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Head Chef Carl Sawatsky has created a masterful menu in celebration of the oft forgotten offal. Offal is a culinary term used to refer to the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. People in some cultures shy away from offal as food, while others use it every day. Central City Brewing Co. believes that when prepared properly the offal is a delicacy that must be experienced. With that in mind, they proudly present you with The Offal Tasty Beer Dinner!
Date: November 27, 2010 – 6:00pm
Cost: $40 or $35 for CAMRA Members
Cost includes a four course dinner and four 12oz beers
Tickets Can Be Purchased At:
Brewery Creek on Main and 16th in Vancouver
Firefly Fine Wines & Ales on Cambie and 12th in Vancouver
Central City Brewing Company at Central City Mall in Surrey
*Ticket sales cut off two weeks in advance to ensure the freshest meats available.
OFFAL TASTY BEER DINNER MENU
1st Course
Fried Veal Tongue Rillettes Studded with Black Truffle on Brioche with Pale Ale Jelly
~ Beer Pairing: Red Racer Pale Ale
Food Fact: Rillettes is a preparation of meat similar to pâté. Originally made with pork, the meat is cubed or
chopped, salted heavily and cooked slowly in fat until it is tender enough to be easily shredded, and then cooled
with enough of the fat to form a paste. They are normally used as spread on bread or toast and served at room
temperature.
2nd Course
Crispy Sweetbreads, Mushrooms, Asparagus and a B.C. Morel Mushroom Demi Glace
~ Beer Pairing: Red Racer White Ale
Food Fact: Sweetbreads or ris are culinary names for the thymus (throat, gullet, or neck sweetbread) and the
pancreas (heart, stomach, or belly sweetbread), especially of the calf (ris de veau) and lamb (ris d’agneau)
3rd Course
Phở Soup with Tripe, Offaly Good Meat Balls and Crispy Pig Ear Garnish
~ Beer Pairing: Red Racer Märzen
Food Fact: Phở is a Vietnamese Noodle Soup. The soup includes rice noodles and is often served with basil, lime, bean sprouts, and peppers that are added to the soup by the consumer.
4th Course
Lemon Meringue Surprise
~ Beer Pairing: Red Racer Tripel
*Please note menu items are subject to change
BE THE FIRST TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGE TO WIN 2 FREE TICKETS TO THE EVENT!
1) What medals did Central City/Red Racer win at the 2010 Canadian Brewing Awards?
2) What is the name of Central City’s brewmaster?
3) What type of beer style is “Thor’s Hammer”?
4) Central City had a brewmaster dinner during last year’s inaugural (2009) Vancouver Craft Beer Week festival. What restaurant venue hosted the dinner?
5) What is a Märzen?
{ 19 comments… read them below or add one }
1) Gold Medal : Red Racer Imperial IPA
Gold Medal : Red Racer American Style IPA
Gold Medal : Thor’s Hammer Barley Wine
Gold Medal : Thor’s Hammer Barley Wine
Gold Medal : Canadian Brewery of the Year 2010
2) Gary Lohin is Central City’s brewmaster.
3) Thor’s Hammer is a Barleywine style beer.
4) Alibi Room hosted the Central City brewmaster dinner during last year’s Craft Beer Week festival.
5) Marzen means March in German. March is the month when most of the beer was brewed before the invent of refrigeration for it became too hot to brew in the summer. Subsequently, this beer was kept in cold storage over the hotter months. It is a full bodied style of beer with a copper colour and medium to high alcohol.
1) Gold: American Style India Pale Ale & Imperial India Pale Ale. (Red Racer) Brewery of the Year!
Beer of the Year! (Thor’s Hammer Barley Wine)
2) Gary Lohin
3) Barley Wine. A.maze. (Don’t take my word for it – http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/10321/52943)
4) Alibi Room
5) “March beer” – A seasonal (usually darker) lager. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4rzen
1) Central City Brewery won three gold medals in addition to winning the coveted Canadian Brewery of the Year and Canadian Beer of the Year awards with their Barley Wine – Thor’s Hammer
2) GARY LOHIN
3) English Barleywine
4) Alibi Room
5) Märzen is the historic forerunner of the Oktoberfestbier. In the Middle Ages, brewers had a difficult time brewing good-tasting beers during the hot summer months when the brew could easily become infected with air-born bacteria. To have an ample supply of saleable beer on hand during the summer, brewers worked overtime in March to brew an extra strong and well-hopped beer that would keep for a long time. Märzen is German for March, so the beer came to be known for the month in which it was brewed.
In time, the March beer turned into an October beer. When the summer was over and it was safe to resume brewing again, the brewers needed to empty their kegs to make room for the new brews. That meant that Märzen had to be finished off in a hurry. Throw a little bit of merriment into the mix, and you’ve got an Oktoberfest with a Märzen beer party. Modern Märzen, like Oktoberfestbier, is always well-aged, usually for at least four to eight weeks. It is usually amber in color and has an alcohol content of 5 to 6.2%.
1) What medals did Central City/Red Racer win at the 2010 Canadian Brewing Awards?
