Another enriching beer dinner, this time at MilkWood.

As usual, my sloppy iPhone photo doesn't do it justice. Pictured above is the main course (lamb shoulder) at the MilkWood/NABC beer dinner on Thursday, April 17. In honor of the occasion, I pulled a Dylan Thomas quote; the restaurant is named for his play, “Under Milk Wood.”

"I liked the taste of beer, its live white lather, its brass-bright depths, the sudden world through the wet brown walls of the glass, the tilted rush to the lips and the slow swallowing down to the lapping belly, the salt on the tongue, the foam at the corners."

I can't say enough about the eatery's staff, those who attended, and the meal itself. For those who have yet to check it out, MilkWood is downstairs at Actor's Theater on Main Street in Louisville. It accurately describes itself like this:

Chef Edward Lee's newest venture, MilkWood, is a restaurant celebrating how Southern cuisine and Asian ingredients can be friends.

Go there.

Halfway to LCBW, all the way with NABC to MilkWood this Thursday.

(Wednesday update: Here's the menu)

For those readers in or near Louisville, I'm told that a complete list of sponsors and events will be in a special section within tomorrow's LEO Weekly. It's also at LouisvilleBeer.com

I'm not sure whether NABC is listed anywhere, but if not, we will be doing a beer dinner at MilkWood on Thursday, April 17. The menu hasn't gotten to me yet, so what I know is this:

MilkWood Welcomes the New Albanian

Thursday, April 17th, 6:30pm

Four courses paired with five beers, $55

Call 502.584.6455 for reservations

I'll be there with Blake, saying subversive things about beer and enjoying the meal at one of Louisville's finest restaurants.

Halfway to Louisville Craft Beer Week starts Wednesday, by Kevin Gibson (Insider Louisville)

Hard to believe we’re already halfway there. But hey, any excuse to drink a local craft beer is a good excuse. So let Halfway to Louisville Craft Beer Week commence.

Here's the menu for tomorrow's Indiana Craft Beer Dinner at MilkWood.

Here's the menu for tomorrow's Indiana Craft Beer Dinner at MilkWood. I'll be chatting a bit about the Indiana craft brewing scene between nibbles of what looks like a mouth-watering menu. So much for the diet I never got around to starting.

Indiana Craft Beer Dinner

Welcomes

Chef Pat Niebling from Three Floyds Brewpub

&

Roger Baylor From New Albanian Brewing Company

30 July 2013

house made charcuterie

Campari Dragonfly Spritzer

c

tuna tataki, pickled fresno, papaya, yuzu sorbet, shiso 

New Albanian Brewing Company Naughty Girl 6% ABV

c

seared sea scallops, piquillo pepper coulis, bourbon soaked blueberries

XO sauce, cilantro

Three Floyds Brewing Co. Gumballhead 5.6% ABV

c

adobo rubbed antelope leg, sweet corn purée, smoked fingerling potato

lemongrass chimichurri, anchovy butter

New Albanian Brewing Company Hoptimus 10.7% ABV

c

pork sausage, puffed cheddar grits, banger sauce, giardiniera, scallions

Three Floyds Brewing Co. Robert the Bruce Scottish Ale 7% ABV

MilkWood, opening at Actor's Theater in February.

MilkWood, described as a "modern speakeasy with cuisine that will explore Southern Bar Food with an Asian Pantry," is Chef Edward Lee's new project at Actor's Theater, located in the epicenter of downtown Louisville.

(On an unrelated note, there is still a chance for you to go to Actor's for performances of "The Whipping Man," which Mr. and Mrs. Curmudgeon viewed in 2012 at the Ensemble Theater in Cincinnati)

Chef Lee's new venture will have four regional craft  brews on tap, and at least at the outset, one of them will be NABC's Black & Blue Grass. When we conducted a tasting with Chef Lee and staff, he commented that Black & Blue Grass would play well with the "Asian Pantry" concept, and I couldn't agree more.

I'm hoping that Black & Blue Grass stays on tap at Milk Wood for a good, long run. For more, visit Milkwood at Eater Louisville.