Cambridge Brewing Company's 5 Course Meal

On Saturday evening, I went to a five course meal at the Cambridge Brewing Company. As it is a brewery however, the point of the meal was not only to serve excellent food, but to show off the master brewer's talent at brewing beers (the brewer even stopped by our table to ask if we had any questions about any of the beer, or why he paired certain beers with certain meals).

Now i know what you're thinking, an event like this was wasted on me. But, the first beer was quite sweet, the second beer was kind of wasted on me i'll admit, but by the time i got to the third fourth and fifth beer...well, let's just say the warm fuzzy haze made everything taste good.

So, we got to dinner at 6:30pm, and put in our orders (it is a limited menu as they are serving five courses). I would say we got our food around 7:15pm, and the fun began. For my first course, i had a bowl of Saffroned cauliflower soup and a 1/2 pint of Hefeweizen (which sadly i can't give a description of since it is not one of the houses usual beers). We were given about twenty minutes to savor the soup and the first beer, and then the onlsaught of food and drink began. For an appetizer, i had Thai spiced quail with a mango, cashew and green papaya compote (tasty, but kind of weird as it came out looking like a blackened quail, wings and legs included)and a 1/2 pint Tripel Threat. Next was the salad course. For this, i chose the Artichoke, fennel, hearts of palm, roasted pepper and herbed cheese terrine with a
cracked black pepper and pecorino dressing salad (definitely my second favorite part of the meal), and with that was served a 1/2 pint Golden Ring. Then came the entree for which i had the Roasted duck breast with morel mushroom and barley "risotto", french beans and a savory demi glace with a Tear drop glass of YouEnjoyMyStout. And then my favorite part of the meal was the dessert. I had a Cold fudge "sundae"
with a 1/2 pint Charles River Porter (Deep and dark, full-bodied and robust, our Porter is crammed full of rich, roasted malt character. With underlying notes of fruitness, caramel and toffee, it finishes with a strong hop presence. _OG: 1.060 FG: 1.014 ABV: 6.0%...this is the only one they have a description of on the website).

I write all this not to brag (okay, i might be bragging a little), but because i just kept thinking all night about how much our group (being the beer snobs you all are) would have enjoyed it, and because without the constant prodding and having me try all different beers over the years, i would not have enjoyed the evening nearly as much. For that, i thank you all :D