Our Friends in Beer: Harpoon Beer Dinner at Finz, Salem

There's a theory floating around that it's actually beer that pairs better with cheese than wine does.

The folks floating that theory know a lot about beer's nuances, like what adds to a beer's aroma or how to set off a beer's meaty, nut-like flavors or how malt impacts the decibel level of a beer's character.

They'd be the same folks who put together beer dinners, like the one happening next week at Finz on Pickering Wharf in Salem.

In this case, it's our friends from Harpoon.

And the menu for their beer dinner reads like a how-to of beer and food pairing.

Belgian Pale Ale with lobster potato skins.

IPA with beer brat corn dog.

Island Creek Oyster Stout with (naturally) oysters.

Imperial Red with Korean BBQ ribs.

UFO Raspberry with chocolate waffles and -- get this -- UFO raspberry-flavored ice cream.

By the end of this dinner, you'll be thinking there's a lot more than beer that pairs well with cheese.


WHAT: Harpoon Beer Dinner
WHERE: Finz Seafood & Grill, 76 Wharf Street, Pickering Wharf, Salem
WHEN: Tuesday, March 23 at 6:30 p.m.

COST: $34.99 plus tax + tip

DAILY TIDBIT:

"A wine landscape is an urban landscape." That's what they say about wine in Germany, because historically vines were an integral part of every German town, for reasons of both commerce and culture.