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HopMonk Tavern Novato Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary with Beer Dinner featuring Ninkasi Brewing Company

Dean Biersch, proprietor of the popular HopMonk Tavern (www.hopmonk.com) is pleased to start celebrating the 1-Year Anniversary of the Novato location with a Beer Dinner featuring Ninkasi Brewing Company on Sunday, November 3. Ninkasi Brewing Company will highlight six of their beers alongside a menu prepared by Executive Chef Billy Reid. The dinner starts at 6pm and reservations are required and can be made by visiting http://www.hopmonk.com/store/beer-dinner/. The cost for the evening is $58 and includes tax and gratuity.

The menu for the evening includes:
Opener - Oktoberfest Dortmund-Style Lager
Crème Fraiche + Pumpkin Croquette
Appetizer - Imperiale Imperial Stout
Slow Stout Braised Lamb Cornish Pastry with Root Vegetables and Bitter Greens
Salad - Radiant Summer Pale Ale
Papaya and Mango Salad with Watercress and Triple Cream Brie
Entrée - Believer Double Red Ale
Billionaire’s Bacon-Brown sugar crusted Pork Belly over Potato Risotto and Stuffed Squash
Dessert - Sleigh’r Dark Double Alt (Vertical Tasting 2012/2013)
Peppermint Bark on Shortbread w/ 2012
Cocoa Glazed Basil Doughnut w/2013

Ninkasi Brewing Company (www.ninkasibrewing.com) is a craft brewery based in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Named after the Sumerian goddess of beer, Ninkasi was founded in 2006 by Jamie Floyd and Nikos Ridge. The first beer they produced was Total Domination IPA. Other beer varieties include Tricerahops Double IPA, Believer Double Red, and Oatis Oatmeal Stout.

HopMonk Tavern serves 16 premier American craft and international draft beers. The eclectic tavern menu features grass fed beef, curried samosas, fresh mussels, slow roasted pulled pork and popular fish and chips. Stop by Monday through Friday between 3:00 and 6:00 PM for Hoppy Hour, featuring house beers for $3.

HopMonk Tavern owner Dean Biersch has taken over the old Southern Pacific Smokehouse in the Vintage Oaks at Novato Shopping Center off Highway 101 and Highway 37 in Novato. The new site features a rustic beer tavern, outdoor beer garden, and a dedicated live music venue known as The Session Room, similar to the historic tavern and Abbey music hall in Sebastopol. HopMonk is located at 224 Vintage Way in Novato, California. Phone (415) 892-6200 or visit www.hopmonk.com.

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