(ID) Wandering the Hop Fields for August 2nd, 2009

Melting Pot redefines ‘beer cheese’

     For the second time this year the Melting Pot’s Boise location will play host to another highly regarded craft brewery. This time the brewery of choice is none other than the largest craft brewery in the country, Boston Beer. Makers of the familiar Samuel Adams line of craft beers they will be on hand to answer questions for first timers as well as send you out the door with a free gift.

     A rather nice conversation with the hostess informed me that unlike similar dinners where the guest are requested to arrive at a set time you are encouraged to specify a time. The first brewery the Melting Pot inaugurated with was Rogue Ales (from Newport Oregon) in what will hopefully will be a monthly (if not more frequent) beer dinner.

“Join us for a night of delicious beer and decadent fondue. The evening will feature four beers and a NEW seasonal beer from Samuel Adams with a complimentary Samuel Adam's glass to take home. The evening will also be featuring a beer seminar presented by the Boston Beer Company.” –source, The Melting Pot’s Boise location site

August 7th, 2009

Sam Adams Dinner, Melting Pot “Boise”
200 North 6th Street Boise, ID 83702-5912 (208) 383-0900

Progress being made on the Boise Beer Fest

Just posted up on their site, they are nearly 80% completed in regards to securing what they qualify as enough beers to promote at the first annual event. More to come I am sure but the list looks pretty impressive good luck guys.

• Ninkasi

1. Red Ale
2. IPA

• Left Hand
• Great Divide

1. Wild Raspberry
2. Titan IPA

• Scuttlebutt

1. Gale Force IPA
2. Triple

• Trade Route

1. Ginger Pale Ale
2. Dragon King Lager

• Russian River

1. Damnation

• Dogfish Head

1. 90 MInute IPA
2. Rason D’Etra

• Avery

1. White Rascal

• Elysian

1. Jasmine IPA
2. Prometheus Porter

• Laughing Dog

1. Huckleberry Cream Ale
2. Alpha Dog
3. Chocolate Huckleberry Ale

• Oskar Blues

1. Little Yella Pils
2. Dale’s Pale

• Pyramid

1. Haywire Hefe
2. Juggernaut

• McTarnahans

1. McTarnahans
2. Grifter

• Grand Teton

1. Wasatch
2. Devastator
3. IPA

• Stone

1. Arrogant Bastard
2. IPA

• Laguanitas

1. IPA
2. Sumpin Sumpin

• Leinenkugels
• Blue Moon

1. Blue Moon

• Beer Valley

1. Pigskin Pale
2. Owyhee Amber

• Sockeye

1. Dagger Fall’s IPA
2. Stonefly Wit
3. Powerhouse Porter

• Tablerock
• Ram
• Redhook

1. Redhook ESB
2. Blackhook

• Widmer

1. Hefeweizen
2. Drifter Pale Ale

• Kona

1. Longboard Lager
2. Firerock Pale Ale

• Deschutes

1. Green Lakes Amber
2. Twilight Pale Ale
3. Inversion IPA

• Alaskan

1. Amber
2. IPA
3. White Ale

• Full Sail

1. Amber
2. Grandson of Spot IPA
3. Imperial Porter Rsv 2009

• Big Sky

1. Moose Drool
2. Summer Honey Ale
3. Trout Slayer

• Sun Valley

1. Gretchen’s Gold
2. White Cloud

• Fish

1. Summer Blonde Ale
2. Wild Salmon Pale Ale
3. Organic IPA

• Georgetown

1. Manny’s Pale Ale
2. Roger’s Pilsner
3. 9 Pound Porter

• Mac & Jack

1. Serengeti Wheat
2. African Amber

• Rogue

1. Hazelnut Brown
2. Somer Orange Honey
3. Captain Sig’s Northwestern

• Sam Adams

1. Boston Lager
2. Summer Ale
3. Imperial White Ale

• Bridgeport

1. IPA
2. Blue Heron Pale Ale
3. Hop Czar Imperial IPA

• Hales

1. Mongoose IPA
2. Cream Ale Nitro

• New Belgium

1. Skinny Dip
2. Dandelion
3. IPA
4. Mothership Wit

• Sierra Nevada

1. American Pale Ale
2. Kellerwies
3. Anniversary IPA

• Snake River
• Mendocino
• Anderson Valley
• North Coast