loaf Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I'm going to these events: Culture Yourself: A Premier Beer and Cheese Pairing Thursday, October 20, 6:30-8:30 pm Market Garden Brewery 1947 W. 25th Street, Cleveland OH 44113 NEW FLAGSHIP CBW EVENT! Beer and cheese are an age-old union. Both are fermented products that start originally from grain, one more directly than the other but both dependent on it. Join us for a night of obsessive beer and cheese pairings, featuring brews from 12 top breweries and over 30 artisanal, locally produced cheeses. Meet the brewers and cheesemakers themselves and discover your favorite beer and cheese pairings. Advance tickets are required at $35/person and include 25 two-ounce beer samples with cheese pairings. All proceeds benefit Malone Scholarship Fund. Must be 21 years of age. No children admitted. Sponsored by Market Garden Brewery, Heinen's, Bells Brewery and Culture Magazine. Featured Breweries: Bell's: Amber Ale, Oarsman Ale Victory: Storm King, Festbier, Hop Wallop, Headwaters New Holland: Sundog, Dragon's Milk, Imperial Hatter, Charkoota Rye Brew Kettle: Lambic, Octoberfest, White Rajah, Jackhammer BW North Coast: Old Stock Ale 2011, Brother Thelonious Abby Ale, Pranqster Golden, Le Merle Farmhouse Hoppin' Frog: BORIS, Frog's Hollow Double Pumpkin, Silk Porter, Outta Kilter Scotch Great Lakes: Nosferatu, Edmond Fitzgerald, Elliot Ness, Burning River Thirsty Dog: Cerberus Belgian Tripple, Hoppus Maximus, Old Leghumper, Labrador Lager Indigo Imp: Blonde Bombshell, Jester, Winter Soul, Gatekeeper Buckeye: CBW 2011, Paw Paw, Pumpkin Dead, Cleveland IPA Fat Heads: Autumn Fire, Head Hunter IPA, Bean Me Up, Lucifer's Lunacy Market Garden: Olde Zahn Octoberfest, Hot Soup Wet Hop Ale, Forest City Brown, Market Centennial Extra IPA, Wallace Tavern Scotch Ale, Pearl Street Wheat Featured Creameries: BelGioioso Cheese, WI Widmer's Cheese Cellars, WI Beerhive Cheese Co., UT Zingerman's Creamery, MI Sartori Cheese, WI Roth Kase USA, WI Carr Valley Cheese, WI MacKenzie Creamery, OH Lucky Penny Farm Creamery, OH Mayfair Creamery, OH Integration Acres, OH Great Lakes Cheese (Adams Reserve), OH Featured Charcuterie: Cremenelli Fine Meats, UT Ales on Rails Friday, October 21, 6:30-9:30 pm Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, Rockside Station 7900 Old Rockside Road, Independence 44131 Heidelberg Distributing hosts this delightful ride on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad that includes a scrumptious boxed supper courtesy of Winking Lizard and 7 delicious craft brews: Lager Heads Barnburner Lager, Ayinger Brau Weiss, Charles Wells Bombardier, Brooklyn Post Road Pumpkin Ale, Victory Golden Monkey, Anderson Valley Oatmeal Stout and Thirsty Dog Siberian Night. Advance tickets are required and range from $45-$80 depending on car selection. All proceeds benefit Malone Scholarship Fund. Must be 21 years of age. No children admitted. Boxed supper options: (1) Turkey n Bacon Avocado Sub (2) Roasted Vegetable n Hummus Sub Both options include an apple and chocolate brownie. BREWzilla: A Monster of a Beer Tasting Saturday, October 22, 6-10 pm Galleria at Erieview, downtown Cleveland CLEVELAND BEER WEEK concludes with this monster celebration featuring more than 70 breweries, a special “Ohio Brewery” area with various beers from local breweries, and tasty appetizers that pair well with craft brews. Brewer’s Circle tickets are $65 in advance ($75 at door, if available) and include expedited VIP entrance, tastes of rare/exclusive brews and food pairings in the Brewer’s Circle Lounge open all evening, 3 oz. tasting glass, 25 tasting tickets, a commemorative t-shirt, access to all General Admission beers/food, and a signed copy of the newly released book "Ohio Breweries" by local author Rick Armon. General Admission tickets are $40 in advance ($50 at door, if available) and include 3 oz. tasting glass, 25 tasting tickets, and complimentary food by Winking Lizard Tavern. Buy 10 or more General Admission tickets and save $5 each! Entertainment provided by Faction, voted NEO's #1 cover band by Fox8 viewers! All proceeds benefit Malone Scholarship Fund. Must be 21 years of age. No children admitted. Brewer's Circle menu courtesy of Heinen's and beers (updates in bold): Soup Station featuring Butternut Squash Soup, Tomato Bisque, Crab and Corn Bisque, Heinen's Chili Cheese Station Pretzel Sandwiches Hot Dips Station featuring Chorizo and Buffalo Dips Hand-carved Pork Station Bells: Oracle Buckeye: Aigre Bois d'Erique Fat Heads: Lucifer's Lunacy Belgo Wheat Wine Goose Island: Minx Great Lakes: Bourbon Barrel Aged Black Out Stout Market Garden: Hop Soup North Coast: 2006 Old Stock Ale Ommegang: Barrel Aged Adoration Samuel Adams: Oak Aged Porter Sierra Nevada: Torpedo Cask Smuttynose: 2005 Wheat Wine Stone: 2006, 2007, 2008 Imperial Stouts The Brew Kettle: Funk Works Oak Aged Grande Cru Thirsty Dog: Bourbon Barrel Aged 12 Dogs of Christmas Ale Victory: Coffee Brown Ale General Admission menu courtesy of Winking Lizard and beers (updates in bold): Gourmet pretzel roll with beer braised bratwurst patty covered in saurkraut and served with spicy mustard and potato chips Spicy black bean (vegetarian) burger topped with corn salsa and Chipotle hummus and served with potato chips 21st Amendment: Brew Free or Die IPA, Back in Black IPA Abita: Purple Haze, Pecan Harvest Alltech: Kentucky Light, Bourbon Barrel Ale, Kentucky Ale Anderson Valley: Mokeef Saison, Brothers David Tripel, Winter Ale, Hop Ottin IPA Aspall: Dry Cyder Avery: Joes Premium Pils, Avery White Rascal Belgian Wit Ayinger: Kirta Beer, Celebrator Bell's: Amber, Best Brown, Lager of the Lakes, Oarsman, 2010 Expedition Stout Bockor: Bellegems Bruin Boulder Beer: Mojo IPA, Hazed and Infused Breckenridge: Lucky U IPA, Agave Wheat, Vanilla Porter, Avalanche Brooklyn: IPA, Oktoberfest, Sorachi Ace, Local 2 Bruton: Stoner, Momus, Dieci Buckeye: Pumpkin Dead, Martian, Cleveland Beer Week 2011, Cleveland IPA Cellar Rats: Rat Tale Ale, Field Rat Wheat, Pipers IPA Charles Wells: Bombardier, Banana Bread Beer Chardon Brew Works: Pride of Geauga Maple Porter, Honey Kolsch Chimay: Red, White, Blue Chouffe: Houblon, McChouffe, LaChouffe Columbus: IPA, Bohdi Double IPA Cornerstone: 7, Bonnie Dundee, Rocket Cow Dark Horse: Crooket Tree IPA, Raspberry Ale, Reserve Special Black Bier, Boffo Brown, Scoty Karate Scotch Ale Dogfish Head: Burton Baton, Namaste Duvel: Duvel Single Epic: Brainless Belgian Golden, Hopulent IPA, Galloway Porter, Brainless on Cherries, Brainless on Peaches, Imperial Red, Big Bad Baptist Erie: Railbender, Specialty Fat Heads: Head Hunter IPA, Spooky Tooth Imperial Pumpkin Flying Dog: Raging Bitch, Doggie Style Pale Ale Forst: Lager, Sixtus Founders: Centennial IPA, Red's Rye, Porter, Breakfast Stout, Harvest Franziskaner: Hefe-Weisse Fruli: Strawberry Fuller's: 1845, Vintage Global Beer Network: Witterkerke Winter White, Magma Special Edition Cascade, Cains Bitter, Cains Dark Mild Goose Island: Demolition, Pepe Nero, Matilda Gordon Biersch: Czech Pilsner, Marzen Great Lakes: Edmund Fitzgerald, Commodore Perry, Rye of the Tiger, Cleveland Brown Ale Green Flash: West Coast IPA, Hop Head Red, Double Stout, Imperial IPA, 30th Street Pale Griffin Cider Works: Griffin Original English-Style Cider Harpoon: IPA, Octoberfest Heavy Seas: Davey Jones Lager, Plank 1, Loose Cannon, Harvest Ale Hofbrau: Original, Dunkel Hopf: Weiss Bock, Hell Weiss Hoppin' Frog: Frogs Hollow Double Pumpkin Ale, Hop Dam Triple IPA, BORIS Oatmeal Imperial Stout, DORIS Double Imperial Stout Indigo Imp: Blonde Bombshell, Jester, Gatekeeper, Winter Solstice Ithaca: Apricot Wheat, Excelsior 13, Flower Power, Cold Front Jolly Pumpkin: Luciernaga, Calabaza Blanca Kulmbacher: EKU28, Moncshof Schwarzbier, Moncshof Kellerbier, Kulmbacher Pils Lagerheads: Imperial Coffee Stout, Barnburner Golden German Lager, Tyranny Pale Ale, Oktoberfest Lagunitas: