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[captain_phil]

First off, Happy Birthday wishes goin out to may_lyn and itzwicks.


I survived the Greater Huntington Homebrewers association Holiday Beer/Food Match last night, and as promised,

Apertif
Pretzels, veggies, and dip, with a Pilsner Urguell

Appetizer

Smoked Salmon Pate with a Griffin Spit IPA

Kraut Balls with an Abita Amber

Soups

Butternut Squash Soup with Bells Two Hearted IPA

Roasted Potato Soup with Weltenburger Klosterbier

Salad

Oriental Mandarin Orange and Spinach Sald with Kirin Ichiban.

Entrees

Smoked Turkey and Portabella Mushrooms with a Scottish 80

Stuffed Manicotti with Duvenbeck's Dortmunder Style Lager

Puerco y papa al guajilo(slow roasted pork with quajillo chilies) with Miller High Life. Yep you read that right. He brought up a silver champagne bucket with Miller High Life bottles in it. He did a presentation about how this was a celebration and that people have celebrated for ages with cooked pork, and what better beer for a celebration than The All American Union Made Champagne of Beers, Miller High Life. He then said "but for those of you with more pedistrian tastes I also have some Oak Bastard Ale"

For the Palate Cleanser there was a good Sparkling Rasberry Ginger Mead

Next up were some more Entrees

Seafood Paella and Goose Island Honker's Ale

Flemish Stew Served over Noodles with Brassere Dachouffe Belgian Golden Ale

After the Entrees was a Pre-Dessert of "High Octane Eggnog"

Then it was

Chocolate Cherry Cake with Fudge Icing and a Sweet Stout

Caramel Walnut Banana Torte with a mild ale

Truffle Cherries with Bourbon Barrel Porter

To round out the evening it Peach and Rasberry Lambics.