Three Rivers’ annual Mardi Gras Cajun Feast features an ALL NEW menu this year! Of course, some things remain the same: it will still be a five-course extravanganza of Cajun food, and a 3RB beer and a wine has been specially chosen to complement and/or contrast with the flavor, texture, and richness of each course. Woohoo! We do not have the list of wines that National Distributing has selected for each course, but we DO know that they’ll be delicious! So, without further ado, here are the particulars:

What: Traditional Cajun Feast with Games and a Mask Contest
When: Tuesday, February 16, 6:30 PM
Where: Three Rivers Banquet Hall
Cost: $40 for 5 courses of food and paired beers/wines

And just to get you salivating, here’s our ALL NEW menu:

COURSE 1:
Andouille Sausage and Hot Pepper Stew
Andouille sausage and hot banana peppers rendered in a rich dark broth and served with sourdough bread.
Beer Pairing: Papa Bear’s Golden Honey Ale

COURSE 2:
Jambalaya en Croute
Chef Keith’s twist on this Bayou classic: spicy chicken, sausage, shrimp, and peppers wrapped in a puff pastry and served on a Beurre Blanc Sauce.
Beer Pairing: Chaco Nut Brown Ale

COURSE 3:
Crawfish Etoufee
A traditional Creole Mirepoix stuffed with crawdad tail meat and served over Jasmine rice (made with a dark roux).
Beer Pairing: What the Helles? Munich-style Lager

COURSE 4:
The Cajun Boil
3RB’s take on a Louisana tradition. Red potatoes, corn on the cob, mushrooms, Andouille sausage, mussels, clams, shrimp, crawfish, and snow crab legs all tossed in our Cajun spices, and accompanied by a dipping tri-fecta: a sweet BBQ sauce, a garlic butter, and a tangy Dijon sauce.
Beer Pairing: IPA

COURSE 5:
Beignets
New Orleans’ version of the doughnut. Fresh, hot, and crispy sweet, you’d swear you were on Bourbon Street. Served over fresh berries and with a fresh berry couluis.
Beer Pairing: Rasputin’s Imperial Stout

3RB’s creative chef, Keith Inman, can’t wait for you to taste his masterpieces, and frankly, we can’t wait to taste them either! We’re very excited about this new menu, and how well the beers pair with each course. So come join us for a culinary feast in the Louisana traditional!

We’ve got special things brewing & cooking at Three Rivers Eatery & Brewhouse this month…what lots of you have been waiting for. The Brewery Special is our always-popular Oktoberfest Lager. A seven-barrel batch of Oktoberfest lasted only 10 days last year. This year we increased the batch size to 10 barrels but we don’t think it’ll last a whole lot longer. Get it while you can at the Pub, Pizzeria, or Tap Room!

The Pub is offering the ever-popular Beer & Brat Special. This year you have a choice of 3RB’s own Brown Ale Brat or our NEW Green Chile & Brown Ale Brat! Our brats are all natural and hormone free, prepared in our own Brown Ale by Sunnyside Meats of Durango. The Beer & Brat Special comes with a sidedish and a pint of your favorite. (But the Oktoberfest is the perfect pairing!) All this for only $8.99!

So come and celebrate the spirit of Oktoberfest with us all month long with a beer and a brat…and make sure you get a pint of Oktoberfest before it’s all gone!

Oktoberfeast is less than 3 weeks away and tickets are being sold. Don’t forget to get yours. It’s a 5-course food and beer/wine extravaganza that will be held in the new Three Rivers Banquet Hall at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, October 13. The $35 tickets can be purchased from the at the Restaurant or Tap Room. Check out the menu below!
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Beers from Three Rivers Brewery have done very well in 2009. Although we only entered 20 beers this year, we captured 7 medals at the New Mexico State Fair, not including the award for Best Cider! More than a third of the beers we entered got medals…not bad!

In addition, we won another medal at the Colorado State Fair, going up against all those great breweries from Colorado and across the country.

Check out the beer awards we’ve won in 2009.

What: Second Annual Salsa Challenge
Where: Three Rivers Tap & Game Room
When: Wednesday, September 30th, 6:00 PM

Is your salsa better than what the 3RB crew can come up with? Bring in your best salsa and test it against 3RB’s. Entries will be judged in three categories: Fruit Salsa, Hottest Salsa, and Best Salsa Flavor. Come in and sample all the entries, cast a vote, and have some of the best salsas in “these here parts”. The tasting will commence at 6:00 PM and votes will be collected until 8:00 PM. Multiple entries ARE allowed! Only one vote per person. And while you’re at it, you might need  a pint or two (or three) of wonderful Three Rivers brews to cool your mouth off, or just cleanse your palate for the next salsa experience! See you there!