Craft brewing is a constantly evolving culture and in many
ways the definition is in the eye of the beerholder. With more craft breweries hopping
up worldwide the creativity of the craft brewer needed to standout amongst the
crowd is becoming ever beerzarre. Great food goes with great beer and some
brewers have taken food and beer pairing to extremes and literally combined the
two.
Try this for a set menu of malt morsels with suggested beer
pairings:Entrée:
‘Pumpkin Savior’ 5.6% from Rogue Farms. This rogue tastes like a brown ale with a delicate pumpkin and spicy background. You wait for it to end with a sweet note but instead it finishes pleasantly dry.
Beer pairing with Garage Projects ‘Spiced Saison’. The spritzy spricy cloves and nutmeg from this brew complements and enhances the Rogue’s pumpkin flavours.
Main:
‘Indra Kunindra’ by Ballast Point, 7% India styled export stout. It’s a stout Scotty, but not as we know it. Smells like it tastes, curry, lime and coconut with a heat that will have you gasping for air and flapping your hand wildly in front of your mouth. Too much and you’ll end up vindaloo. Goes well with a dipping sauce of white rice. A limited release so get it whilst it’s hot!
Beer pairing with Good George IPA, with its big refreshing citrus
hoppiness to help cut through the Kunindra’s heat.
Dessert: Garage Project’s Bossa Nova, a 7.7% tropical fruit salad IPA. Fermented with a Belgian yeast to produce slightly tart yet refreshing hopatropical flavours of apricot, pineapple, passionfruit and watermelons. The flavours are so fruit salady that you expect to find watermelon and passionfruit pips in each mouthful.
Beer pairing with Victory at Sea by Ballast Point, a 10%
porter with coffee and vanilla. This
brew is wicked. The coffee and dark roasted malt flavours are certainly there
but nicely subdued by the vanilla adding a smooth and satisfying milkyness. It
gets the lick.
Get your five plus a day and beer pairings from Fresh Choice
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