Category Archives: Food Pairing

Pairing Beer with Fried Chicken

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Jeff

Certified Cicerone Micheal Agnew recently posted an article suggesting beers to drink with fried chicken.  He suggested Munich Helles, or a brown ale.  The brown ale makes sense to me, and I can almost taste it now. If you follow … Continue reading →

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Beer for Breakfast

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Jeff

No, you’re not going to read about someone pouring beer over their Cheerios™.  Instead, the Wall Street Journal picked five craft beers and made breakfast suggestions.  They picked a couple of the obvious (milk stout and breakfast stout, but also … Continue reading →

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Bison Brewing Company Blog: Meatless Monday Food Pairing – Chile Rellanos and Organic IPA

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Jeff

Bison Brewing Company recently posted a recipe on their blog for Chile Rellanos and paired it with an IPA.  I won’t post the recipe here, head on over to their site and check it out.  ”The IPA makes an excellent … Continue reading →

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NXNW Beer and Cheese Class – June 16

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Jeff

Apparently, word of my trip to California has spread.  North by Northwest in Austin is having a beer and cheese class next Thursday at 1 pm. Wine and cheese? Been there. Done that. Now’s the time to try an even … Continue reading →

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Wine and Cheese Pairing Tool

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Jeff

I was looking for some cheese soup recipes online, when I stumbled across the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board’s website. On the site the have a great pairing tool. Pick your cheese, and it will tell you what wine it goes … Continue reading →

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I Missed the Dallas Sake Pairing Dinner

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Jeff

Akita Sake Promotion and Export Council held a pairing at Bailey’s Prime Plus in Dallas on December 6.  Linda Kawabata served various sakes with crab cakes, bacon-wrapped shrimp, beef Wellington and other dishes she described as “Texas food.” “We’re taking sake … Continue reading →

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Beer and Cheese Pairings

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Jeff

In the book, Extreme Brewing: An Enthusiasts Guide to Brewing Craft Beer at Home, Robert Aquilera of Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge, MA, wrote about beer and cheese pairings, and came up with these examples of perfect cheese pairings: Hefeweizen Valençay, … Continue reading →

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Slow Food Austin’s Beer and Cheese Pairing with (512) Brewing – December 16

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Jeff

Reserve your spots before they are gone… The Thursday, December 16th EXCLUSIVE Slow Food Austin Member Happy Hour will be a Beer and Cheese pairing with (512) Brewing Company and Antonelli’s Cheese Shop from 6-8pm. The tasting will begin at … Continue reading →

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Guam’s First Beer Dinner

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Jeff

This story is a bit outside of the purview of this blog, but our Uncle Donn was stationed in Guam during the Vietnam war, and he brought us nephews back some presents.  So I whenever I read news about Guam, … Continue reading →

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More Thanksgiving Food Pairing Ideas

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Jeff

Chef Alec Lopez, chef and owner of Armsby Abbey in Worcester, MA, was asked about pairing food and beer.  His response, published in the MetroWest Daily News, was, “Typically with wine, the philosophy is contrasting flavors. Wine doesn’t have the … Continue reading →

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