Our celebration of the 100 Year Anniversary of the founding of the Coeur d’Alene Brewing Company continues with a Brewer’s Dinner at the Steam Plant Grill and at the Coeur d’Alene Brewpub.

 

On Sunday, June 8, we will have a Brewer’s Dinner at the Coeur d’Alene Brewpub.  We will feature four courses of food each paired with one of our beers.  We will also have a tour of the production and bottling area of the brewery, during which we will feature our 100 Year Anniversary Barley Wine.  The barley wine has been aging and getting ready to be served for six months; our brewers who have been sampling and testing it while it ages and mellows assure me that it will be a real treat.  The menu includes an appetizer of crab cakes paired with Golden Ale, a salad course matched with Hot Foot IPL (yes, an IPA, but using a lager yeast in place of an ale yeast), an entrée featuring lamb stew using one of the last two kegs of our Maibock and finishing with a Strawberry Swirl Pie and Strawberry Hefeweizen.  You can see, most of the beers are seasonal or brewed just for our Anniversary, so this is a great opportunity to try some special beers and talk to our brewers about their craft.

 

On Sunday, June 29, we will do a similar dinner at the Steam Plant Grill, but we will add another course and another beer.  We will start with a discussion of the art of beer tasting and will take a break before desert for a tour of the small brewery which supplies the Steam Plant Grill with a number of their beers.  The menu features an appetizer of salmon cakes paired with Golden Ale, a salad course matched with Hot Foot IPL (this may be a one-time beer, so it is worth a try), a soup course using local mushrooms and prepared with and accompanied by the last of our Maibock, and a dessert featuring Strawberry Hefewiezen.  The entrée for this dinner is an ale-brined Berkshire Pork prime chop served with our Scottish Ale.  Again, brewers will be on hand to talk about their craft.

These dinners celebrate our beers, but obviously the leadership in our kitchens deserve credit as well.  Shawn Murphy, our Director of Operations, Barry Mathews, our Head Chef, and Brandon Knutson, our Sous Chef, all work with and enjoy coming up with dishes that use and compliment our beers, so our hats off to them.

Because of the special courses, these dinners can only be attended by reservation.  You can make reservations at the Coeur d’Alene Brewpub at 208-664-BREW (2739) or the Steam Plant Grill at 509-777-3900.  Each dinner will start at 6 pm.  
 

It has been a while since we have done one of these dinners, but they are a lot of fun and informative.  If you enjoy beer, you owe it to yourself to come to one.  If you have questions, please give us a call at the numbers above or e-mail me at gstromberg@cdabrewing.com.

Gage Stromberg

President – Coeur d’Alene Brewing Company