Smoked Beer, Cheese and Bacon

Attended Ron Smith's Beer Class - 2nd session.  Attendance was full - hardly any drop-offs from 1st session a month ago.  Great class - learning and appreciating the nuances of beer styles: how they are structured and identified.  Ron showcases hard to get, hard to find beers.  He brought out an authentic  Oktoberfest brew that he had in beer storage from fall of 2011.  My favorite beer, Aecht Schlenferla Rauchbier Urbock, is brewed in the small remote village of Bamberg, Germany.  It is a smoked beer - you can actually taste the full smoke flavor.  It's an amazing beer.   Ron paired the beer with a smoked provolone and bacon.  An excellent pairing.  Purchased this Urbock - fine addition to any beer collection/offering.