Chris Barragan- “Don’t Just Ask For Beer!”

“I feel wonderful, drinking beer in a blissful mood, with joy in my heart and a happy liver,” no these words were not just spoken last Friday night in some pub, but by a Sumerian poet around the year 3,000 BCE.  Beer is not just a common mans drink, rather has been at times brewed for only the elite, used as payment for arduous labor, drank as an elixir by shaman, promised to be drunk in a great hall in the afterlife and so many others…it is something that is deeply rooted in ancient civilizations stretching back to the dawn of time.

For far too long, here in America, we have taken beer for granted.  Beer has become synonymous with mass produced bland lagers, but there is a resurgence.  The resurgence is flying under the banner of the term “handcraft”.  These come in every possible style, pale ale, lager, pilsner, Trappist, red, wheat, stout, etc.  Each beer is unique in it’s flavors and aromas.  While the mass produced beers pump millions of dollars in promoting their products, it is the “handcraft” brewers that can claim a 10% increase in sales.

Beer is not just an aperitif.  In Belgium, beer is the accompaniment to cuisine.  They pride themselves of their vast selection to choose from.  Many of which will age like a fine wine.  As part of our current 8 course tasting menu, Chef Adam and I have paired a pork belly with a Belgian Ale to show the wonders of how a handcrafted beer works so well with cuisine.  In addition, we are offering a special luncheon featuring handcraft beers of  Belgium, Canada and the U.S….this is sure to be the first of many!

Fancy a beer?  It is one of the oldest invitations in the world and one that sets the taste buds tingling.  If by chance you belly up to the Saddle Peak Bar, ask for the beer list and we will surely delight you with one of our many special handcraft brews.

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