11/16/2019 -- "The Wild Ones": 5-Course Firestone Walker Brewing Company Barrelworks Beer Pairing Dinner at Root 246

Exclusive, five-course Firestone Walker Barrelworks wild ale pairing dinner at Solvang's Root 246.

Solvang, California restaurant, Root 246 at Hotel Corque (www.root-246.com), located in the heart of Santa Barbara wine country, hosts “The Wild Ones”, a Saturday, November 16, 2019 Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Barrelworks Beer Pairing Dinner. The exclusive event, which begins at 6:00 PM, will include five inventive courses of wild ale-friendly fare, utilizing local ingredients, and a special dinner guest, “Sour Jim” Crooks, Master Blender for Firestone Walker Barrelworks.

The November 16 brew-paired culinary adventure, priced at $95.00 per person (includes beer pairings; excludes tax and gratuity), will feature such luxurious, flavor-layered fall dishes as a scallop crudo with caviar, uni and bottarga; a local rabbit roulade with prosciutto and smoked pine needle; venison saddle with a blackberry and thyme Barrelworks Terrior Duex sauce; and a smoked pumpkin goat cheese cheesecake with a Barrelworks El Gourdo reduction and pumpkin powder.

Reservations for the November 16 “The Wild Ones” dinner at Root 246 may be made in advance by contacting the restaurant at 805.686.8681, or via OpenTable: www.opentable.com/root-246-at-hotel-corque (space is extremely limited).

Root 246 is located at 420 Alisal Road, Solvang, CA 93463. Free street parking is available, as well as free public lot parking near the restaurant and hotel. Root 246 is family-friendly, and also dog-friendly if seated on the restaurant’s expansive outdoor patio, furnished with heaters and a fireplace. Root 246 is open Tuesday through Thursday, 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM; Friday and Saturday, 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM; and Sunday, 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Lounge service begins at 4:00 PM, dinner begins at 5:00 PM. Root 246 is available for space rental and off-site catering, for private or corporate parties and events.

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Root 246 x Firestone Walker Barrelworks “The Wild Ones” Dinner Menu

$95.00 per person (excludes tax and service)

First Course
Feral Vinifera
Scallop crudo, caviar,uni, bottarga, sea bean

Second Course
Undercurrants
Local rabbit and black currant roulade, prosciutto, smoked pine needle

Third Course (palate cleanser)
Violet Underground
Violet Underground granita, candied violets and lemon peel

Fourth Course
Terrior Duex
Venison saddle, blackberry and thyme Terrior Duex sauce, parsnip and fingerling potato

Fifth Course
El Gourdo
Smoked pumpkin goat cheese cheesecake, El Gourdo reduction, pumpkin powder