If there’s any reason to pry yourself away from the Toronado’s 20th anniversary celebration this Saturday, this is it. Beer Chef Bruce Paton is hosting his next beer dinner, which will feature Shaun O’Sullivan and the beers of 21st Amendment Brewery. It will be a three-course dinner and well worth the $65 price of admission. It will be held at the Cathedral Hill Hotel on Saturday, August 11, 2007, beginning with a reception at 6:30 p.m. Call 415.674.3406 for reservations. Although not on the menu, the Watermelon Funk is rumored to be part of the dinner. The Funk is Shaun’s Watermelon Wheat sparked with Brettanomyces and aged on wood up at Russian River Brewing. And while there is no sole on the menu — the fish is salmon — perhaps Shaun will regale us with a little dance, maybe even to Fatboy Slim’s Funk Soul Brother.
The Menu:
Reception: 6:30 PM
Beer Chef’s Hors D’Oeuvre
21st Amendment IPADinner: 7:30 PM
First Course
Smoked Salmon Tower with Heirloom Tomatoes and Cucumber Gelee and Scallion Crème Fraiche
Beer: Watermelon Wheat
Second Course:
Slow Roasted Berkshire Pork Tenderloin with Cambazola Flan and Ancho Jus
Beer: Double Trouble Imperial IPA
Third Course:
Chocolate Triple Threat
Beer: General Pippo’s Porter
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Dinner with the Brewmaster: 21st Amendment
Cathedral Hill Hotel, 1101 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California
415.674.3406 [ website ]