Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing (SCMB) is hosting The Twisted Tasting on February 17, 2012 from 6-9pm with unlimited beer and food tasting. SCMB is located at the Swift Street Courtyard in Westside Santa Cruz, but this special event will be held at the Top of the Rittenhouse Building in downtown Santa Cruz. You must be 21 to attend.
A $65 ticket gets you unlimited beer and food tasting plus a souvenir beer glass. Event proceeds will go to the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter. Entertainment will include fire dancers and adult circus performers.
The event, held in conjunction with San Francisco Beer Week, will have 20 breweries featuring forty unique, experimental, and “twisted” beers plus locally produced exotic food. Beers (see below for list available at press time) will include horchata pale ale and chocolate mint stout. Foods (see below for list available at press time) will include beer chili.
Tickets are sold in advance only and a limited number will be sold. Purchase tickets here. For more information call (831) 425-4900.
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Selected beers at 2/17 event
Moonlight Brewing - Twist of Fate and Legal Tender (brewed with redwood branches and aged)
Russian River - Supplication (brown ale aged in pinot barrels with sour cherries)
Gilgamesh Brewing - Chocolate Mint Stout and Mamba (brewed with black tea, rye and tangerine zest)
Corralitos Brewing - Belgian Wit oaked with tequila, Porter C3
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales - Farmhouse Rum - dark farmhouse ale aged in rum barrel, Belgian Blonde Ale with Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus
Stone Brewing - 15th Anniversary Escondidian Imperial Black IPA, Double Dry Hopped Ruination IPA
Uncommon Brewers - Siamese Twin Ale - Belgian style dubbel brewed with lemongrass, kaffir lime and corriander; Bacon Brown Ale - nut brown ale brewed with buckwheat and bacon cured pork
Crispin Cider - Honeycrisp - artisanal unfiltered cider finished with organic honey; The Saint - artisanal unfiltered cider fermented with Belgian yeast and maple syrup
de Struise Brewery - Tseejes and Tsjeeses Reserva
Upright Brewing - Slightly Sour Rye
Jolly Pumpkin - Noel de Calabaza
Zymatore - Kuebelbier aged in Ranson Spirit's Gin/Pinot Noir barrels
Selected foods at 2/17 event
Nut Kreations - Exotic blends of spiced and seasoned nuts, dried fruits and other natural snacks.
Companion Bakeshop - Organic sourdough bread paired with spreads, sourdough crackers with goat cheese, sourdough flatbread with herbs
Front Street Kitchen - Beer chili, beer caramel on chocolate stout cake, beer infused chocolate truffles
Bavarian Pretzel Works - Kraut pockets
Farmhouse Culture - Horseradish Leek Sauerkraut
Garden Variety Cheese - Stout washed aged sheep/cow cheeses
El Salchichero - House cured charcuterie and other surprises
Buttercup Cakes and Farmhouse Frosting - Mini cupcakes, blood orange with earl grey, mocha, jasmine green tea
Serendipity Spreads - A variety of delectable jams paired with cheeses
Santa Cruz Salmon Jerky - Smoked salmon jerky
Friend in Cheeses - Onion jam, fig and fennel jam, pinot cherries, chow chow, carrot marmalade
Delk Bees Infused Honey - Honey infused with flavors like habanero, rosemary, garlic, basil, ginger, black pepper
Mrs. A's Famous Salsa Buena - Local blended salsa and chips
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