Ladies & gentlemen, I'm doing the beer portion of a beer dinner at Kunkle's Seafood & Steakhouse in Haddon Heights, NJ.
It is scheduled for Tuesday, October 27th at 6pm. Good news is that Game 1 of the World Series is the next day on Wednesday. Mental note that we need to be careful about playoff baseball and need to plan accordingly in future Octobers. Now, that's a weird feeling.
The beers were picked by my beer manager at Canal's Mt. Ephraim.
So without further ado, here's the menu:
Kunkel's Seafood & Steakhouse
920 W. Kings Highway, Haddon Heights, NJ 08035
856-547-1225
Garden State Rotary Club of Cherry Hill
Oktoberfest Beer & Food Tasting
Amuse Bouches at the Bar
Home Made pretzels with mustard & cheese sauce
Sweet/Hot pickles
German style pilsener by Stoudt's
German Hefe-Weizen by G. Schneider & Sohn
Kellerweis Hefeweizen by Sierra Nevada
First Course Appetizer
Grilled Shrimp & Sausage
Butternut squash puree smoked tomato Beurre Blanc
Original Schlenkerla Smokebeer by Buauereu Heller-Trum
60 Minute India Pale Ale by Dogfish Head
Second Course Entree
Wienner schnitzel
Fried Veal Chop topped with cabbage sald drizzled with parsley lemon vingerette
Oktoberfish by Flying Fish
Oktoberfest by Hacker Pschorr
Third Course Dessert
Chocolate Stoute Cake
Chocolate Frosting
Creme Brulee stout by Southern Tier
Korbinian by Weihenstephaner
Imperial Pumpkin Ale by Weyerbacher
Food selection and preparation by Chef Justin Kunkel
Beer selections and presentation by Canal's Mt. Ephraim
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I'm interested in the first course pairing. I think I would have picked Schlekerla's smoked helles (if I picked the beers) since it the smoke would still be present but it wouldn't be too heavy for the shrimp. I guess it depends on the amount of shrimp relative to the amount of sausage.
