March 15th...on the 20th.

yeah, I'm 6 behind but I do have a good reason for it. I was out drinking and working, and drinking. That makes it ok, right?

Today I was lucky enough to get to another MUSA dinner with Jack, Red and Dr. D as well as James and Martin. We got to leave work early (again, a nice change) and we went down to MUSA to drop the beer off. We quickly realized that we would need to get to The Moorings for a cheeky Delirium Tremens before dinner.

The meal was amazing and was 6 courses. They were as follows.
Punk IPA and mini hop pizzas. It is a weird concept but the hops were there as if they were pepperoni. Luckily the cooking takes away the bitterness and leaves a decent flavour. Cool concept, but one will do.

Zeitgeist with Macaroni and shaved dark chocolate. This was amazing. The beer was a perfect match and the rich nature of the cheese and the chocolate worked so well together. I'll have to make this at some point because it was unreal. James gave tasting notes of raisins, chocolate, coffee. All of which samples of were thrown out at the people eating. Seriously. He bombarded people with the stuff. Hilarious.

IPA is Dead Citra and catfish and prawn tacos. The food lacked a bit of spice but was still very good. The pairing was nice and Citra is a very nice beer. Well done.

Hardcore IPA and Burgers with sweet potatoe fries. Fuck Yes. I haven't had a burger since I've been here until this and it was spot on. James also put his music of heavy metal up to 11 while we ate. Some were offended, some enjoyed it and I thought he was just mental. It worked though and made for an interesting course. The shit he does definitely sticks with the punk attitude.

Abstrakt AB:05 floats. Ice cream in the beer. Again, brilliant stuff. They worked well together and who doesn't love a float made with very chocolately ice cream?? Loved it.

Alice Porter with apple tarts. Needless to say I was a bit full (and a bit drunk) at this point but the tart was so good. Warm (nice contrast to the ice cream) and very rich and the cinnamon was bang on. This was also paired with Jack Johnson which was a nice mellow end to what I'd call a hilarious dangerous (for some) learning experience. BrewDog rocks.