Category Archives: Beer and Food Pairings

Belgium vs. America Beer Dinner at the Duck Club

Received word not too long ago of an upcoming beer and food pairing dinner at the Duck Club, located in the Lafayette Park Hotel. If the name of the restaurant sounds familiar, it's because I've reviewed several of the beer … Continue reading

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1st Annual CANFEST Awards Dinner Recap

As CANFEST continues to grow, the events and activities around it begin to grow as well. The most significant sign of growth was the development and addition of the 1st CANFEST Awards Ceremony dinner. As the name implies, this was … Continue reading

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California Café Brewmasters Dinner featuring Stone Brewing Recap

I continue to be impressed with California Café and their Brewmasters Dinner series of beer and food pairings. If you’ve been a reader of this blog for a given amount of time, you’ll already know this. California Café Executive Chef … Continue reading

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2011 Beer vs. Wine Dinner at the Duck Club Recap

Talk about overdue! Mrs. BetterBeerBlog and I attended the Beer vs. Wine Dinner, featuring Stone Brewing Company, at the Duck Club in Lafayette months ago and I’ve just gotten around to doing the write up for it. Yeah, I’m feeling … Continue reading

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Brewmaster’s Dinner at California Café featuring Stone Brewing Company

The boys (and girls) in the “barn” are back at it again. Chef Mark Pettyjohn, his sous chefs, and the rest of the staff at California Café will be hosting a Brewmaster’s Dinner, this time featuring the beers from those … Continue reading

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Brewmaster’s Dinner at California Café featuring 21st Amendment Brewery Recap

A few weeks ago, I attended the Brewmaster’s Dinner at California Café in Palo Alto featuring 21st Amendment Brewery. This was the latest dinner in their on-going series of beer and food dinners and I was particularly excited to attend … Continue reading

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2011 Belgian Beer Dinner at BJs Brewhouse and Restaurant Recap

A little over a week ago, Mrs. BetterBeerBlog and I attended a Belgian Beer and Food pairing dinner at BJs Restaurant and Brewhouse in Cupertino. Typically, the BJs Belgian beer pairing dinners will take items off their standard menu and … Continue reading

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2011 Beer vs. Wine Dinner at the Duck Club Restaurant featuring Stone Brewing Company

The Duck Club Restaurant, located in the Lafayette Park Hotel, is hosting what promises to be an epic night of culinary battle! If you’ve been a reader of this blog for any amount of time, you should know I’m a … Continue reading

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Brewmasters Dinner at California Café featuring 21st Amendment Brewery

California Café is hosting the next Brewmasters Dinner in their on-going series of beer and food pairing dinners. This time, they will be featuring the brews from 21st Amendment Brewery and Restaurant out of San Francisco. The last time I … Continue reading

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Belgian Beer Tasting Dinner at BJs Brewhouse featuring Brouwerij Bavik

The next dinner up on the menu is brought to us by BJs Brewhouse and Restaurant in their Cupertino location. I’ve been to only one other of the BJs beer and food dinners coincidentally one of their first Belgian Beer … Continue reading

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