Belgian Beer Festival at Library Alehouse
Kickoff Event with La Chouffe May 11
Beer Dinner hosted by Larry James May 18
Santa Monica, Ca – Move over California hopheads, Belgium is taking over the taps at Library Alehouse for two weeks, from May 11 – 25th. Guests can purchase a logo Chimay glass filled with a Belgian beer for $15, and refill it with one of the 8 rotating Belgian handles for only $5 during the entire two weeks of the festival. A partial list of beers to be on tap is available below. Each beer will be on for one keg only, so once it’s gone… it’s history
Kickoff Event May 11th
Christina Roberts from Duvel-Moortgat USA will highlight the company’s beers. Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen Belgian IPA Tripel, Ommegang Hennepin, and Maredsous 8 on draft, as well as some specialties such as La Chouffe unfiltered blonde, and the original Duvel in bottle. Ga’Chouffe, Library Alehouse’s very own Chouffe will be behind the bar. Christina will answer questions and of course hand out surprises from her goodie bag including some very sharp red La Chouffe caps for early arrivals.
Belgian Beer Dinner May 18th 6PM
Hosted by Wine Warehouse’s legendary import specialist, Larry James, the dinner will consist of 5 courses with beer pairings. Larry will regale guests with stories about his misadventures traveling through the beer maze that is Belgium, while finding beers to bring over to the States. Tough job. Space is limited. Click Here to RSVP.
The pairings are as follows:
Spinach and Strawberry Salad
Oud Beersel Framboise Lambic
Mussels cooked in Belgian Witbier
Blanche de Bruxelles
Affligem Blond
Cheese Course
Chimay Cinq Cents (White)
Bacchus
Beef Carbonnade
St. Bernardus Abt 12
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Malhuer 12
Cost is $50 and includes a logo Chimay glass and other goodies.
Partial List of Rotating Taps
Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen IPA Tripel
Maredsous 8
Blanche de Bruxelles
Affligem Blond
Chimay Cinq Cents (White)
Bacchus
St. Bernardus Abt. 12
Malhuer 12
Kasteel Rouge
Duchess de Bourgogne
Gouden Carolus Tripel
Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor
St. Feuillien Blanche
Urthel Hop-It
Tripel Karmeliet
La Trappe Isid’or
Goose Island Matilda
Russian River Consecration
Allagash Four
Unibroue Terrible
Ommegang Hennepin
The Library Alehouse is a true public house, Santa Monica-style, featuring an ever-changing variety of over 29 craft beers on draft, as well as many hard-to-find bottled beers from around the world. Library Alehouse also features a wide variety of appetizers, salads, soups, sandwiches and entrees.
The Library Alehouse supports a number of non-profit organizations by donating 15% of sales from the last Tuesday of every month. The Library Alehouse is located at 2911 Main St. in Santa Monica. Hours of operation are 11:30 a.m. to midnight seven days a week and the restaurant is available for private parties and offers catering. For more information, please call (310) 314-4855.
