Summer Beer Dinner (6/21)

To celebrate the beginning of summer, we are hosting a beer dinner on the evening of Wednesday, June 21st. We are featuring amazing craft beers from August Schell Brewing Company paired with a multiple course dinner designed and prepared by Executive Chef Daniel Miles from Chino Latino (Minneapolis).

At our Summer Beer Dinner, you will experience a ‘one night only’ menu complete with brewery stories and expert pairings. Jace Marti, sixth generation brewmaster of family owned August Schell Brewing Company, will introduce each of his beers. Chef Daniel will describe the pairings as each course is served.

Our Summer Beer Dinner guests will be served a rare, limited release beer called Tidal Disruption, a traditional Berlin-style weisse beer. Twenty-eight months in the making, Tidal Disruption was aged for over two years in 1936 cypress wood lagering tanks and then aged four more months over 4,800 pounds of blackberries. Deep purple in color, this beer perfectly balances the tart aromas and flavor with a higher level of carbonation. Tidal Disruption is a part of Schell’s renowned Noble Star Collection, a creation of Jace Marti. We look forward to hearing Jace’s story about salvaging and refurbishing ten enormous cypress wood tanks from the old brewery (Schell’s is 157 years old!) to create his Noble Star Collection, which is now branching off as a separate brewery called The Starkeller. We will be tapping a ‘fass’ (wooden barrel) of cask conditioned Fort Road Helles at the event. Fort Road Helles is a delicious new year-round beer by Schell’s featuring barley grown by Jace’s farmer friend Nate just down the ‘fort road’ from the brewery in New Ulm, MN. For you hop heads, we will be drinking a new summer seasonal beer called American Pale Lager, hopped with Citra and Hallertau Blanc hops, APL is a bright hoppy take on a classic lager with incredible citrus aromatics. The 1919 Root Beer on the menu is also made by Schell’s.

Menu

Welcome! – Grain Belt Premium (American Lager)

Course One – Tidal Disruption (Berlin-style Weisse Beer)
Grilled Nectarine with Hand-Made Ricotta, Arugula, Honey Vinaigrette, and Toast

Course Two – Goosetown (German-style Gose)
Spicy Grilled Andouille Skewers with Sweet Corn & Fava Succotash

Course Three – Fort Road Helles (German Pale Lager)
Pork Belly Steam Bun with 1919 Root Beer & Gochujang Sauce, Japanese Mayo, and Pickled Cucumbers

Course Four – American Pale Lager (Hop-heavy American Pale Lager)
Grain Belt Premium Braised Breker Beef with Local Asparagus, Grilled Scallions, and Romesco

Course Five – Schell Shocked (German Radler w/ Grapefruit)
Almond-Fennel Biscotti with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream and Orange Caramel

About the Brewery

Jace, Ted, Jodi, Franz and Kyle Marti at Schells Brewery.

For over 150 years, one family has been making German beer in New Ulm, Minnesota. Jace Marti, who will be joining us for our Summer Beer Dinner, is the sixth generation of brewers which began in 1860 with August Schell, a young immigrant from Germany.

Surviving the Dakota uprising, prohibition and every beer trend since the civil war, August Schell Brewing Company has been and still is a local favorite. Now with a wild new craft beer renaissance upon us, Jace and his family have doubled down on tradition and German beers. They continue to brew reliably great beers, preserving the heritage that made Schell’s what it is today, but exploring the vast world of German beers as they launch a new beer akin to a Berliner-Weisse (sour beer) known as the ‘Champagne of the North’. This new beer is actually a whole lineup of new beers and in fact, in new brewery known as The Starkeller. Fermented in German fashion for up to 2 years in 80 year old refurbished cypress wood tanks with brettanomyces and bacteria, these sour beers are truly sensational. We will be enjoying one of these new beers together at our Summer Beer Dinner.

About the Chef

Daniel Miles, Executive Chef, Chino Latino – Minneapolis, will be preparing the five course pairing menu he designed. Daniel studied at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts and has worked extensively in the kitchens of some of the region’s top chefs, including James Beard Award winner Tim McKee. In his role as Executive Chef at Chino Latino, he specializes in foods found around the equator, mainly Asian and Latin American. Their tag line is ‘Street food from the hot zones’. So…he knows flavor!

Daniel is a familiar face in the kitchen at Coteau des Prairies Lodge where he has already put together some incredible beer pairing dinners. His previous pairings at the lodge featured Third Street Brewhouse, Summit Brewing Co. and Indeed Brewing Co.

Event Info

The event is on Wednesday, June 21st at Coteau des Prairies Lodge. Everyone is welcome, but space is limited and meals are available by reservation only. Alcohol will be served only to those over 21 years of age. The price is $70 per person. The meal includes a gourmet five course meal and 5oz. of beer served with each course, plus a welcome beer. Water and coffee will be provided. Sodas and additional alcoholic beverages will be sold at the bar. Doors open at 4pm, guests are welcome to come early, tour the lodge and enjoy refreshments served at the bar. When you arrive at the lodge, sign your party in with our hostess. Guests will be seated for the meal promptly at 6pm.

For reservations, fill out the online form below or call 701-680-1175.

Because we have limited space available, we kindly request advanced notice if you must cancel your reservation or reduce your party size so we can make room for other guests. Thank you.

You will receive confirmation of your reservation within 24 hours.

August Schell Brewing Company, New Ulm, MN