Save your seat for Dogwood’s Sweetwater Beer Dinner on Mon., Oct. 27. The dinner showcases Atlanta’s own Sweetwater ales paired with five courses from the Dogwood kitchen. There will be a brief reception beginning at 6:30 p.m., kicking off the night with a frosty pint of Sweetwater 420. 404-835-1410. $55 per person.
The Candler Park location of the Flying Biscuit is throwing a Sweetwater beer dinner this Friday, Nov. 9, featuring a three-course menu paired with three different Sweetwater brews: Sweetwater Hummer, Sweetwater 420 and Sweetwater Festive Ale. The menu includes sautéed shrimp, seared rib eye and sweet potato pie in a ginger crust. Tickets are $34.95 and include a commemorative pint glass and a brewery tour pass. Make reservations by phone at 404-687-8888.
In last week’s Beer Issue, I wrote about going to the tours of our local breweries to taste the beers straight from the source. But a proposed law in Georgia would make these tours impossible in their current form — the law would only allow 2-ounce tastings of each beer the brewery makes, with a maximum of 8 ounces. As it stands right now, Sweetwater and Atlanta Brewing Company allow a few glasses of beer per customer, and the brewery tours have become a way for them to foster a community with their patrons. They have both invested significant amounts of money to have tasting facilities on-site. Check out Sweetwater’s website to find more info on the proposed law and what you can do to help stop it.
