Catoctin Creek Distillery Dinner at Trummer's on Main

Catoctin Creek Tasting Photo Credit - Rebecca Goodman

Last fall, my friend Becca organized a VA beer and whisky tasting trip. The highlight of the trip was visiting the Catoctin Creek Distillery in Purcellville for a tasting and tour. I had such a fantastic time, that I signed up for their email news letters to stay up to date on their events and news. Unfortunately, Hubs was out of town for business, so he wasn't able to join us for the trip.

One of the awesome things Catoctin Creek does is pair with local restaurants to have a tasting dinner that feature its gins, whiskeys, and brandies. Hubs surprised me with one of these dinners that was at Trummer's on Main early in March. Since these are prix fixe meal, I didn't have to worry about making decision, just enjoying the meal.


Round 1: Appetizer Blue crab salad roulade and Cucumber Gin Cocktail.

Gin is not one of my go to hard liquors, however this drink I really enjoyed! The cucumber and Granny Smith apple balanced well with the juniper flavors of the gin. And the appetizer itself was fun. But then again I love blue crab. And the use of the gin in the appetizer tied the pairing very well.



Round 2: Entree #1 Pork belly and Smoked Manhattan

If you like smokey flavor, this course would have more than satisfied your smokey desires. The smoke flavor was pervasive in the Manhattan, to the point it was almost too smokey. However, when you paired it with the pork belly - which just melted in your mouth - you felt like you were eating some of the fanciest pork barbecue ever.





Round #3: Entree #2 VA Black Angus beef and bone marrow

So this course was fun because after you finished the marrow, you had to use to bone as a luge to take in your whiskey. And the Roundstone Rey 92 had a great warming quality. The fun thing to note about this experience is that you don't have to attend a tasting dinner to experience a whiskey luge, Trummer's has it on the menu.

(Video of me doing the whiskey luge at that bottom... the video is a bit dark)

Round #4: Dessert Smoked chocolate puffed pastry and cream.

In case we didn't get enough smoke from the second course, there was some more smoke in the dessert. There was smoke in the cream inside of the puff pastry and the cherries that garnished the plate. Delicious! This was paired with the Catoctin Creek 1757 Brandy, which went really well together.


All in all, it was a great dinner and a fun way to learn more about the Cactoctin Creek liquors from the owners themselves!

Hubs and I had a lovely dinner, but we weren't quite ready to leave. So we stayed for an additional round at the bar. I got this awesome chocolate espresso cocktail.

We'll definitely have to go back to Trummer's on Main for a non-event meal. The food was fabulous for this evet and I'm sure their regular fare will not disappoint.