Savor: Pairing Food and Beer
Looking forward to attending Savor, a sold-out food and beer event sponsored by the craft brewers conference Saturday night in Washington, D.C. One drawback: The last session starts at 9:30 p.m. and could end up running dangerously close to my bed time.
This event matches fine foods, such as Maryland crab-cake sliders, with fine beers such as Brooklyn Local 1 Strong Gold Ale and Stoudt's Pils. Can't wait to see which beer wins this matchup.
Here is a list of the food and beer pairings.
I attended last year's Savor session in Washington. Pretty classy.
Anybody else go?
What did you think?
Baltimore Sun photo 2006
Comments
I enjoyed the event despite some inevitable first-year glitches.
But there was certainly an irony in listening to Sam Calagione and some of the other speakers talking about beer being the more "democratic"/affordable beverage than wine while in the middle of a clearly "upscale" event for which a ticket--not for the entire event, but for only a single session--was $85.
Although it's great to see beer getting the respect it is due as a varied and complex beverage that pairs wonderfully with a variety of foods, I hope craft brewers don't lose sight of the desirability of keeping beer accessible to "the masses" while educating our audience about how beer isn't just a flavourless fizzy pale yellow liquid.
Bob great post, the risk of beer becoming too much like wine, something people " collect" rather than enjoy. Rob
Posted by: Bob Paolino | May 27, 2009 1:02 PM
Went last year and am going again this year. We need something like this in Baltimore, maybe a lower key version.
Posted by: Dicky | May 28, 2009 10:14 PM