde - Soup
Cream of Leek and Potato Soup with White Truffles, Cave-Aged Emmental, and Fresh Chives
Beer: Spaten Optimator - Seafood
Charcoal-Grilled Miyajima Oysters with Yuzu-Green Chili Dressing
Beer: Stone Smoked Porter or Guinness Extra Stout - Sorbet
Duchesse de Bourgogne Sorbet with Scandinavian Ginger Snaps - Main Course
Tea-Smoked Duck with Blackcurrant-Mustard Seed Sauce, Brussels Sprouts and Fennel Sauteed with Onions
Beer: Trappist Westvleteren 12
- Salad
Baby Spinach, Pomegranate Seeds, and Chevre with Aged Balsamic Vinegar and Sesame Oil Dressing
Beer: Hitachino Nest White Ale - Cheese
One-Year Pleasant Ridge Premium Reserve, Shropshire Blue, and Six-Month Manchego with Candied Walnuts, Dried Figs, and Honeycrisp Apples
Beer: Anchor Old Foghorn - Dessert
Bananas Foster with Hazelnut Gelato
Beer: Rogue Shakespeare Stout or Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout - Digestif
North Coast Old Rasputin X, North Coast Old Stock Brandy Barrel Cellar Reserve, J.W. Lees Sherry Cask Harvest Ale, Stone Ruination, Samuel Adams Utopias, Dogfish Head Fort, or EKU 28
I can’t wait till I’m rich.
Thoughts?
Mmm sounds good. I like that your real beer dinner tonight was happoshu and meat on a stick :)
Truth be told, that’s probably the next best thing! Asahi and butabara, mmm…
Are these full servings of beer? Granted I’m getting old but I don’t think I could make it to the Old Foghorn. If I did make it, that one would definitely kill me. Maybe half-glasses? I know, I know, I’m a wimp.
This sounds wonderful.
Oh, I had envisioned this as four- to eight-ounce servings, like you’d have with wine. With the strength of some of these beers, I imagine I’d be too drunk to really appreciate what I was eating by the time I got around to the sorbet.
What does the J stand for?
This whole menu has left my mouth watering.