Showing posts with label beer dinners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beer dinners. Show all posts

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Jujube and Dos Perros Beer Dinners

Three delicious sounding beer dinners coming up at these 2 Durham restaurants. One features Dogfish Head beers, and the other two feature a different brewery with each course. The menus are as follows:

The Dogfish Head Beer, 7 pm November 23, at Dos Perros ($45):

  • Reception, 60 Minute IPA
  • Tamal con queso y rajas (Green chile and cheese tamale), Pangea Ale
  • Camarones con yerba santa y guajillo (Herb-wrapped shrimp with garlic and guajillo sauce), 90 Minute IPA
  • Mole Coloradito (Roasted chicken with red mole), Raison D’Etre
  • Borrego rostizado (Roasted goat with oregano), India Brown Ale
  • Costillas con tamarindo (Tamarind-glazed beef ribs with roasted carrots), Palo Santo Marron

Beer Geek Winter Cage Match Dinner menus ($42 each):

7 p.m. Dec. 8 at Jujube

  • Shrimp toast and sesame-fried plantains with sweet chili sauce, Victory Moonglow Weizenbock
  • Seared scallop with cashews and black vinegar caramel, Highland Cold Mountain Winter Ale
  • Kung Pao deconstructed, Rogue Mogul Madness
  • Black soy and shaoxing braised beef with turnip cake, Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
  • Five-spice ice cream with chocolate sauce, Bell’s Special Cream Stout

7 p.m. Dec. 9 at Dos Perros

  • Chicharones y “chicharones” con nopales (Braise pork cracklings and cactus with crispy wheat chips), Victory Moonglow Weizenbock
  • Almendrado de camarones (Shrimp in almond sauce), Highland Cold Mountain Winter Ale
  • Pierna de puerco en adobado (Roasted pork leg with adobo sauce), Rogue Mogul Madness
  • Pato en mole negro (Roasted duck with black mole), Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
  • Camotes con tamarindo (Candied sweet potatoes with tamarind syrup and pumpkin seed brittle, Bell’s Special Cream Stout

More info about the restaurants can be found here (Dos Perros) and here (Jujube).

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Sierra Nevada Beer Dinner

Brixx at Meadowmont in Chapel Hill is hosting a Sierra Nevada beer dinner on Tax Day, April 15. It looks very appetizing, and the Sierra Nevada beers rarely dissappoint, although it would be nice to see some Bigfoot in there. I've pasted in the menu below:

Reception
Taco de Chorizo y Papas Con Queso Fresco Natural
Spicy Sausage and Potato in a Crispy Tortilla with Fresh Cheese
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

1st
Pozole Verde
Green Pork and Hominy Stew
Sierra Nevada ESB

2nd
Chile Relleno con Carne y Queso Fresco
Stuffed Poblano Chile with Beef and Fresh Cheese
Served with Almond-Cilantro Pesto and Red Pepper Chipotle Coulis
Sierra Nevada Summerfest

3rd
Taco de Pescado con Aguacate y Salsa de Frutas Tropical
Wood Roasted Mahi Mahi Taco with Avocado and Tropical Fruit Salsa
Sierra Nevada Torpedo

Dessert
Mexican Chocolate Bread Pudding with Cherries, Porter and White Chocolate
Sierra Nevada Porter

Tickets are $40/person, and can be reserved by calling
(919) 929-1942.