Midwest Beer Fest in Ft Mitchell!!, August 7th12 12to 4::00 p.m. and 6-11

[supa]

How did we miss this.. Selection is OK, no great mysteries..



The Great Midwest International Beer Festival will feature more than 100 varieties beers
Contributed By: Howard Mitchell | Capital Communications Alliance

The Festival is a partner with the Greater Cincinnati Independent Restaurants (GCIR), a coalition of 42 locally-based restaurants who are not part of a national chain and who promote local and sustainable consumption. The Beer Festival is the kick-off of Restaurant Week, coming September 13-19 at all area GCIR locations.

In a region where “beer” and Cincinnati are nearly synonymous, craft brewers and large brewers alike will present a variety of beers ranging from England’s Boddington’s to such local brews as Mt. Carmel, Rivertown and Samuel Adams to such craft beers as
Chicago’s Goose Island and New Hampshire’s Smuttynose to Hoegaarden, the famed
Belgian wheat beer whose history dates back to 1445. (For a list, scroll down.)

“We’re delighted that such local restaurants as Bella Luna, Washington Platform, Jag’s,
The View, and the Oriental Wok will prepare food and offer customers sample small
plates,” said Shannon Purkiss, GCIR marketing coordinator.

In addition, purveyors of fine foods will offer samples of their unusual foods and offer recipes, and chefs from the GCIR will demonstrate and prepare recipes that show cooking with beer and offer food samples.

Among other things, the participating chefs will conduct a “Beer & Burgers” feature, in which the chefs will take a beer and create their vision of the “perfect bite” to create their perfect bite for that beer

These chefs include (more to be added):

? Matt Winteroud from the Summit Restaurant at MCI;
? Sean McCoy from the Brown Dog Café in Blue Ash;
? Michelle Brown from Jags Steak & Seafood in West Chester;
? Owner Mac Ryan from Mac’s Pizza Pub near the University of Cincinnati;
? Owner/Operator Jon Diebold of Washington Platform;
? Guy Burgess, chef at the Oriental Wok in Fort Mitchell, who’s a national beer judge and an instructor at the Midwest Culinary Institute;
? Harry & Gay Stephens, owners of Bella Luna on Eastern Avenue and The View on Victory Parkway.

The “Beer Fest” will have two sessions on August 7: 12 noon to 4::00 p.m. and an
evening session beginning at 6:00 p.m. and ending at 11:00 p.m.

GCIR will donate a Portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and volunteers from the Society will man the beer taps.

Admission is $40 per person, which will include unlimited tastes of beer and food
samples; “designated drivers” may come for $10 and receive unlimited soft drinks and
food. Tickets at the door are $45.

For more information on the Great International Beer Festival, and to see updates on
beers and new participating restaurants, go to www.intlbeerfest.com.

Craft Beer Guide
For the 2010 Great Midwest International Beer Festival

CHRISTIAN MOERLEIN BREWERY
Christian Moerlein Helles Christian Moerlein OTR Pale Ale
Christian Moerlein Seasonal Christian Moerlein Barbarossa

LEINENKUGEL
Leinenkugel Summer Shandy Leinenkugel Classic Amber
Leinenkugel Honey Weiss Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat

SPATEN
Spaten Lager Spaten Optimator
Franziskaner Dunkel-Weiss Franziskaner Hefeweizen

GREAT LAKES BREWING COMPANY
Great Lakes Burning River Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold
Great Lakes Elliott Ness Great Lakes Commodore Pedrry
Great Lakes Holy Moses

BLUE MOON
Blue Moon Belgian White Blue Moon Honey Moon Summer Ale
Peroni Pilsner Urquell

MAGIC HAT

Magic Hat #9 Pyramid Haywire Hefeweizen
Summit Extra Pale Ale Summit Horizon Red Ale

NORTH AMERICAN BREWERY/PABST BREWING COMPANY

J.W. Dundee IPA J.W. Dundee Seasonal
J.W. Dundee Honey Brown McSorley Irish Ale
McSorley Black &Tan

BJ’s BREW HOUSE (Orange County, Calif.)

BJ Brewhouse Blonde BJ’s Jeremiah Red
BJ Hefeweizen BL Tempest IPA

CAVALIER DISTRIBUTING

DogFish Head 60-Minute IPA Kentucky Bourbon Ale
Stone Levitation Ale

BOSTON BEER COMPANY

Samuel Adams Lager Samuel Adams Summer
Samuel Adams Coastal Wheat Samuel Adams Blackberry

? Harpoon
? Harpoon IPA
? UFO Hefeweizen
? Bluegrass Brewing Company American Pale Ale
? Bluegrass Brewing Company Nut Brown Ale

ANCHOR STEAM/21st AMENDMENT

Anchor Steam Anchor Steam Summer Ale
Anchor Steam Liberty Ale 21st Amendment Watermelon Wheat
21st Amendment IPA

BROOKLYN BREWING COMPANY/ REDSTRIPE

Brooklyn Lager Brooklyn Summer
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout Red Stripe Light
Smithwick’s Newcastle

MOUNT CARMEL (Cincinnati)

Mount Carmel Amber Ale Mount Carmel Stout
Mount Carmel Blonde Mount Carmel Nut Brown Ale
Mount Carmel IPA Mount Carmel Summer Wheat

SMUTTYNOSE BREWING COMPANY (Portsmouth, N.H.)

Smuttynose IPA Smuttynose Pale Ale
Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Smuttynose Star Island


SIERRA NEVADA

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Sierra Nevada Seasonal
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Sierra Nevada Torpedo

[uncle]

I hate to sound like a beer snob, but that is a pretty average offering of beer. Nothing we haven't had before. The food pairing does make the whole thing sound pretty interesting.