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It's American Craft Beer Week and the men behind the Drinking and Writing empire (Steve Mosqueda, Sean Benjamin and Pete Crowley) have planned a unique event to celebrate. Ten homebrewers have been given the basic ingredients to brew their own beer. The brewers are also tasked with pairing it with food either they or others make for them. Then the beer and food will be paired with an artist, writer, musician or dancer, who will interpret the pairing in a slam-style talent competition.
"Beerfly Alleyfight" goes down at Rock Bottom Brewery downtown (1 E. Grand) from 1-5 p.m. Saturday. Cost is $30.
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On the one hand this sounds unique and intersting. On the other it sounds way too complicated and, frankly, unnecessary. Just give me the food and the beer paring. IMHO.
The third aspect is what makes the things Sean and Steve do such fun and uniqe events. Their Drinking & Writing event at the Hopleaf every year (the weekend of Midsommarfest) is awesome, and a huge bargain. Several years back, they did a show called "To Kill a Hangover" that featured a performance on what causes a hangover and why some remedies work. The event was also a beer crawl ... we went to several bars around Andersonville where the bartenders gave the group their hangover remedy. And there were stops along the way for tastes of Steve and Sean's homebrew. One was in the alley behind the old Edgewater Hospital. Steve even brought along homemade chorizo (the grease cures hangovers) tacos for us. Anything these guys do is creative and fun. What you're wary about is what will set this a little apart from standard beer tasting events. Try it.
I have no problem with the "Drinking and Writing" shows. They were great and they are one of the reasons why I can't get into Hopleaf like I used to (kidding...sort of). But those shows didn't try to interpret the particular beer or some sort of food. The connection between drinking and writing was enough of a link for me. But the whole beer-and-food-intrepredted-by-a-dancer/writer/artist/musican slamtype thingy... anyway. But like I said, this idea works on two hands for me. Maybe it'll be great. Maybe not. Probably won't attend but let us know how it works out. Seriously.