Colorado Beer Dinner

On Friday May 16th, Aroma Thyme hosted their Colorado Beer Dinner. Guests were treated to a five course meal that included favorites such as Quinoa Cake and Bison Chili. Each person went home with some beer gifts and three lucky diners also recieved t-shirts from Flying Dog Brewery.

Colorado Craft Beer Dinner at Aroma Thyme Bistro

May 16th, 2008
$49 per person
845-647-3000 reservations
limited seats

Quinoa Cake
Petite Greens
Flying Dog In Heat Wheat

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Anazasi Bean Soup
Oskar’s, Dales Pale Ale
Avery Anniversary 14, Dry Hoped Ale

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Lamb Quesadillas
Roasted Chiles
Wild Dog, Dopple Bock
Avery Anniversary 13, Dopple Bock

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Colorado Brook Trout
Heirloom Potatoes
Left Hand, Warrior IPA
Avery, Maharaja IPA

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Bison Chili
Left Hand, Imperial Stout
Great Divide, Oak Aged Yetti

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Apple Strudel
Flying Dog, Horn Dog Barley Wine

Mothers Day Wines

What should you treat mom to on Mother's Day?
Here is what we say at Aroma Thyme Bistro.


Kevin Burns, bar manager at Aroma Thyme Bistro,
recommends Lambics as a sweet beer for Mother’s Day.
Lambics are Belgian-style beers that may have fruit
added into them after the first fermentation. The
most common kinds of lambics are Kriek (cherries),
Frambroise (raspberries), Pêche (peach) and Cassis
(black currant). Kevin’s personal favorite is
Lindeman’s Framboise. The beer pours a red color with
plenty of raspberries in the aroma. The beer has a
champagne-like crispness and tastes quite sweet with a
lot of fruit.


Chris Rowley Wine Sommelier, Aroma Thyme Bistro

Sweetness and light for Mother's Day.

Start with the light-- sparkling wine. At Aroma Thyme Bistro you can treat your mother to some bubbly at a variety of points along the price spectrum, from our really nice, lively Di Bona Cava from Spain, to Krug 1995 from Champagne.

Sparkling wines are the perfect thing for toasts and who better to toast than the woman that brought you into the world?

And at the end of a meal, comes the sweetness, and who deserves sweetness more than the mothers of the world? We have a pretty remarkable selection of semi-sweet to absolutely luscious wines to accompany desserts. From Alsace we have Zind Humbrecht's "Zind"- a blend of Alsace varietals with a semi-sweet finish. From South America we have the Tardio, a late harvest wine made from the Torrontes grape. From New York State we have Wagner Ice Wine and from Sauternes, the capital of all things sweet, honeyed and delicious, we have three selections,
La Bastor de Montagne, le Dauphin de Guiraud and Chateau Gilette 1985.

And if you'd rather combine the sweetness with the light? Then try a half bottle of
Veuve Clicquot Demi-Sec. This is Champagne the way it used to be, back in the
great days of the 19th century when Brut was thought quite brutal and everyone
wanted that sweetness in the wine that makes this offering special.

Aroma Thyme at TAP-NY!

On Sunday April 29th, Aroma Thyme Bistro Marcus Guiliano was part of TAP-NY's cooking demonstration. The renowned chef cooked his Akaushi Beef Meatloaf Slyders with Great Hills Blue Cheese. After serving the hungry beer drinkers, Marcus was chosen to be a judge for the prestigious F.X. Matt Memorial Cup which was awarded to the best craft brewery in the New York State as well as the top three beers in the state, as well as the Matthew Vassar Brewers’ Cup which is awarded to the best craft brewery in the Hudson Valley and the top three beers from that region as well.

Rogue Beer Dinner

On April 11th, Aroma Thyme Bistro held their Rogue Beer Dinner. The event was a great success as everyone went home happy after a night of great beer, great food and even great prizes. Everyone in attendance was treated to a eight beer, five course dinner and every customer walked home with a prize. Sebbie, who works for Rogue and is featured on the bottle of Rogue Chocolate Stout, was in attendance and spoke about the brewery and beers that were featured. Later in the night, Chef Marcus Guiliano emerged from the kitchen to greet everyone and to reveal the surprise that he was opening his 3 liter bottle of Rogue HazelNut Brown Nectar Ale for everyone to taste as well as giving away his other 3 liter bottle of Rogue Shakespeare Stout!

Tap Beer at Aroma Thyme Bistro

Guinness
Rogue Chipotle Ale
Stella Artois
Captain Lawrence Pale Ale
Hurricane Kitty

On Tap at Aroma Thyme as of May 12th 2008.

Flying Dog Wild Dog Collaborator Doppelbock

Kevin Burns

Collaborator Doppelbock is Flying Dog's latest beer in the Wild Dog series. Wild Dog is a series from Flying Dog that has consisted of their Double IPA in 2004, a Weizenbock in 2005, a Colorado Saison in 2006 and now the Doppelbock. The Doppelbock is unique in the fact that the beer was created through Flying Dog's Open Source Beer Project. Flying Dog combined feedback from the site and used it to create the recipe for this beer.
The beer poured a dark amber color with a thick, off-white foamy head. The nose was malty with a smokey note. The first palate consisted of malts and sweetness and progressed into a slightly dry finish in which the hops become apparent. The middle palate has a very smooth set of continuous malts and sugars. It is an enjoyable beer that is well balanced and extremely well made. Hats off to Flying Dog for this one.


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I love this beer. It is full and rich. Just a joy to drink.
It is now on our beer menu at Aroma Thyme. Since it is a limited release, we only have one case. Once it is gone, it's gone. But that is the neat thing about craft beers. We will find a beer just as good to replace it with. That is the fun part of our job, it could take tasting 20 or so beers before we find the one.

Marcus Guiliano