IPA, Hop Stoopid, Censored, Lil Sumpin Sumpin Ale Left Hand: Stranger Pale Ale, 400 Pound Monkey, Milk Stout, Fade to Black, 2010 Chainsaw Liefmanns: Cuvee Brut, Fruitess, Goudenband Lost Coast: Tangerine Wheat, Indica IPA Magic Hat: #9, Howl Market Garden: Market Centennial Extra IPA, Wallace Tavern Scotch Ale, Old School American Lager, Pearl Street Wheat Maumee Bay: Mt. Carmel: Amber Ale, Wintertime Ale, Nut Brown Ale Napa Smith: Lost Dog Amber Ale, Original IPA New Holland: Dragon's Milk, Poet Oatmeal Stout, El Mole Ocho, Ichabod Pumpkin, Hopivore North Coast: Old Rasputin, Brother Thelonius, Red Seal, Pranqster North Peak: Diabolical IPA, Vicious Wheat IPA, Wanderer Session IPA, Siren Amber Ale, Hooligan Hoppy Pumpkin O'Haras: Irish Stout Ohio Brewing: Verich Gold, Alt-ernative Amber, O'Hoppy Ale IPA Ommegang: BPA, 3 Philosophers, Adoration Penn: Penn Pils, St. Nikolaus Bock Pyramid: Snow Cap, Haywire Rivertown: Hop Bomber, Bourbon Barrel Aged Hop Bomber, Lambic Rochefort: Rochefort 8 Rocky River: Blueberry Ale, Granger City Stout Rogue: John John Dead Guy Ale, Juniper Pale Ale Rooster Fish: Nut Brown, Belgian, Hop Warrior Samuel Adams: Double Pumpkin, Maple Pecan Porter, Harvest Collection Mixed Samuel Smith: Yorkshire Stingo Sierra Nevada: Torpedo, 2x4 Belgian Ale, Bourbon Barrel Aged Fritz & Ken Smuttynose: Finest Kind IPA, Homonoclus, Shoals Pale Ale, Old Brown Dog Southern Tier: Phin and Matts, Creme Brulee, UnEarthly IPA, I-90, Pumpking, 2XIPA Spaten: Octoberfest Stone: Belgo Imperial Stout, Double Bastard 2010 Vintage, Arrogant Bastard, Cali Belgique Tallgrass: Oasis, IPA The Brew Kettle: White Rajah IPA, Winter Warmer Christmas Ale, Spalt Bomb Pilsner, BBA Jack Hammer Barleywine Thirsty Dog: Old Druid Bloodhound Saison, 330 Summit IPA, Hoppus Maximus, Cerberus Three Floyds: Alpha King, Pride and Joy Mild Tommyknocker: Hop Strike Black IPA, Maple Nut Brown Troegs: Trogenator Dopplebock, Hopback Amber, Javahead Stout, Perpetual Pale Ale, Mad Elf Two Brothers: Resistance IPA, French Country Ale, Heavy Handed IPA, Seasonal TBD Vanberg and DeWulf: Hop Ruiter, Cuvee Des Trolls, Saison Dupont, Peche Mel Unibroue: La Fin Du Monde, Maudite, Trois Pistoles, Ephemere Victory: Hop Devil, Golden Monkey, Prima Pils, Headwaters Weihenstephaner: Korbinian, Vitus Weyerbacher: Double Simcoe IPA, Autumnfest Widmer: Nelson Imperial IPA Willoughby: Moonshadow IPA, Peanut Butter Cup Coffee Porter, Pumpkinhead Pumpkin Ale, Wenceslas Christmas Ale Wooden Shoe: Wooden Shoe, Canoe Pale Ale, Lager, Bock, Oktoberfest Wychwood: Hobgoblin, Holy Grail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby's Hubby Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 will Peyton Hillis be lifting kegs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 Really looking forward to trying these at Brewzilla. If anyone has any other suggestions for can't miss, let's hear'em. thanks. Brewer’s Circle: Ommegang: Barrel Aged Adoration Victory: Coffee Brown Ale North Coast: 2006 Old Stock Ale Stone: 2006, 2007, 2008 Imperial Stouts Great Lakes: Bourbon Barrel Aged Black Out Stout Bells: Oracle Goose Island Minx Smuttynose: 2005 Wheat Wine General Admission: Columbus: Bohdi Double IPA Sierra Nevada: Bourbon Barrel Aged Fritz & Ken Stone: Double Bastard 2010 Vintage Troegs: Perpetual Pale Ale Bell's: 2010 Expedition Stout Rivertown: Bourbon Barrel Aged Hop Bomber Hoppin' Frog: DORIS Double Imperial Stout Founders Harvest Ale Sierra Nevada: 2x4 Belgian Ale Rivertown: Lambic Brew Kettle: Bourbon Barrel Aged Jack Hammer Barleywine Southern Tier: I-90 Pale Ale North Peak: Hooligan Hoppy Pumpkin Epic: Big Bad Baptist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsfan Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Epic: Big Bad Baptist Good stuff. Nice, balanced imperial stout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I wish Durham would have a beer week as opposed to the World Beer Fest we have. That thing has basically