Salt Spring Island Ales and LURE Restaurant are inviting all craft beer and local seafood lovers out for an evening of sipping and savouring flavours unique to Salt Spring and Vancouver Island on Saturday, January 23.

 

The evening’s menu, prepared by LURE Chef Mike Weaver, will feature an abundance of local, seasonal ingredients including, among other things: Qualicum Bay Scallops, Fanny Bay Oysters, Galloping Goose Sausage and Salt Spring Island cheese.  Each of the six courses will be paired with a different Salt Spring Ale including some rare and unusual offerings, such as their ‘Heather Ale’ (made with heather flowers from Metchosin), ‘Whale Tail Ale’ (a North American style Alt), ‘Salt Spring Porter’ (a dry, ‘roasty’ Porter) and the ever popular, seasonal ‘Fireside Winter Ale’.  Also featured will be Salt Spring’s multiple national medal winning ‘Golden Ale’ and ‘Pale Ale’.  The six course dinner and Salt Spring Island Ales beer pairings can be booked by calling LURE at 250- 360-5873.  The price is $55 per person.

Salt Spring Ales’ resident brewmaster Murray Hunter and brewery co-owners will be in attendance to celebrate local beer and food and the farm-to-cup connection.

LURE Restaurant is located at the Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa, at 45 Songhees Road, in Victoria, BC.

For more information visit: www.lurevictoria.com or  www.saltspringislandales.com.

About Salt Spring Island Ales

Gulf Islands Brewing, makers of Salt Spring Island Ales, is located in a barn in The Fulford Valley on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia.  This small brewery creates some of the most unique and delicious brews around with a local focus that works with island farmers to source and grow seasonal ingredients.  Their beers are fresh, unfiltered and unpasteurized and brewed using their own mountain spring water.  From farm to cup, they aspire to create beers that embody the flavor and character of the islands.  This small-but-mighty island operation just won its second National Gold at the Canadian Brewing awards. www.saltspringislandales.com

About LURE

Located at the Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort & Spa, LURE is a local favourite for fresh seafood, regional cuisine and mouthwatering cocktails.  Guests can enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner created from the Island’s finest local ingredients in a casual, but elegant setting.  Their supernatural setting with floor to ceiling windows offers an unsurpassed view of the city’s beautiful Inner Harbour.