BeerBQ - pr0n heavy

A friend of mine and I had an idea in May and it finally came to fruition on Sunday evening. He is as obsessed with craft beer as I am with BBQ. So, we put our heads together (and stomachs and livers) and came up with a BBQ and craft beer pairing dinner. We did a trial run in July where I cooked up most of the menu and he brought over several beers, and we tried them all together. I am obviously not a professional chef, but it sure was fun and our friends all had a great time. Enjoy the pics!

The following is what we came up with:

1 - smoked almonds and cheese (swiss, pepper jack and cheddar) paired with Rosa from Revolution


2 - chicken wings (rubbed with Simply Marvelous Cherry and Sweet Money, sauced with Swamp Boys and Blues Hog Tennessee Red combo) paired with Alagash White


3 - competition ribs and sweet corn dusted with 3 Eyez - paired with Zombie Gnome


4 - tri tip (rubbed with Bovine Bold and a little Montreal Steak) on a garlic, rosemary and butter toast and a horseradish sauce with a simple homemade vinaigrette paired with Saison de Lente


5 - ice cream with an apple cider reduction topped with chopped smoked almonds - paired with Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout


A few other pictures from the day...






Here are the beers, they are in reverse order.




People were curious about the equipment, so Nick (the beer guy) gave them some explanations while I continued to cook.


My little helper!


I finally get to eat, too!


Thanks for looking!

Decoy205 said:

Pro quality cook right there. Photos are beautiful too. What did you cook the ribs on? They definitely look like competition quality!

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Thanks! I cook the ribs on my UDS. The wings were cooked on my WSM and the tri tip was reverse seared on the kettle. I grilled the bread on the kettle, too.

Grimm5577 said:

looks good, my friends and i have done many tasting but i never thought to make food paired with the beer we were tasting, we always just had wings or some shark like that.

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I didn't know you could get shark in PA. Lol! :wink: Thanks for the complements!