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Beer Dinner with Chef Greg Sonnier

23. October 2008

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Originally slated for September at Chef Greg Sonnier’s Uptowner, the Oktoberfest Beer Dinner was going to be the third beer dinner this year co-hosted by Dan Stein (beer geek and proprietor of Stein’s Market & Deli). But then Gustav came, and Ike followed, and the dinner was pushed off to a then-undisclosed future date. Now [...]

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Cheese Pairing: Beer vs. Wine

22. September 2008

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On Wednesday, September 17th, fans of wine, beer and cheese met at Cork and Bottle to settle an argument: Which pairs better with cheese? Wine or beer? Conventional thinking would say that wine of course would be the winner.. There’s food and wine magazines, entire tomes written on the pairing, and shops dedicated to just [...]

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Martin Wine Cellar - Imported Beer Dinner

11. June 2008

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With the success of Abita’s Beer Dinners and Stein’s first one back in March, Martin Wine Cellar has jumped on the bandwagon and will be hosting their first beer dinner. Organized by Beer Portfolio Manager Jeremy Labadie, PJ Rosenberg and Keith Cox, the dinner will take place on Tuesday, June 17th at 6:30pm at the [...]

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Recap - WYES Beer Tasting

9. June 2008

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It was great to go to the WYES Beer Tasting at its ol’ home at UNO Lakefront Arena. Sure the 2006 Tasting at the then deserted Riverwalk was pretty nice (sunny and spacious!), but last year’s Tasting at Generations Hall was horrible .. I swear in that overcrowded mess of a venue there were actual [...]

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WYES Beer Tasting - What to look forward to [Updated x2]

6. June 2008

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I wanted to wait until the right moment to talk about the WYES’ 25th Annual International Beer Tasting. When they first posted the announcement with date & location, there wasn’t a vendors list, so there wasn’t much to talk about. And then by the time they did post the vendor listing, well, I kinda forgot [...]

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Beer Weekend! Abita Wheat Pub Crawl & Whole Foods Tasting!

14. May 2008

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When you combine a weekend with a beer related event, you’re already looking at a winning couple days, but when there’s TWO beer events going on, then it’s just a sign that god loves you and wants you to get drunk … and try some new beers. Abita kicks off this weekend with another one of [...]

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An Ambitious New Orleans Beer Dinner

20. March 2008

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  The Abita Select Four Grain Dinner that I just posted about looks great, but I think this other Beer Dinner looks EVEN better. Dan Stein (Beer Geek and owner of Stein’s Deli), in association with Derek Lintern of Crescent City Homebrewers, Aaron Burgu (owner and chef of Patois), Kelly Picket and the staff of [...]

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Abita Select Four Grain Dinner

20. March 2008

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The only thing better than Beer, is a Beer Dinner. You get the best of both worlds, delicious beer with food paired around the beer to complement it (or is it the other way around?). Abita continues their popular Abita Select Dinner Series on April 3rd at Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse in New Orleans. The Select Dinner [...]

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Abita Resumes Tours

10. March 2008

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If you’re like me, then every few weeks you wonder how long it’s been since you wrestled up a crew of friends and made the trek up to the Northshore to go on an Abita Brewery tour. It was several months ago when this thought crossed my mind, and I got a group together and [...]

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Heiner Brau’s Peep Shows

5. March 2008

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If you need a beer made en masse in the New Orleans area, but you don’t feel like building a brewery, then Covington’s Heiner Brau has become the brewery to turn to. Sure, they make their own tasty beers (well except the Kolsh, but that’s just because I don’t like Kolsh), but they also do [...]

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