Hopworks Beer Pairing Dinner @ Trellis Restaurant

Trellis, a wine country-inspired restaurant that celebrates small scale, artisan products at the height of their seasonality, will host Portland, Ore.-based organic brewers Ben Love and Jamie Rodriguez of Hopworks Urban Brewery for a beer pairing dinner on Friday, May 27.

Hopworks is Portland’s first Eco-Brewpub offering world-class beer. Hopworks incorporates a range of sustainable practices in their operation, and makes every effort to protect our future with a thoughtful alternative.

In honor of Hopworks visit to Kirkland, Chef Brian Scheehser has created a special dinner menu featuring artisan meats from Tails & Trotters. Each course will be paired with five of Hopworks’ organic brews including HUB Lager, Deluxe Organic Ale, Rise Up Red, Ace of Spades Imperial IPA and 7 Grain Stout.

WHO: All community members, family and friends over the age of 21.

WHAT: Hopworks Urban Brewery Beer Pairing Dinner

WHERE: Trellis Restaurant, 220 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland, Wash.

WHEN: Friday, May 27, 2011

6:30 p.m. – Beer reception and passed hors d’oeuvres

7 p.m. – Dinner served

COST: $65 for five-course meal and beer pairings. Alternative beverages available for additional cost. Tax and gratuity not included.

Seating is limited; please call Liz Shriner at (425) 284-5914 for reservations to the Hopworks Urban Brewery Pairing Dinner. Those who reserve seats at the Hopworks dinner are eligible for a discounted stay at the Heathman Hotel on the night of the dinner. Guests are able to reserve a room for $119.

About Trellis

Housed in the luxurious Heathman Hotel (www.heathmankirkland.com) on Seattle’s eastside in Kirkland, Wash., Trellis is a 90-seat restaurant and bar that features wine country-style cuisine under the direction of executive chef Brian Scheehser, who was featured at the famed James Beard House in New York City as part of its Best Hotel Chefs in America series in 2008.  Trellis features a richly appointed environment that is comfortable and warm with food and drink that celebrates small scale, artisan products at the height of their seasonal quality.  Trellis’ rustic, farm-fresh, robust menu characterizes wine country restaurants and evolves with the seasons, always using the best of the current harvest as a foundation for its farm-to-table philosophy. Much of the produce on the menu is grown in Scheehser’s local ten-acre garden at the South 47 farm in Woodinville, Wash.  A wine list with more than 200 selections features the best that California, Washington and Oregon vintners have to offer as well as an extensive international collection.  Heated outdoor seating is available.  For additional information, visit www.trellisrestaurant.net.

About Hopworks Urban Brewery

Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) is Portland’s first Eco-Brewpub. HUB offers an assortment of award winning, world-class beers made from organic malts and locally-sourced hops on draught and in bottles across the Pacific Northwest. HUB incorporates a range of sustainable practices in the production of its beer and brewpub operations and makes every effort to protect “our” future with a thoughtful alternative.  The 20-barrel brewery produces 6,400 barrels a year and provides the SE Portland brewpub with ten different HUB organic beers on tap and two cask ales at all times. In early summer, Hopworks will open its second location, Bike Bar in North Portland, expanding the company’s love of beers, bikes and the environment.