Coast Guard House in Narragansett welcomed Whalers Brewing Company for a Friday night beer-pairing dinner on Jan. 27 in the venue’s upstairs Anchor Room. The four-course meal and dessert paired the Rhode Island craft beer offerings of Rise American Pale Ale, 5.5% ABV; Piesces, 5% ABV; Muse, 7% ABV; American Strong Ale, 9.5% ABV; and Hazelnut Stout, 6.5% ABV. A team from Whalers Brewing Company, including Director of Sales Gregory Horton and Brand Ambassador Libby Walker, educated guests on the showcased brews, respectively paired with arancini, oysters au gratin, pork belly BLT, BBQ ribs and hazelnut tiramisu. Founded in 2011, Whalers Brewing Company is a project by Josh Dunlap and Wes Staschke, who brew, can and keg on-site at its facility in the historic Palisades Mill campus located in South Kingstown. The brand is distributed in Rhode Island by Horizon Co. – Wayne division.
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- Coast Guard House hosted Whalers Brewing Company for a pairing dinner on Jan. 27 in the venue’s Anchor Room.
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- Chilled Whalers Muse, a flagship freestyle IPA and Whalers Rise, a flagship award-winning APA.
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- A place setting showcases the evening’s pairings.
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- All of the Coast Guard House except where indicated: Gregory Horton, Director of Sales, Whalers Brewing Company; Libby Walker, Brand Ambassador, Whalers Brewing Company; Fred Koury, Manager; Alexa Aspirno; Matt Gant; Carla Peter; Zach St. Jean; and Cameron Gagnon.
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- Fred Koury, Manager, Coast Guard House welcomes guests.
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- Gregory Horton, Director of Sales, Whalers Brewing Company.
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- A freshly poured Rise ready to be paired.
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- The first course paired with Rise: an arancini trio of Parmesan, mozzarella and lobster.
Photos by Laura Widness.
