Chris Lively welcomes and thanks all and instructs all to be treated like kings and queens
First course of "House Made Charcuterie" (photo courtesy of Shaun O'Sullivan)
First course of "House Made Charcuterie" paired with Hanssens Oude Kriek 1978 (and 2008)
Duvel circa 1990 (photo courtesy of Shaun O'Sullivan)
Second Course of "Homemade Butter-Poached Day Boat Scallops" (photo courtesy of Shaun O'Sullivan)
Sean Paxton provides tableside service with a dusting of fennel pollen to the scallops as Tod Mott of Portsmouth Brewing tries to distract him
Sean Paxton provides tableside service with a dusting of fennel pollen to the scallops
Second Course of "Homemade Butter-Poached Day Boat Scallops" paired with Duvel 1990
Third Course of "Roasted Eel" (photo courtesy of Shaun O'Sullivan)
Third Course of "Roasted Eel" paired with Russian River Damnation Batch 23--2009
Ever see a 6-liter bottle of Val-Dieu Triple?
Fourth Course of "Maine, Lobster, Crayfish, and Mussel Waterzooi" (photo courtesy of Shaun O'Sullivan)
Sean Paxton, aka HomeBrewChef introduces the Fifth Course
Sean (Paxton) and Shaun (O'Sullivan, 21st Amendment) talk about jet lag, or maybe beer and food pairings
Brynildson Party of Two
Fourth Course of "Maine, Lobster, Crayfish, and Mussel Waterzooi" paired with Val-Dieu Triple
Fifth Course of "Foie Gras Torchon"
Sixth Course of "Duck Legs" being prepped
Any guess as to whose table this was?
Sixth Course of "Duck Legs" paired with Russian River Consecration 2009
A walkaround during the halftime show as night falls over Ebenezer's
The sign didn't look quite so spooky in the daylight
Chris (Lively) addresses the crowd as Sean (Paxton) looks on
St. Bernardus Abt 12 looks lovely in the candlelight
Eighth Course of "Stoofvlees" (Flemish Stew with Bison Tongue)
Just a sampling of the damage that had been done through half of the dinner
Eleventh Course of "Belgian Panna Cotta, Roasted Figs, and Toasted Hazelnuts" prepped and ready to go
Matt Brynildson of Firestone Walker helps Sean Paxton introduce Saucerful of Secrets and XII.V, the former a brew that Sean helped to craft and brew
Good cheers all around
Then, the mayhem began behind the bar
Just one of the many, many goodies that Ebenezer's then began free-pouring for the gathered masses
Do you think these guys appreciate what each other does?
Sean Paxton and Chris Lively ready to unwind, or already unwound?! (photo courtesy of John Cox)
A trip to The Cellar. Hey, my camera actually does take half decent (okay, maybe quarter decent) pictures....not as good as Paxton's, but what do you expect from a little point-and-shoot?!
Some more rare Drie Fontenien was being poured in The Cellar
Bass King's Ale (barleywine?) circa 1902
A more recent Pannepot (more recent, say, than the Bass)
Pulling away from Lovell, Maine and Ebenezer's, The road led us next to Burlington, VT
