Want to pit your palate against the pros? Watch Jeff Hancock, president and head brewer

at DC Brau (the District’s first production brewery since 1956), Mike McManus, lead

brewer at Brewery Ommegang (award-winning brewer of Belgian-style ales), and Chuck

Silva, brewmaster at Green Flash Brewing Co. (San Diego-based specialists in brewing

assertive beers, such as their West Coast I.P.A.), take on defending CraftBeer.com

Taste-Off 2011 champ Matt Bean of Men’s Health magazine and Spike TV. Julia Herz of

the Brewers Association and CraftBeer.com moderates and mediates this epicurean battle.

Our four contenders will showcase their beer and food pairing skills and you, the

audience, will decide which is the top pairing of the Salon, thus establishing the

taste-off champion!

As our craft brewers vie to take Matt’s title, they will cover an array of topics,

including basic beer and food pairing principles and why craft beer pairs so well with

food. Salon attendees will enjoy four different pairings with the contenders.