Michael Nghim, general manager of Skyviews restaurant, part of the Texas Tech, Restaurant Hotel and Institutional Management Program, stopped by Lubbock's First News and visited with Tom Collins on Tuesday. Nghim discussed the upcoming Texas beer pairing tasting class sponsored by Tech's Osher Life Long Learning Institute.

"On September 22,  We are doing a Texas beer pairing dinner," said Nghim. "Basically what we are doing is bringing in a class of people. We will show them a lot of different Texas craft beers, let them try them, most importantly, and pair them with  four or five courses of food."

Nghim compared the class to more well known  wine pairing classes.

He commented that bolder flavored proteins, pair well with bolder flavored beers,

For more information or to register for this class you can go online to www.olli-ttaa.org or www.ttu.edu and search olli, or  calling 742-4762.

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Mobile listeners can access the interview by clicking here: Mike Nghin on Lubbock's First News August 26, 2014

Today's post was written by KFYO's Tommy Young

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