Thompson Island Brewing Company to host beer-pairing dinner March 11

This chicken-and-dumplings dish, paired with Good Times Double IP, will be one of the courses served at Thompson Island Brewing Company’s inaugural beer dinner March 11 in Rehoboth Beach. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Thompson Island Brewing Company in Rehoboth Beach will host a five-course beer-pairing dinner at 6 p.m., Wednesday, March 11.

This will be the first in a planned beer dinner series, which will complement the wine dinner program that SoDel Concepts runs in seven of its restaurants. The dinners will emphasize the characteristics in beer that make them perfect accompaniments to food, and the importance of pairing the right beer with the right food to better enjoy the flavors of both.

“We are so proud of the beer that our brewer and his team have produced since opening. It is both delicious and widely varied in every way. But we are equally proud of Chef Lou and his team,” said Scott Kammerer, president of SoDel Concepts, which owns the brewpub as well as 11 other coastal Delaware restaurants. “We couldn’t wait to have our first beer-pairing dinner, so that we could showcase our food and beer together. This dinner will be awesome.”

The menu is as follows:

First course: Brewer’s plate with pork-apple-and-hemp sausage, Point Reyes Toma cheese and a hot honey-buttered dipped biscuit. (Little Friday Helles Lager)

Second course: Loaded potato skins with TI BBQ beef brisket “burnt” ends, TI cheese sauce scallions and crispy onions. (Thompson Island IPA)

Third course: Slow-roasted blackened pork belly, cooked for 24 hours and served with Low Country succotash and red-eye gravy. (Beautiful Mango Blood Orange Kettle Sour)

Fourth course: Chicken and dumplings made with smoked fried chicken thighs, herbed drop dumplings, spring peas, Yukon potatoes and mirepoix (onions, celery and carrots). (Good Times Double IPA)

Fifth course: Cold Brew Candy Bar Cream Pie with a cocoa crust, nut crunch and malted milk whip. (Magnifico’s Belgian Waffle Pastry Stout)

The cost is $45 per person. For reservations, call 302-226-4677.