July
17, 2008
Tonight was the Brewer's Ball at the Gator! A five-course
gourmet meal prepared with microbrews and paired with microbrews.
Vana's boyfriend Joe designed and prepared the meal! For our
first beer, we had the Great Lakes Imperial Dortmunder.
And for the first course, Imperial Dortmunder poached scallops
served over a creamy parmesan bacon risotto.
The next beer was the Buckeye Brewery Hippie IPA.
Cheers!
Vana and Summer!
The second course was vegetarian Hippie IPA onion soup topped
with gruyere cheese.
Ben is loving his soup!
The third course was a watermelon salad with feta, honeydew,
microgreens and toasted pistachios with a raspberry ale and
basil vinaigrette.
This course was paired with Thirsty Dog Cerebus 10 Dog Ale,
my favorite beer of the night. It was DELICIOUS. Also notice
that now I am wearing tie-dyed prom gloves! Melody gave them
to me!
FANCY!
A brewer from Thirsty Dog tells us all about his beer.
Dan Gates gives a speech.
BEER!
For the fourth course, we had Jackie O's Porter braised boar
with mixed mushrooms and mashed purple fingerling potatoes,
topped with a roasted corn sour cream.
Summer and I love meat.
That course was paired with Columbus Brewing Company 90 Shilling
Scottish Ale.
And for dessert, we had black velvet cake layered with Imperial
Stout crème brulee, topped with java stout ice cream.
The dessert was paired with Jackie O's Black Betty, which
is INCREDIBLE.
There's my little sweet tooth!
The whole meal was incredible, and it was so neat to taste
all of the different beer flavors. YUM!
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