Olde Main serves up harvest beer dinner

Olde Main Brewing Company and Restaurant will serves a harvest-themed beer dinner in November. (Credit: Eric Rowley/Metromix)

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We love the beer dinner trend. Any excuse to have a round while eating a salad sounds like fun, especially in the winter months when mega-meals make a cold night cozier. Most also include an educational element, with the brewmaster or chef explaining the menu and qualities of the beer.

Olde Main Brewing Co. & Restaurant, 316 Main St., Ames, will host a Harvest Beer Dinner on Nov. 12 that features four courses paired with four of its microbrews. Brewery tours and a social hour will begin at 6 p.m., with the dinner service starting at 7 p.m. Olde Main brewers will be on hand to discuss the food and beer pairings. If you've never sat anywhere but at the bar, this is a good opportunity to take your time at a table and experience the brewery in a more mature manner. 

Cost: $40 per person (includes tax and gratuity)

Reservations are required. To hold a spot in the dinner you must pay the full $40 or a $20 deposit.

The Menu
Appetizer: Caramelized crimini, oyster and shitaki mushrooms in puff pastry with a Sodbuster Stout demi glace.
Beer Pairing: Sodbuster stout ale
Salad: Baby spinach with mandarin oranges, walnuts and red onions, topped with warm bacon vinaigrette.
Beer Pairing: Dinkey Wheat Belgian style wheat ale
Main dish: Pepper crusted eight ounce Angus tenderloin served with warm potato salad and sautéed fresh green beans and baby
carrots.
Beer Pairing: Long Face amber ale
Dessert: Pumpkin cheesecake
Beer Pairing: Horseman’s Revenge pumpkin ale