Good food. Good beer. Good friends. Great Cause!

(PORTSMOUTH, N.H., August 26, 2019) – Foodies and beer lovers rejoice! This September, New Hampshire PBS and Strawbery Banke Museum will join forces with dozens of craft brewers and Seacoast-area restaurants to celebrate the annual PASSPORT Craft Beer & Food Pairing Tour. This late-summer tradition features beer and food pairings hand-selected by Chef Evan Hennessey from Stages at One Washington and Renee Thomas from Smuttynose Brewery.

“This beer and food event is one-of-a-kind. Evan and I sit down and really think about how certain foods would work better with the local craft beers that are being offered. It’s kind of like a puzzle that we put together, and the rewards are mouthwatering,” says Thomas. 

Guests wind their way through the lanes of beautiful historic Strawbery Banke Museum as they sample craft beer thoughtfully paired with culinary creations from the inventive and new to familiar favorites, all supplied by local breweries and chefs.

PASSPORT will take place Saturday, September 14th, from 5 – 7:30 pm on the grounds of Strawbery Banke Museum. All proceeds from the tour benefit both New Hampshire PBS and the Museum. Tickets are limited and sell out quickly; they can be purchased at nhpbs.org/passport.

Educating people about locally made food and brews remains at the core of PASSPORT. Beer and food aficionados can talk shop with their favorite local brewers and chefs. And Strawbery Banke Museum will also be exhibiting various recipes that come from the late 1700’s to early 1800’s that is not for consumption, but guests can bring home a special recipe card to try on their own. Folks can also play lawn games while listening to the music of local indie-rock artists, MARTIN ENGLAND and the RECONSTRUCTED.

PASSPORT tickets are available at nhpbs.org/passport. Your $75 ticket to PASSPORT includes access to all Main Event pairing stations and a 2018 Passport commemorative tasting glass. A $35 Designated Driver ticket includes access to all food at Main Event pairing stations and a selection of non-alcoholic beverages. 

PASSPORT will feature more than 20 breweries, including Smuttynose Brewing Company, Portsmouth Brewery, 603 Brewery, Bad Lab Beer Company, Chapel + Main Restaurant & Brewery; Deciduous Brewing Company; Earth Eagle Brewings; Garrison City Beerworks, Great North Aleworks, Great Rhythm Brewing Company, Liar’s Bench Beer Company, Loaded Question Brewing Company, Martha's Exchange Restaurant & Brewing Company, MOAT Mountain Smoke House & Brewing Company, North Country Hard Cider Company, Northwoods Brewing Company, Schilling Beer Company, SmuttLabs, Stoneface Brewing, Throwback Brewery, Tuckerman Brewing Company, UNH Brewing Science Laboratory and Woodstock Inn, Station & Brewery.

Featured local restaurants include Stages at One Washington, Anju Noodle Bar, Atlantic Grill, Bad Lab Beer Company, Black Trumpet; Botanica Restaurant & Gin Bar, British Beer Company, Calef's Country Store, CAVA, Chapel + Main Restaurant & Brewery, Dos Amigos Burritos, Earth Eagle Brewings, Earth's Harvest Kitchen & Juicery, Enna Chocolate, Fig Tree Kitchen Café, The Franklin, Greanleaf Restaurant, Grill 28, Hayseed, The Joinery, Laney & Lu Café, Luigi’s West End, Lure, Mr. Kim's, Otis Restaurant, Pete & Gerry's Organic Eggs, The Portsmouth Brewery, Row 34, SALT Kitchen & Bar, Thirsty Moose Taphouse, Throwback Brewery, Tuscan Kitchen, UNH Brewing Science Laboratory and The Wilder. 

New breweries and restaurants are being added daily. Check nhpbs.org/passport for the latest list.

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339