Saturday’s Tasting: Holiday Food Pairings

This Saturday will be our annual Holiday Party tasting.  Join us for this delicious, fun and free event from 2-10pm Saturday.

Similar to our Thanksgiving event, we will have tasting stations set up around the store, each one featuring a traditional holiday dessert with drinks (beers, wines, cocktails, liqueurs, etc) that match it perfectly. You can taste anything that sounds good, all while you do some leisurely browsing for holiday gift ideas too.

This is a great opportunity to make your holidays easier and tastier. You can pre-order any of the desserts for pickup at the store on a set day, plus we can have your drinks ready to go too. Whether for your own event with family and friends, a work function, or whatever reason, this is the easy way to do it. All of the dessert items are made from scratch by Sally’s Kitchen and if you’ve been to one of these tastings before you know that every single dish they make is ridiculously delicious.

Here is the tasting menu:

• Bourbon Bread Pudding, paired with Samuel Smith’s Winter Welcome holiday ale.
• Mexican Wedding Cakes and Assorted Holiday Cookies, paired with Horchata Mexican cinnamon cream liqueur.
• White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake, paired with a Kir Royale (Korbel Brut champagne with a splash of Chambord liqueur)
• Black Forest Cake Roll, paired with Layer Cake Primitivo (a red zinfandel from Italy)
• Tiramisu Cheesecake, paired with either Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout or a Seattle Car Bomb (Guinness with a shot of Starbucks coffee liqueur).

Looking forward to seeing you Saturday.

PS: Send this on to your friends and neighbors and invite them too!

Holiday Beers are in…

They’re here!

Small craft breweries always release their holiday beers around this time of year. Christmas or Holiday beers are traditionally ales, and are darker, richer, and more flavorful. You’ll often taste flavors like cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, allspice, vanilla, etc. depending on the brewmaster’s recipe. These beers go great with the new cold weather and match up nicely with more robust holiday foods.

We have by far the largest selection of holiday beers around…and they’re all in stock and ready for your enjoyment. Here’s the (lengthy) list:

• Santa’s Butt – Winter Porter
• Seriously Bad Elf – English Double Ale
• Reindeer’s Revolt – English Christmas Ale
• Bad Elf – Winter Ale
• Insanely Bad Elf – Imperial Red Ale
• Breckenridge Christmas Ale
• Bell’s Christmas Ale
• Affligem Noel Christmas Ale
• Corsendonk Christmas Ale
• Serafijn Christmas Angel – Amber Ale
• Kerstmutske Christmas Nightcap – Belgian Ale
• Christmas in Belgium – a sampler pack of 5 Belgians
• 12 Dogs of Christmas Ale – from Thirsty Dog Brewery
• Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
• Three Floyds Alpha Klaus
• Delirium Noel
• Harpoon Winter Warmer
• Samuel Smith Winter Welcome
• Schlafly Christmas Ale
• Anchor Christmas Ale
• Winter’s Bourbon Cask Ale
• Goose Island Christmas Ale

Because these are special releases, when they’re gone, they’re gone. Be sure you get a chance to try at least a couple of these before the holidays are gone. Or maybe invite some friends over to taste and enjoy a bunch of them – it makes a great theme for a casual holiday get-together.