I love beer, but some of you may not know I also really love wine.  I write and talk a lot about beer, but I’m also a huge fan of wine, scotch, whiskey, bourbon and tequila.  So let me share with you a photo essay of this epic Beer versus Wine dinner, sponsored by Amanti Vino, which featured Master Sommelier, Fred Dexheimer squaring off against Brewmaster Garrett Oliver.  These two men are very charismatic and appeared to have lots of fun taking little shots and jabs at each other throughout the night.  In my humble opinion and I’m sure that of Garrett Oliver, Beer triumphed once again versus Wine.  Although, I will concede the wine did win at least one of the cheeses.  The best part of it, the wines were just as spectacular as the beer.  If I had the money, I would buy all the wines featured in the dinner, But the breadth of flavors in the beer made Fred’s challenge a difficult one.

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