Posts Tagged ‘sausages’

BeerSomm Presents – Endless Belgian Beer & Sausage Fest

Tuesday, 20 September 2011 14:16 Written by beersomm 0 Comments

3.5hrs of exotic gourmet links & paired brews from Duvel & Ommegang, 10/11

Endless Belgian Beer & Sausage Fest – Thrillist Rewards
For a European alliance that would make even Austria Hungary, hit the Tour de France Belgian Beer & Sausage Fest: 9 French restos pairing unlimited juicy linkage with suds from and inspired by the best beer nation in the world. The meat of the matter covers everything from brats & French boudin blanc, to Moroccan merguez & PEI mussels served w/ chorizo, with each of the 9 cased meats prepped & explained by head chefs from Nice Matin, Cafe d’Alsace & more.

On the frothy tip, you’ll guzzle bottomless brew pairings from Flemish brewhouse Duvel, Brasserie d’Achouffe (a small-time Belgian concern out of… Achouffe), and Cooperstown, NY’s aficionado-praised Ommegang. Set yourself up with a 3.5hr VIP pass (starting at 630p) including an extra hour of early entry for media, special guests, and you; or if you can’t ditch work early, score a 2.5hr pass that’ll have you feasting by 730p — you won’t get to meet the press, but you’ll still get to meet the meat.

The pairings’re done by Gianni Cavicchi, Tour de France’s beer sommelier! Grab a VIP 3.5hr pass

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Duck’d Up for NY Craft Beer Week

Tuesday, 13 September 2011 14:03 Written by beersomm 0 Comments

Beer Somm Presents

Duck’d Up
NYC Craft Beer Week Zagat Beer Dinner
Café D’Alsace
Sept 16th-25th

Poutine D’Alsace
Frites, Cheese Curds, Mc Chouffe Gravy,
Torn Duck Leg Confit & Foie Gras
Brasserie d’Achouffe “Mc Chouffe” Achouffe, Belgium

Duck in a Blanket
Duck Sausage Resting In Puff Pastry With
Ommegang’s “Abbey Ale” Reduction, Cooperstown, NY


Roasted Crispy Duck Breast
Long Island Duck Breast, Potato Galette, Baby Vegetables,
Natural Duck Jus & Liefmans Cuvée Brut Coulis
Bronx Brewery “Bronx” Pale Ale, Bronx, NYC

Duck Leg Confit Over La Chouffe Risotto
Fava Beans, Asparagus & Snow Peas Topped With
Reggiano Cheese & Truffle Oil
Brasserie d’Achouffe “La Chouffe” Achouffe, Belgium

Floating Black Duck
Vanilla Ice Cream & Cracked Cookies Swimming In
Greenport Harbor’s “Black Duck” Porter, Greenport, Long Island




Executive Chef – Philippe Roussel
Beer Somm’s – Gianni Cavicchi & Gabriel Richter 


Devin’s Mini Beer Tour of Europe- Part 1. Prague

Friday, 09 September 2011 13:37 Written by beersomm 0 Comments

Part 1. Prague

Top places to try Czech, German, and Belgium beers in nine days.We recently did a mini tour of some of the greatest beer countries in Europe, hitting Czech Republic, Germany, and Belgium in nine days.
Here are some of the highlights…
PRAGUE 

Logically we began our tour in the Czech Republic, the birthplace of pilsner and the biggest beer consuming country (per capita) in the world. We had heard so much about “beer cheese” from our friends at Earls Beer and Cheese that we decided to visit first U Medvidku–the only hotel with a brewery in Prague.

The first thing we ordered was the beer cheese with a Czech Budweiser in the downstairs pub. The bread was buttery and crunchy with a nice kick from the raw garlic.

After we went upstairs where the U Medvidkubrewery is located and sampled. 

We choose the cloudy dark lager. This was one of the most interesting beers we sampled on the entire trip. It had a lively, slightly funky, bready, vanilla flavor with a deliciously creamy head. Many Americans would be surprised that a lager could be so complex.The next highlight was Prague Beer Museum with the country’s biggest selection Czech microbrews. Our favorites were d’Este by Ferdinand, Sedm Kuli by Ferdinand, and Kocour Samuraj IPA. The bartender was friendly and helpful and we got to try a wide variety of styles.

A safe bet for anyone is Portrefena Husa, which is a chain featuring tank Staropramen–our favorite of the bigger breweries. A stellar item on the menu was a Leffe beer spare ribs.Lokal, a traditional Czech cafeteria, also has Urquell from the tank and great Czech food. The same company that owns Lokal has recently opened a higher end restaurant in the Upper East Side in New York called Hospoda

Pivovarsky Klub offers a more subdued atmosphere but a staggering selection of bottles and a solid line up of taps. We asked about the sausage and beans on the menu and got a dry answer, “It’s sausage and beans…” We are glad we went for it. It was one of the most memorable dishes of the Trip

Firkin Friday 3: Hops vs. Heat

Sunday, 06 March 2011 16:40 Written by beersomm 0 Comments

Damon came up with a great idea for this week’s firkin night.  Sausages with beer, the timeless pairing/tradition, but what would be our twist?  We had a cask of Double Simcoe IPA from Weyerbacher brewery in Pennsylvania. Chef Philippe makes 8 different sausages @ Café D’Alsace including 2 that are uniquely spicy.  His duck sausage has green peppercorns that give a sharp fresh pinpointed heat blast to the gamey duck meat. He also makes a seriously spicy Merguze: a lamb sausage that originates in Morocco and gets its heat from the Tunisian Harissa chili. Harissa chill’s have more of an elevating and lingering heat attack.  Enter Hops vs. Heat.  Hops seem to redirect your palate from heat while injecting a citrus bitterness, but we don’t want to confuse the pairing we want to add to it.  Weyerbacher’s Double Simcoe IPA has an excellent tangerine, apricot sweetness profile that really compliments the hops, the heat and briny delicious sauerkraut. This is exactly the cyclical rollercoaster we wanted the pairing to ride.