Without diminishing all of the great beer dinners I’ve attended this year, I think I’m anticipating this one more keenly than any dinner all year. I’ll have returned home the following day from “Hop School” and will be fairly itching for hoppy beers. How could I do better than this? Beer Chef Bruce Paton’s next beer dinner will feature both Adam Avery, from Avery Brewing in Boulder, Colorado, and Vinnie Cilurzo, from Russian River Brewing in Santa Rosa, California.

It will be a four-course dinner and well worth the $85 price of admission. It will be held at the Cathedral Hill Hotel on Friday, August 31, 2007, beginning with a reception at 6:30 p.m. Call 415.674.3406 for reservations by August 23, though sooner will increase your odds of getting a seat at the table.

The Menu:

Reception: 6:30 PM

Beer Chef’s Hors D’Oeuvre

Beer: Avery IPA and Blind Pig IPA

Dinner: 7:30 PM

First Course

Torchon of Foie Gras with Egg Nog Brioche Toast and Vanilla Poached Stone Fruit

Beer: Avery Salvation and Russian River Salvation

Second Course:

Pan Roasted Skate Filet with Ginger Butter and Spicy Cilantro Pesto

Beer: Avery The Majarajah and Russian River Pliny the Elder

Third Course:

Olive Oil Poached Breast of Duck with Confit “Shepherds Pie”, Corn Fig Relish and Orange Gastrique

Beer: Avery The Reverend and Russian River Damnation Batch 23

Fourth Course:

Chocolate Collaboration

Beer: Avery Fourteen and Russian River Toronado Anniversary Ale / Collaboration Toast

 
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Dinner with the Brewmasters: Avery & Russian River

Cathedral Hill Hotel, 1101 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California
415.674.3406 [ website ]