Try This! Beer & Food Pairing

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About Try This!

Try This! is a beer and food pairing event. This features a dozen or more stations, where our volunteers try to come up with samples of beer styles with what we believe is the perfect food to go with them.

Date and time

Friday, February 22nd

Location: Southern Brewing & Winemaking
Time: 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Cost: $30 online in advance, $35 at the door

4500 N. Nebraska Ave.
Tampa, FL 33603
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Just off I-275 between Hillsborough Ave and E. Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd On the corner of Emma and Nebraska

Sample Pairings from Previous Years

• Sweet and Sour Meatballs & American Brown Ale by Tom Wheatley and Mike Fouch
• Belgian Beef Stew & Brown Ale by Mike and Cindy Cohen
• Choco Peper Tacos & Chocolate Pepper Stout by Teri & Trace Caley
• Cheesecake paired & Blueberry Ale by Michelle Jonas and Kris
• Canadian Cheddar Cheese Bacon Soup & Pale Ale by Bill Keiser and Kat Fasnacht
• Puerco en Pipian Verde (pork in green pumpkin seed sauce) & Smoke Hops Pale Ale brewed by David Doble & Brian Fenstermacher with hops smoked by Jeff Gladish by Kelly & Brian Fenstermacher
• Crab Meat appetizer & Belgian Witbier by Kelly & Brian Fenstermacher and Melissa Meuler
• Beer Poached Pears and Goat Cheese & Ginger Braggot by Nelson and Caroline
• Chili Spiked Cornbread & American Larger by Charmaine and Manny
• Chicken Tikka Masala & IPA by Mike Bagley and Karen Saley
• Mama Louisa’s Sicilian Lasagna & Dunedin Brewery’s Redhead Red by Cathy Schulz and Dunedin Brewery
• Apple Pie & Cider by Milton Littlefield and Elissa Gardner
• Spicy Burrito-itos (mini burritos) & Sculpin IPA by Mandy Boldman
• Chicken Mole Tortillas & Poblano Chipotle Wheat Beer by Jeff Gladish and Andy Bastman
• Pumpkin shakes and pumpkin bread, pumpkin rolls, or pumpkin cookies & Pumpkin beer by Mike Jahner & Lauren Hobbs
• Jambalaya & Bavarian Wheat Beer by Lori and Don
• Vanilla shakes & Cigar City Hunahpu Imperial Stout by Lori and Don
• Chocolate cake & Imperial Milk Stout by Carl Woodward and Donna Briggins
• Chipotle Burger Sliders, homemade-brined pickles and Guinness Pie & Belgian Blond Ale by Ron and Kris Minkoff
• Stilton, Maytag Blue and Cheddar & Barleywine by Jim Colvard and Ron Lutz