Beer and Chocolate Dinner a success

The beer and chocolate dinner at the Fackelmann Schnitzel Parlour on Friday went pretty well, I think. The food was good, and large. We had a small crowd but just about right for the venue. We paired up a spicy Hungarian goulash and chocolate soup with Man's Best Friend Porter and the chocolate notes in the porter seemed to get along with the chocolate in the soup and sort of evened out the spiciness. Uwe Kuester, the chef, made a Winter Warmer gravy for the port cordon bleu so we paired that with Winter Warmer. As long as you managed to get all the various iterms in the dish onto your fork at the same time, the pairing worked well. It was a little off if you only had pork and swiss cheese, for example. I thought the desserts were great, with the highlights being Maple Cream Ale with the white chocolate mousse and the TImberhog Stout with homemade chocolate marshmallow ice cream.

And, we raised $ 500.00 for Pints for Prostates. Thanks to all who attended. Cheers, Sean