FEATURED BEER DINNER: Divino Italian Restaurant and Pike Brewing
Chef Patrick McCray and Pike Brewing
Houston Beer Week met Charles & Rose Finkel, owners of Pike Brewing at GABF and they were THRILLED to hear that Divinos would be mounting this dinner with their beers. They are BIG fans of this restaurant. Enjoy the carefully prepared in-house specialities of Chef Patrick McCray and the made-to-be-paired-with-food beers from Pike Brewing. Of special note, Pike is bringing two verticals of their barleywines, including Old Bawdy just for the occassion. Because Pike brews their beers with food pairings in mind, the beers will pair wonderfully with this evening’s Italian cuisine.
Salad Frisee, Local Flounder, Crouton with Lardo di Colonnata, Citrus Dressing Pike Brewing Company, ”Naughty Nellie”, Golden Ale Second Course Trio of Pork: Cotechino on Lentils, Pork Belly with Radicchio, Confit of Heart with Apples & Celery Pike Brewing Company, India Pale Ale Third Course 8 Hour Hereford Shortribs, Potato Puree, Brussels Sprouts Pike Brewing Company, “Monk’s Uncle”, Tripel Ale Fourth Course Hazelnut Crusted Lamb Chop, Bitter Cocoa Sauce, Eggplant, Pasta Frittata Pike Brewing Company, XXXXX Extra Stout Dessert Artusi’s Rice Pudding with Bergamot Cream Pike Brewing Company, “Old Bawdy”, Barley Wine Style Ale 2009Details: Reception Amuse Bouche at 7pm, 4 courses paired with Pike beers, $65/pp + 18% gratuity. Seating is limited to 20 people. Reservations can be made by calling 713-807-1123 or via email [email protected] . Divino is located at 1830 W. Alabama St., Houston, TX 77098 near the Montrose area. A credit card is required to confirm your reservation.
Petrol Station Pumpkin Throwdown
Pumpkin Beer Throwdown – if you are a homebrewer and would like to test your skills against others, contact The Petrol Station for the rules of this event – a first of its kind in Houston. Open to the public, of course. 713-957-2875; located at 985 Wakefield Dr., Houston, TX 77018 near Garden Oaks.
Connoisseur tasting with Nadine Jones of Brooklyn Brewery. Nadine will discuss the array of award-winning beers from Brooklyn Brewery. In keeping with Garret Oliver’s (Brooklyn’s Master Brewer) book, “The Brewmaster’s Table,” there will be a cooking demonstration with beer and instructional lecture regarding designing your meals around your beer of choice.
Details: the event will begin at 7:30pm and costs $11.25/pp. The Ginger Man is located at 5607 Morningside Dr., Houston, TX 77005 in the Rice University area. For more information, please call 713-526-2770.
Rockwell Tavern
Come check out Southern Star beer! Rockwell will play host to Southern Star and will have several tastings of this renowned Texas brewery along with a special dinner selection made just for this occassion: BURIED HATCHET FISH & CHIPS! The dinner special is a wonderful example of cooking delicious and creative meals with craft beer. Rockwell Tavern has carefully picked a fine collection of craft beers that includes over 75 different beers and also makes some of the finest hamburgers in town. Rockwell Tavern is a beer oasis in Northwest Houston!
Details: Southern Star Tasting + Buried Hatchet Fish & Chips Dinner Special, tasting from @ 6pm - 8pm, 12640 Telge Rd., Cypress, TX 77429, 281-256-9223.
Happy Hour prices on ALL draft beer ALL week!
Details: Prices available ALL DAY; 2101 Washington Ave., Houston, TX 77007 713-640-5220
Whole Foods Markets
ALL Whole Foods Markets will be offering $1 off six-packs of Saint Arnold, Real Ale, Southern Star, Rahr, Shiner & Lone Star beer + $1.49 singles! Check out your nearest Whole Foods Market to get in on these great deals!
2955 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX 77098, 713.520.1937
Whole Foods Market Kirby Beer Week
Happy Hour Pints $3 from 12-3p daily
11145 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77042
Whole Foods Market Wilcrest Beer Week
Demos during peak hours
Whole Foods Market Sugar Land 3pm-6pm Baltika Brewery will be doing a class/ Demo in Specialty Dept
15900 southwest freeway
Sugar Land, TX,77478
Just got back from the Divinos dinner. Ohhhh….thankyou chef Andy and chef Patrick for putting together such a delightful experience. This dinner was so worth the effort.
A patron tonight was quoted giving the dinner “5 moans”. There were many sounds of joy heard by myself throughout the evening and i think everyone left beyond satisfied.
Houston beer week just keeps getting better.
And thanks Cathy for stopping by.
Divinos/Pike Brewing dinner was ridiculously fantastic. First off, Scott from Duff was a great host…pouring some wonderful beers and giving us some interesting information on each of the beers and Pike Brewing. As for the food, Divinos has always come through on that front, and last night was no exception…beyond the food being wonderful, it paired so well with the beer that it might have been one of the best beer pairing dinners I’ve ever been to….and I’ve been to quite a few. Obviously Chef Patrick and Andy took the time and care to figure out what paired well with each beer. Houston Beer Week has really delivered….
So glad to hear that you guys had a great time! It sure looked great! Good to meet everyone last night. Let’s do it again next year!!
Thanks to all that made the Pumpkin Beer Home Brew Throwdown possible at the Petrol Station last night! A special thanks to the Petrol Station crew and the panel of judges. We all had a blast, and winning 3rd place didn’t hurt either!
Mason
Divine dinner indeed… here’s to a memorable combination of Divino and Pike!