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One of my favorite things about working in the Craft Beer industry is that we can be friends with other craft brewers. The camaraderie of craft brewers is unlike anything I’ve seen in previous jobs. And ultimately, we’re all promoting the concept of “better beer”.

Along that theme, extraordinary chef Bruce Paton is having a great-sounding beer dinner on April 20th at the Cathedral Hill Hotel in San Francisco. I saw this beer dinner at the The California Craft Beer Newsletter blog (see link for all the pertinent information) - and the beer dinner looks exquisite. There are five participating breweries (with their brewmasters being in attendance):

Rod Todd, Allagash, Portland, ME
Adam Avery, Avery Brewing, Boulder, CO
Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head, Milton, DE
Tomme Arthur, Port Brewing/Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA
Vinnie Cilurzo, Russian River, Santa Rosa, CA.

These are heavyweights in craft beer, and they’ll all be there. I had the privilege of going to a beer dinner hosted by Chef Paton and it surpassed all my expectations (more on that event later this week). If I lived in San Francisco, I’d definitely be at this event. My favorite course from the upcoming beer dinner is called “A Study in Duck” - not entirely sure what that means, actually.

There’s a great (and affordable) Flying Dog beer dinner in the Atlanta area next week at Urban Flats (technically in Lawrenceville). The beers being poured are:

In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen
Snake Dog IPA
Horn Dog Barley Wine
Old Scratch Amber Lager
Gonzo Imperial Porter

We’ve been informed the menu will be a special surprise. Here’s more info about the venue:

Urban Flats is a casual dining destination featuring an eclectic fusion of ancient world style flatbread in a modern urban setting, using the freshest ingredients inspired by the region and season along with tastefully selected wines from around the world.

Our focus is on the Flatbread, which dates back centuries ago being the first creation of bread. Grains were put into a pot over the fire and cooked into porridge. Ultimately this grain mixture was spread onto a rock next to the fire and thus the first flat cakes were made.

Atlanta - The Avenues
1250 Scenic Highway SW
Lawrenceville, GA 30045

6PM-9PM

$20 prepay before March 23rd, $25 after the 23rd and at the door

Have you looked at the Education Salon schedule of events for Savor? It’s looking to be pretty awesome. The Brewer’s Association is really bringing in some big names, and it’s getting me pretty excited about this first-year festival/experience/whatever they’re calling it. Here’s a link to each presenter’s bio, too.

I’m definitely looking forward to the first Salon, called “Cheese & Beer: Two Arts that Taste Great Together”, which is being given by Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster Garret Oliver. I’ve been reading his book “The Brewmaster’s Table” which is a must-read for anyone interested in pairing beer and food.

I also think that the “Getting Started with Beer and Food” session will be great, with speakers
Randy Mosher (Siebel Institute of Technology), Jim Koch (Boston Beer Company) and Rick Martin (Free State Brewing Company). My main question, however, is if this is about getting started with beer and food why isn’t it the first salon?

Savor is a beer and food experience (read: festival/conference) that is happening May 16-17 in Washington DC, and is put on by the Brewer’s Association (the same people who bring you the Great American Beer Festival and the World Beer Cup). Savor will be America’s most prestigious food and beer event featuring world class speakers, presentations and a sampling of some America’s finest beers with cuisine to match. There are eight official supporting breweries, of which Flying Dog Brewery is one. Other supporting breweries include Dogfish Head, Brooklyn Brewery, and Rogue. Definitely check out the Beer & Food pairings.

I’ll be traveling out to Savor and will be bringing you real-time updates on the conference, everything from Twitter posts to blog entries to video segments. If you can’t make it out, we’ll do our best to bring the conference to you! gioco baccarat gratisgiochi slotsdownload roulette gratiscasino italiani con bonuscasino games progiochi blackjack in lineagioco kenocasinos gamesgambling casinogiocare gratis casinoblackjack in lineavideo poker strategymetodi per vincere alla roulettesexy casino onlinegiochi video pokervideo poker per pccasino sanremo onlinevideo poker gamegiochi jack black in lineagiochi casino flashgiochi casino online gratiseurobarre casino on netgioco in lineagioco pc casinoclub player casino888 casinogioco video poker gratis,video poker,video poker on linecasino on line con bonuscasino on line gamblingplay blackjack onlineroulette game downloadcasino 10 euro gratiscasino paypalcasino online sicurisistemi roulettedownload giochi casino,giochi on line casino,giochi casinogiochi on line casinoslots on linegioco gratuitoprofessional video pokercasino virtuale,giochi casino denaro virtuale,casino virtuale gratisvideo poker online gratisi migliori casino onlineroulette russagold casinowww casino online comsoftware roulettegioco keno in lineavideo poker machinebetandwin casino

This month’s session is about Organic Beer, and this month is hosted by the wonderful blog Beer Activist. Already there are some wonderful blog entries from a wide variety of beer bloggers about many different organic beers. It’s my goal here to help educate you guys a little bit about cooking with organic food.

What is organic food? Wikipedia has a good (but lengthy) section about what organic food is. Here’s a good overview, taken from the first paragraph of the Wikipedia link:

Organic foods are produced according to a certain production standard. For crops, it means they were grown without the use of conventional pesticides, artificial fertilizers, human waste, or sewage sludge, and that they were processed without ionizing radiation or food additives.[1] For animals, it means they were reared without the routine use of antibiotics and without the use of growth hormones. In most countries, organic produce must not be genetically modified. however by definition GMO’s do not use pesticides or fertilizers to prevent disease, therefore are organic just not socially accepted as natural or ‘organic’.

Organic Kitchen, although maybe not the nicest-looking site, has a good set of links about Organic Gardening. Seeing that this is the time when people plant their home gardens (at least in Colorado), these links will help you get started down the path of organic gardening.

One of my favorite sites, Treehugger had a great article on organic food from about 6 months ago. It’s a very detailed blog entry, and pretty technical. But if you’re really interested in this, it’s a great resource for those looking to learn a great deal about organic food.

The organic beer trend is hardly a new one, as referenced by this Co-op America entry about organic beer. Their lists of organic beer aren’t up-to-date, but this link will give you a good idea of where the organic beer revolution began.

Looking for organic beer, but too lazy to actually go to a store to seek it out? Never fear, because Diamond Organics has mail order organic beer. Their beers are single beers, so you can get an assortment of organic beer to complement the food from your organic garden without leaving the house!