- gold for Red Racer imperial IPA
- gold for Red Racer american style IPA
- gold for Thor’s Hammer barley wine
- Beer of the Year, Thor’s Hammer barley wine
2) What is the name of Central City’s brewmaster?
- Gary Lohin
3) What type of beer style is “Thor’s Hammer”?
- strong ale
4) Central City had a brewmaster dinner during last year’s inaugural (2009) Vancouver Craft Beer Week festival. What restaurant venue hosted the dinner?
- Alibi Room
5) What is a Märzen?
- traditional pale lager, classic Oktoberfest brew
• Central City Brewery won three gold medals in addition to winning the coveted Canadian Brewery of the Year and Canadian Beer of the Year awards with their Barley Wine – Thor’s Hammer
Gary Lohin is brewmaster.
Thor’s hammer is barley wine.
Alibi room hosted 2009 inaugural.
Märzen is the historic forerunner of the Oktoberfestbier. In the Middle Ages, brewers had a difficult time brewing good-tasting beers during the hot summer months when the brew could easily become infected with air-born bacteria. To have an ample supply of saleable beer on hand during the summer, brewers worked overtime in March to brew an extra strong and well-hopped beer that would keep for a long time. Märzen is German for March, so the beer came to be known for the month in which it was brewed.
1.a Best American Style India Pale Ale – Gold Medal (Red Racer IPA)
1.b Best Imperial India Pale Ale – Gold Medal (Red Racer IPA)
1.c Brewery of the Year
1.d Beer of the Year – Thor’s Hammer Barley Wine
2. Gary Lohin
3. English Barleywine
4. A Style of Lager beer
1) Central City Brewery won three gold medals in addition to winning the coveted Canadian Brewery of the Year and Canadian Beer of the Year awards with their Barley Wine – Thor’s Hammer.
Barley Wine – Gold, American Style India Pale Ale – Gold, Imperial India Pale Ale – Gold.
2) GARY LOHIN
3) Barley Wine
4) Alibi Room
5) Märzen or Märzenbier (German: March beer) is a style of lager beer.
1) Gold in American Style India Pale Ale, Gold in Barley Wine, Gold in Imperial India Pale Ale, Brewery of the Year, and Beer of the Year
2) Gary Lohin
3) Barley Wine
4) I think you mean 2010 being the inaugural festival. Central City had a dinner at Alibi Room
5) Marzen is a German oktoberfest (autumn) lager
Gold: Thor’s Hammer, Central City Brewery (BC)
Gold: Red Racer IPA, Central City Brewery (BC)
Gold: Red Racer Imperial, Central City Brewery (BC)
Brewery of the Year – Central City Brewery (BC)
Beer of the Year – Thor’s Hammer Barley Wine, Central City Brewery (BC)
Gary Lohin
Barley Wine
Alibi Room
Marzen is a barvarian beer.It’s medium to full body with some hop character and can have some sugar too. It’s delicious.
1) Gold for Imperial IPA
Gold for American IPA
Gold for Barley WIne
Gold for Beer of the Year
2) Gary Lohin
3) Barley Wine
4)Alibi
5) Marzen is a style of beer brewed traditionally in March and served over the summer and finished during Oktoberfest. It is a stronger version of a Vienna style. It is also called Marzenbier.
1) Barley Wine – Gold, Am. IPA – Gold, Imperial IPA – Gold.
2) Gary Lohin
3) Barley Wine
4) Alibi Room
5) A German Style of lager brewed to celebrate Oktoberfest.
1) Three gold medals
2) GARY LOHIN
3) Barley wine
4) Alibi Room
5) Oktoberfest style beer, a lager
1.) Gold, American Style IPA; Gold, Imperial IPA; Brewery of the Year; Beer of the Year and Barley Wine Gold, Thor’s Hammer.
2.) Gary Lohin
3.) Barley Wine
4.) Alibi Room
5.) A style of Lager beer originating from Bavaria.
Märzen is a style of Lager beer
1) Gold, Imperial IPA; Gold, American Style IPA; Gold, Barley Wine; Canadian Brewery of The Year.
2) Gary Lohin
3) Barley wine
4) Are you sure the inaugural VCBW was in 2009? Their site says May 2010, when The Alibi Room hosted Central City’s brewmaster dinner on May 12.
5) it’s a type of lager beer.
1) Barley Wine (Gold), American IPA (Gold), Imperial IPA (Gold), Brewery of the Year, Beer of the Year.
2) Gary Lohin.
3) Barley Wine.
4) The Alibi Room.
5) An amber German lager, traditionally brewed in March, and served at Oktoberfest.
Where do we send the answer to? I sent my response to Paul, lacking other information.
Silver Medal Barleywine style ale
Gary Lohin
Barleywine
Alibi Room
European Amber Lager also known as Octoberfest
My apologies, I didn’t have it all! This should be correct! Central City rules!
March 2010 Gold Medal: Pale Ale Catagory Red Racer ESB (Extra Special Bitter)
March 2010 Bronze Medla: Pale Ale Catagory Red Racer Pale Ale B
March 2010 Bronze Medal: IPA Catagory Red Racer IPA
March 2010 Silver Medal: Strong Beer Catagory Central City Thors Hammer BC Beer Awards