The first beer dinner of spring in the Bay Area will feature Chuck Silva’s beers from Green Flash Brewing Co.. It will be a four-course dinner and well worth the $75 price of admission. It will be held at the Cathedral Hill Hotel on Friday, March 21, 2008, beginning with a reception at 6:30 p.m. Call 415.674.3406 for reservations by March 18. I’ll see you there.
The Menu:
Reception: 7:00 PM
Beer Chef’s Hors D’Oeuvre
Beer: Extra Pale Ale
Dinner: 7:30 PM
First Course
Roasted Corn Coulis with Dungeness Crab, Avocado and Cilantro Cream
Beer: West Coast IPA
Second Course:
Crispy Pork Belly with Willey Farms Bloomsdale Spinach, Black Trumpet Mushrooms and Relish of Poached Pear
Beer: Trippel
Third Course:
Ravioli of Osso Buco with Laughing Bird Shrimp, Baby Artichoke and Citrus Beurre Blanc
Beer: Le Freak
Fourth Course:
Guittard Chocolate Cake with Sichuan Peppercorn Ice Cream and California Raisin Syrup
Beer: Grand Cru
Green Flash brewer Chuck Silva at last year’s Mammoth Festival of Beers & Bluesapalooza.
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Dinner with the Brewmaster: Green Flash Brewery
Cathedral Hill Hotel, 1101 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California
415.674.3406 [ website ]
Green Flash notably just won some National IPA Championship, as seen here: http://www.brewingnews.com/nipac/nipacroundfinal.shtml
Though I’m not sure if I trust tasters who killed off HopDevil, Alesmith IPA and 60-Minute IPA in the first round, and didn’t include Racer 5 at all …