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Tags:   Walk Around Tasting   Dessert   Educational   Beer  

“Why beer and dessert?” Well, why not? Beer is perfectly suited for pairing with desserts. With over 70 different styles of beer, there’s a wide range of flavors that are available to pair with desserts. Beer can be sweet, it can be fruity, it can be woodsy and earthy. Beer can be high in alcohol and most importantly, it can be bitter. This is an underrated and important aspect as having contrasting flavors to induce balance is often overlooked.

I follow a few guidelines when pairing beers and foods. By following these guidelines, you can pair just about anything:

- Harmonize – Find beers and foods where the flavors mirror, or echo each other.

- Complimentary – Finding beers and foods where the flavors are different but supportive of each other.

- Contrasting – Pairing beers and foods where the flavors are opposite of each other.

- Intensity – Pairing beers and foods of similar impact so neither overpowers the other.

Course 1Dessert: Crêpes filled with strawberry, banana, whipped cream and hazelnut spread Beer: Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat Ale

Course 2  Dessert: Coconut sweet rice topped with toasted coconut flakes Beer: Meantime London Porter

Course 3 Dessert: Pineapple Flán Beer: Green Flash West Coast IPA

Course 4 Dessert: Dark fruit bread pudding with a spicy, fig sauce Beer: Chimay Grande Reserve