just become a frat party where you pay to get in and slam as much beer as you can. Almost nobody sends their coolest beers nor anyone from the brewery who knows anything because people are just looking to "sample" as much as they can, as fast as they can. Off in the corner, they do have a tent with some discussions and I was invited to be a part of a food and beer pairing panel, but it seems way less cool in general than others I've heard about in other cities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 The beer and cheese pairing was awesome. Overly crowded and maybe it thinned out because of it. Whatever the reason, there was some great cheese/meats/beers to be had. Fathead's sent their award winning head hunter IPA as well as a seasonal chocolate pumpkin stout that was outstanding. Bell's had 4 bottles of which I only sampled the Oarsmen Ale as I've seen it many times but never bought it. It was great and will be in my next beer cart when I go beer shopping. Hoppin' Frog's Boris the Crusher Oatmeal stout was as thick and heady as I remember. A really awesome pumpkin creve that was just like cheesecake was on sample. I had multiples. I also tried the Victory Imperial Stout which was pretty heavy. Really tasty. For only having seven breweries, there was plenty to choose from. One guy from Utah brought an earl grey tea rined cheese. Don't remember the style but it was incredible. Especially when paired with the Victory Pale Ale, a suggestion from one of the Conway's, a founder of Great Lakes. The meats were from Utah as well. I don't remember the name of the place, I've got all the flyers at home in my bag, but he did really well. Especially with his spicy somethingorother. Speaking of spicy, there was this one cheese that was a smoky, spicy goat cheese that they guy paired with a paw paw. Pretty cool. I knew I should have brung my notepad and pen. Tonight is Ales on Rails and I can't wait... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 So the Ales on Rails wasn't quite as much drinking as the Cheese event. And we were in coach, which meant were were knee to knee with a couple strangers who we had no choice to make friends with. Nice late 30s couple. She's a partner in an engineering firm and he's a consultant working for the local NASA branch. Which led me to wonder why they didn't buy the 80 buck seats since they could clearly afford it. Maybe they bought late. He was gregarious and kept after the servers to hand him the bottle. After we'd sample all 6, it was a free for all with folks raiding the coolers and bringing back bottles to their cars/seats. The Ayinger seemed to be the crowd favorite as many of the bottles disappeared rather quickly. Followed by the Victory Golden Monkey. One of the brewers from Victory came by and we asked what his most popular was, HopDevil was first followed by the GM. He also said he makes a batch of around 200 kegs of an Octoberfest for a local chain (Winking Lizard). That's a sizable order. I'm not a barley wine fan so I only had a couple ounces of the Brooklyn Monster. The Stouts were awesome but I love them. tonight it's BrewZilla and man oh man, this will be a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 BrewZilla was flat out nucking futs. Just awesome. The BBA Fritz and Ken's The BBA Edmund Fitzgerald All the Epics The Bell's Oracle the Women The BBA 12 Dogs of Christmas Sierra Nevada's Cask Conditioned Torpedo Stone 06, 07 and 08 Imperial Stouts Southern Tier I-90 (brewed for this) Victory's Coffee Brown Ale The Pork sliders with garlic aioli Two Brothers Long Haul just too many to list. Love this event. I don't remember the ride home so I must have fallen asleep. I did wake up in my chair at 4:45 this morning, fully clothed, then went to bed. 365 days till the next one...it is a leap year in '12 Putting to rest another awesome Beer Week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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