By now you’ve completed your New Year’s Resolutions and you’re ready for some chocolate & alcohol. Here are some upcoming options:
Rock Bottom Beer & Chocolate Dinner
Join Head Brewer Dan Anderson and Chef Alberto Lucatero on Saturday, February 10 in La Jolla. After a welcome beer of your choice, enjoy these pairings:
- Round 1: Citrus fruit Medley w/ chocolate vinaigrette, paired with New Garde Belgian Witbier
- Round 2: Homemade peanut butter ice cream w/ toffee & caramel, paired with Surfer’s Solitude Red Ale
- Round 3: Slow oven roasted short ribs served over chocolate infused hash browns, paired with Wicked Elf-Bier De Noel
- Round 4: Chicken breast in mole w/Spanish rice, paired with Simcoe S.M.A.S.H IPA
- Round 5: Rich Chocolate moose pie w/homemade cherry sauce paired with Bourbon barrel aged imperial oatmeal stout w/Madagascar vanilla beans & cacao nibs
Andrea’s Truffles Events
In business since 2012, Andrea’s Truffles collaborates with, and distributes to, a variety of local breweries and beverage businesses.
- Thursday, February 8: Truffle and Beer Pairing at Mission Brewery (5 p.m.)
- Sunday, February 11: Truffle and Beer Pairing at Kilowatt Brewing OB (1 – 3 p.m.)
- Wednesday, February 14:
Mastiff Kitchen Collaboration at North Park Beer Co. (7 p.m.)
Truffle and Beer Pairing at Eppig Brewing (5 p.m.)
Truffle and Beer Pairing at Hamilton’s Tavern (Time TBD) - Thursday, February 15: Educational Beer and Chocolate Pairing at White Labs (6 – 7:30 p.m.)
So Rich! Chocolate Events
In addition to these events at wine and mead spots, So Rich! is available at three Stone locations, Wild Barrel Brewing, and North County Wine Company.
- Friday, February 9: Wine and Chocolate Pairing (plus optional cigar pairing) at Beach House Winery Oceanside (6 p.m.)
- Saturday, February 10: Societe Brewing Beer and Chocolate Pairing (1 p.m.)
- Thursday, February 15: Mead, Chocolate, and Cigar Pairing at Golden Coast Mead Oceanside (6 p.m.)
Cookies on Tap
Three official brewery partners share a portion of pairing proceeds with Girl Scouts of San Diego during these Friday, February 23 to Sunday, February 25 events.
- Stone Brewing (Kettner, Oceanside, Escondido, Liberty Station)
Savannah Smiles w/ Stone White Ghost Berliner Weisse
Samoas w/ Stone Exalted IPA
Trefoils w/ Stone Scorpion Bowl IPA
Tagalongs w/ Drew Curtis / Wil Wheaton / Greg Koch Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout (2016) - AleSmith Brewing Co.
Trefoils w/ Spezial Pils
Savannah Smiles w/ X – Extra Pale Ale
Do-si-dos w/ Nut Brown
Thin Mints w/ Decadence 2017 – Imperial Oatmeal Stout
Samoas w/ Hawaiian Speedway Stout - Mike Hess Brewing North Park
Thin Mint w/ Steel Beach Lager
Trefoil w/ Festivus Altbier
Savannah Smiles w/ Grapefruit Solis IPA
Do-si-dos w/ Habitus Double IPA
Samoas w/ Tangerine IPA - Mike Hess Brewing Miramar
Do-si-dos w/ Claritas Kolsch
S’mores w/ 8 West Orange Honey Wheat
Trefoil w/ Grazias Vienna Cream Ale
Savannah Smiles w/ Habitus Double IPA
Thin Mint w/ Umbrix Stout - Mike Hess Brewing Ocean Beach
Savannah Smiles w/ My Other Vice Berliner Vice
Toffee Tastic w/ Grazias Vienna Cream Ale
Trefoil w/ Hooligan Irish Stout
Thin Mint w/ Tangerine IPA
Samoas w/ Umbrix Stout