Join us Saturday, August 22 at Vista Brewing's Driftwood ranch for a pairing dinner experience celebrating celebrating the amazing honeybee!
Expect to learn about honeybees and how important they are for our food system, all while enjoying a delicious four course menu from Vista's Chef A.C. Carroll. You'll even get to see a frame of live bees in action...fully contained in an observation frame, of course!
Beverage pairings will include Vista's newest beer release, Hive Mind Honey Ale, along with a wine cocktail made with honey, Texas wine and a special feature from Vista's unique barrel aged beer program.
Share a table with friends — or make new ones — at this family style pairing dinner.
We'll begin the evening at 6:30 p.m. with a welcome drink and bite and gather around farmhouse tables for a family style meal.
Menu subject to change
Amuse Bouche: Honeycomb Tartlet: serrano jamon glass, raw Vista honeycomb, chevre, epazote
Paired with Honey-Epazote Spritz A light & herbal wine cocktail
First Course: Fried Softshell Crab: guajillo honey remoulade, cortido, chives, edible flower
Paired with Zenith Oenobeer - Oak-Aged Petit Saison: Refermented with freshly pressed, Texas-grown chenin blanc grape juice from William Chris Vineyards
Main Course: Pollo Pibil in Banana Leaves: coal-roasted chicken, Vista honey achiote sauce, tortillas black beans, pickled onion, lime, micro cilantro
Paired with Hive Mind - Honey Ale: Brewed with honey from Vista's onsite apiary & donated by Central Texas beekeepers, Hive Mind is an award-winning honey ale that tells a true local story. Floral, crisp, and dry with subtle fruit & spice, it drinks far lighter than its 7.7% ABV.
Palate Cleanser: vanilla gelato with white tea and Vista honey
Dessert: Sopapillas: Vista honey, berry coulis, chantilly, amaranth
Paired with Duchman Family Winery – Vermentino: 100% Texas grown wine from our neighbors here in Driftwood. With aromas of lime zest, crushed rocks and lemon, the palate reflects juicy pear, pineapple and ripe, yellow apple. With aromas of lime zest, crushed rocks and lemon, the palate reflects juicy pear, pineapple and ripe, yellow apple.
Chef Team: A.C. Carroll, Casey Parrish, Nic Churchwell, Maggie Juarez
About Vista's Apiary: We’re committed to doing our part to save the honeybee population. We’ve planted over nine acres of native wildflowers and grasses to support their forage.
Our colonies are never treated with chemical medications and our honey is never heated and only minimally filtered. Our bees draw 100% of their own honeycomb, letting them create the purest local honey possible.
Vista sells our 100% raw, treatment-free honey in the Tasting Room and our online shop (seasonally as harvest allows).
The Vista Ranch is also home to the Teaching Apiary for the Texas Natural Beekeepers Youth Scholarship Program.
About Hive Mind Honey Ale: Brewed with honey from Vista's onsite apiary & donated by Central Texas beekeepers, Hive Mind is an award-winning honey ale that tells a true local story. Floral, crisp, and dry with subtle fruit & spice, it drinks far lighter than its 7.7% ABV.