VIP “Pig & Beer Dinner” w/ brewer Urbain Coutteau of De Struise

 

VERY LIMITED SEATING! $75 per person | 7pm | call us soon – tickets will go very fast …!

 

We have invited Urbain over to the U.S. to brew with us at our brewery in Alexandria, VA. Before his trip down south, however, we will be hosting a very special “pig dinner” at The Farmers’ Cabinet. This will be a rare opportunity to dine and indulge in discourse with one of the most highly regarded brewers in the world! Additionally, you will experience a very unique meal designed to pair elegantly with each beer!

 

De Struise Brouwers, opening in the year 2000, is located in West Flanders, Belgium, close to the French border.  They are currently one of the most progressive and innovative breweries in Europe.  Since their fruition, they have been pushing the boundaries of traditional Belgian brewing with their barrel aging projects.  They are constantly create unique beers and their portfolio ranges from very low “abv” to very intense high “abv” creations.  Craft beer fan rating website Ratebeer selected beers from Struise for 9 of their Top 100 Best Beers of Belgium in 2009.  Struise just missed the #1 slot only by the infamous Westvleteren 12.  In 2008, RateBeer declared Struise to be the best brewers in the world per their annual members’ poll. Struise also received 7 separate awards from Ratebeer in 2007, including accolades for the Aardmonnik and Pannepot.  

 

Struise’s beers are constantly ranked amongst the best in the world, and it is a tremendous opportunity to have him to Philadelphia!

 

Our kitchen will be preparing an entire pig for the dinner, focusing on a different portion of the animal for each course. The pig is sourced from Green Meadow Farms in Gap, PA. It is a 300lbs Tamworth Yorkshire Heritage pig, 100% pasteur raised, and in addition to foraging for roots, it was also cornfed.

 

Beer we will be pouring for the dinner:

 

{also, Urbain might be bringing a few additional surprises for this dinner!}

 

 

 

Black Damnation III – Mes {draft} | Black Albert aged for 3 months on Islay Scotch Whiskey barrels that once held “Caol Ila’s Distillers Version 1995″ whiskey

 

Black Damnation IV – Coffee Club {draft} | Black Albert aged for 6 months on very old rum barrels

 

Black Damnation VII – Single Black {draft} | ultra low ABV beer coming in at 2%, but still jet black in color w/ bitter coffee notes

 

Shark Pants {draft} (3 Floyds Collaboration) {draft} | 288IBU’s – Imperial IPA

 

‘t sjeeses reserva 2010 {bottle} | belgian tripel aged in oak barrels for 8 months.

 

 

 

ALSO AVAILABLE THIS EVENING ON TAP: 

 

Pannepot

 

Pannepeut

 

Elliot Brew (Mikkeller collaboration)

 

Black Damnation II – Mocha Bomb

 

Witte

 

Svea IPA

 

 

 

BOTTLES:

 

Pannepot

 

Pannepot Reserva 2009

 

‘tsjeeses

 

Svea IPA