BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.1//EN TZID:America/Denver X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Denver BEGIN:VEVENT UID:42@pieceloveandchocolate.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20141210T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20141210T210000 DTSTAMP:20141209T132843Z URL:https://pieceloveandchocolate.com/classes/science-beer-chocolate-desse rts SUMMARY:Science\, Craft Beer & Chocolate Desserts - Denver Museum of Nature and Science - 10 Dec 14 19:00 DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, December 10th\, 7-9pm\n\nHosted by: The Denver Muse um of Nature and Science and Exec Chef Patrick Hartnett and the DMNS cater ing department\n\nPresented by: Dr. Nicole Garneau Ph.D\, Chair of Healt h Science Department and Curator of Human Health at The Denver Museum of N ature and Science\; Jeff Mendel\, Partner\, Director and "Beer Ambassador" for Left Hand Brewing Co and CEO of Sapere Aude\; and Sarah Amorese\, Cho colatier and Chef Owner of Piece\, Love &\; Chocolate\n\nClass includes :\n\n a flight of 8 Colorado craft beers\n a pairing of more than 10 diffe rent PL&\;C chocolates &\; chocolate micro-desserts\n our take away compilation educational beer and chocolate pairing guide with anecdotes fr om Dr. Nicole Garneau and The Denver Museum of Nature and Science\n select craft brewery tasting coupons\n a custom selection of PL&\;C signatu re beer truffles and chocolates\n a $5 discount off your admission to Trav eling the Silk Road exhibit at The Denver Museum of Nature and Science\n\n $55 per person (must be at least 21 years old)\n\nIf you have never tried this decadent fellowship of beer and chocolate\, you are missing something very special\, indeed! For those lucky few that have already experienced this uncommon marriage of food and drink\, you will instantly light up and say\, "What have I been missing all this time?!"\n\nBeer truly loves choc olate. Historic cousins\, perfect partners\, and scientific soul mates\, b eer and chocolate are perhaps\, a match made in…  a tasting lab? Whethe r beer is served with a chocolate dessert or the chocolate is brewed right into the beer\, the two work incredibly well together. Both share a molec ular affinity for a wide variety of foods such as fruit\, nuts\, salt\, an d - have you heard - ? Yes\, even bacon!\n\nWith a focus on the beloved an d small batch artisan craft production of both chocolate and beer\, this i s an elegant and scientific exploration of the physiology of taste itself and the taste pairing of beer and chocolate together. It will excite and e ducate your palate unlike any other food pairing\, and likely turn everyth ing you thought you knew about taste upside down.\n\nNicole\, Jeff and Sar ah take beer and chocolate pairing to the next level by exploring the hist ory and ingredients of chocolate and beer and the science of taste within these two celebrated fermented foods.  Why do beer and chocolate compleme nt each other so well? It’s science!\n\nIn this class\, we reveal the de licious similarities between chocolate and beer. They’re both fermented foods believed to be created by happy accidents many hundreds of years ago . Each has its own delicate balance of sweet and bitter flavors (amongst o thers).  Beer\, due to its malted barley content\, is naturally very swee t\, and would not be palatable without the balancing bitterness of hops. I n much the same way\, chocolate is fermented and roasted to mellow some of the frontal bitter notes  in the raw cacao\, then sugar is added to offs et this bitterness. In both cases\, a perfect union is created in the bala nce between bitter and sweet.\n\nBeyond bitter\, sweet\, etc.\, what if ou r sense of TASTE was so much more than that? What if TASTE was: the SIGHT of exquisitely garnished chocolate desserts placed before you? The rich SM ELL of chocolate wafting up through your nose and down\, retronasal-ly to the backside of your palate? The auditory crunch that you HEAR inside your head of a thin\, perfectly tempered chocolate shell…? The FEEL of the s mooth and creamy caramel as it spills out of that shell across your tongue … ? The FEEL of the carbonic bite of a dark bitter beer on the backside of your throat or the FEEL of the soft tingle of a beer that has been lovi ngly injected with nitrogen as it journeys across your tongue…??\n\nYes\ , dear guests! This is exactly what this taste sensory science class is al l about!\n\nWe are very proud to offer this wildly entertaining and educat ional class on site in the beautiful space overlooking the Denver city sky line at The Denver Museum of Nature and Science. This interactive class is sure to impart a deeper knowledge and appreciation of how the science of taste actually works - using fine chocolate and Colorado craft beers. All you need is a little curiosity\, love of fine food and drink... and to reg ister quickly! We have only 45 seats available and they are sure to sell o ut quickly.\n\nDue to the extensive planning involved in this event\, we c annot accept any late sign-ups. Registration for this event will end  on Sunday\, December 7th at midnight.\n\nSign-up and registration on-line onl y here at the Piece\, Love &\; Chocolate website. You will not be able to register or purchase tickets at the museum. If you have any questions\, or would like to be placed on our waiting list\, please give us a call (3 03) 449-4804 \n\n***Cancellation policy - No refunds will be issued for this class. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://pieceloveandchocolate.com/wp-content/upl oads/2014/09/IMG_9720.jpg CATEGORIES:Chocolate and Beer Pairing,Chocolate Tasting,Craft Beer & Chocolate,Special Events LOCATION:Denver Museum of Nature and Science\, 2001 Colorado Blvd\, Denver\ , Colorado\, 80205\, United States GEO:39.747597;-104.94294630000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2001 Colorado Blvd\, Denver \, Colorado\, 80205\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Denver Muse um of Nature and Science:geo:39.747597,-104.94294630000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Denver BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20141102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR