"Homebrew Chef" Sean Paxton (photo by jessefriedman on Flickr)

You might not want to eat a very big lunch on Monday leading up to this 8 course/12 beer dinner at Brouwer’s Cafe, featuring beers from California’s Firestone Walker Brewing and culinary delights from the “Homebrew Chef”, Sean Paxton, and Brouwer’s chef Eric Draper. Sean Paxton’s beer dinners are legendary in San Francisco, near his hometown of Sonoma, and this is a great opportunity for local Seattle foodies to see what can be done with beer and food pairings at the extreme end of the spectrum. Beyond just pairing beer with meals, Paxton focuses on using beer in his cooking as well. There are several opportunities for outstanding beer dinners during Seattle Beer Week on Monday, but the full menu below might make up your mind. For reservations email IanR@Brouwer’sCafe.com.

Seattle Beer Week & Brouwer’s Cafe Present:
An Evening with The Homebrew Chef
Monday, May 17th, 2010, 6pm to 11pm

First Course
Bacon & Eggs
Smoked lamb belly braised in Walker Reserve topped with Pale 31 cured salmon eggs
Parsnip & root vegetable hash browns
Pale 31

Second Course
Smoke’m If You Got ‘Em
Union barrel smoked sea scallops, Double Barrel Ale demi-glace, celery root purée
Double Barrel Ale

Third Course
Island Ceviché
Rock fish, red onion, papaya, yellow bell pepper & toasted hemp seeds, marinated in Union Jack
Finished with a dried plantain chip, Union Jack beer foam & Jamaican spiced rim
Nectar Hemp Ale

Fourth Course
Adam & Eve
House-made python pork sausage
Roasted Washington apple Yukon gold mash potato
Fig, pear & Gran Cru reduction
Union Jack

Fifth Course
Duck, Duck, SHEEP
Pastrami spiced lamb cheeks slow cooked in Hemp Ale
Rye caraway bread pudding infused with duck eggs & stuffed with gruyère cheese,
Two thousand island sauce made with duck tongues
Red Nectar

Sixth Course
Distorted Shepherds’ Pie
A Velvet Merkin root vegetable stew served under a marinated & grilled buffalo hanger steak
Puff pastry triangle injected with Peruvian purple potatoes Duchess
Velvet Merkin, Walkers Reserve

Seventh Course
European Hippie
Cypress Groves’ “Humboldt Fog”&” Midnight Moon”
“Purple Haze” stuffed dried figs wrapped in pancetta
Duck chicharrónes tossed in a Belgian 5 Spice
Hazelnut stuffed dates
Solace, Nectar IPA

Eighth Course
Mail Order Chocolate Cosmonaut
Parabola roca with hazelnuts and Theo fair trade dark chocolate, cracked over a Velvet Merkin mousse tart
Served with Abacus ice cream
Abacus ,Parabola 2009, Parabola 2010

Cost is $100

For reservations email IanR@Brouwer’sCafe.com