Our Next Beer Luminaries Dinner
Features Rob Tod of Allagash Brewing Co.
& Benefits York’s Center for Wildlife.
Our first Beer Luminaries Dinner with Sam & Mariah Calagione was so much fun that we could hardly wait to start planning the next one. 
This time we welcome our friend and neighbor Rob Tod, founder of allagash-bannerAllagash Brewing, for an evening of conversation & comestibles, hosted by our own Tod Mott and featuring Special Guest Speaker Norman Smith.

Tuesday, October 13th
5:45 – 6:45PM - Special Guest Speaker Norman Smith's Owl Talk in The Jimmy Lapanza Lounge (includes beer samplings and hors d’hoeuvres). Owl Talk is included with the dinner ticket; tickets may be purchased separately for Owl Talk for $10.
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7:00 – 9:00PM - Beer Luminaries Dinner featuring five courses paired with selected Allagash & Portsmouth Brewery beers, including a Double-Oaked Kate the Great. Special guest: Rob Tod of Allagash Brewing.

Please note: space in our Jimmy Lapanza Lounge is limited, so if you wish to attend the dinner but are unable to attend the Owl Talk presentation beforehand, kindly indicate this preference when you purchase your ticket so that someone else can attend the talk.

Rob Tod founded Allagash Brewing in 1995 in Portland, Maine, dedicating himself to brewing distinctive, artisanal beers. Allagash has won several national awards and has been featured in publications such as Gourmet, Savor, Cheers, Bon Appetit, Men’s Journal and The Wall Street Journal. Today, Mr. Tod remains one of the few brewers in the country who is committed to the Belgian tradition, brewing only Belgian-Style beers.

The Center for Wildlife is a private, non-profit organization whose mission is to rehabilitate and provide sanctuary for sick and injured wild animals, and to promote respect for wildlife and the environment. They do this by providing the full range of treatment services needed to rehabilitate birds, mammals and reptiles; assisting the public with issues relating to wildlife; and providing educational and outreach programs to promote knowledge and appreciation of wild animals and the habitats they depend on for survival.

Since 1981, Massachusetts Audubon’s Norman Smith has spent countless days and nights, in every imaginable weather condition, observing, capturing, banding and color marking Snowy Owls at Logan International Airport. Find out what has been learned to date, what questions remain and how this project developed to include research on Saw-whets Owls.

Hoorah!: 100% of the evening’s net proceeds benefit the Center For Wildlife, York, Maine. 50% of the ticket price is tax deductible.


The Menu 

Reception Fare (served exclusively at the reception in the Jimmy Lapanza Lounge prior to Owl Talk.)
Hummus and Grilled Vegetable Canapés

Vegetable Spring Rolls

Roast Beef and Caramelized Onion Canapés

Spinach and Goat Cheese Wontons

Beers: Portsmouth Brewery 5 C’s I.P.A., Allagash Curieux

Dinner Menu

First Course
Arugula and spinach salad with roasted pears, roasted beets, dried cranberries, tossed in a cider vinaigrette finished with crispy shallots.
Beers: Portsmouth Brewery Hop Harvest Ale, Allagash White

Second Course
Pumpkin soup with toasted pumpkin seeds and marble crouton
Beers: Portsmouth Brewery Pumpkin Ale, Allagash Confluence

Third Course
A wild mushroom and gruyere tart with a purple potato puree, roasted broccolini and finished with a garlic cream
Beers: Portsmouth Brewery Octoberfest, Allagash Interlude

Fourth Course
Apple, spinach and pine nut stuffed pork loin with apple braised red cabbage, roasted brussel sprouts and an a cider reduction.

or
Squash and smoked mozzarella raviolis with roasted red peppers, roasted zucchini, roasted shallots in a parmesan cream sauce.

Beers: Portsmouth Brewery Black Cat Stout, Allagash Black 

Fifth (Dessert) Course
Molasses, Apple and Spiced Beignets
Beers: Portsmouth Brewery Oaked Kate the Great Imperial Stout, Allagash Tripel

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