Food and wine pairing

Photo de Josep Trepat Font (CC BY-SA 2.0)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pep_tf/49401025572/

Strong dark ale

Beer(s)

Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.

Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 5 years old.

Synonyms

Dark strong ale

This drink pairs well with 37 dishes:

Meals families

Appetizers and Amuse-bouches (1)

Beef (1)

Cheeses (27)

Desserts and Sweet Courses (4)

Feathered game (1)

Furred game (1)

Poultry (1)

Shellfish and Seafood (1)

Cheeses

Abondance

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Haute-Savoie. Abondance.

Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.

Ripening : 100 days minimum.

> view all pairings

Cheeses

Appenzeller Extra

Switzerland. Appenzellerland.

Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.

Ripening : 6 to 8 months.

Black label.

> view all pairings

Cheeses

Appenzeller Surchoix

Switzerland. Appenzellerland.

Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.

Ripening : 4 to 6 months.

Gold label.

> view all pairings

Cheeses

Beaufort

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Savoie.

Variety of Beaufort cheese produced from November 1 to May 31.

Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.

Ripening : 5 months minimum.

> view all pairings

Cheeses

Brie de Meaux

France. Île-de-France. Seine-et-Marne. Meaux.

Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

> view all pairings

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Carrot cake

> view all pairings

Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Cheese croquettes

> view all pairings

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Comté

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ain. Haute-Savoie. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Jura. Saône-et-Loire.

Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.

Ripening : 4 months minimum.

> view all pairings

Cheeses

Comté vieux

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ain. Haute-Savoie. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Doubs. Jura. Saône-et-Loire.Pressed and cooked cheese made from cow's milk.

Ripening : 15 months minimum.
> view all pairings

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Dark chocolate

Dark chocolate : with more than 70% cocoa.
> view all pairings

Cheeses

Dubliner vintage

Ireland. Cork.

Pasteurized cow's milk cheese with cooked pressed paste and natural rind.

Ripening : over 24 months.
> view all pairings

Poultry

Duck a l'orange

A l'orange : sauce with orange juice, duck liver and orange liqueur.
> view all pairings

Cheeses

Emmental

Switzerland.

Also produced in Germany, Austria, Denmark, USA, Finland, France, Ireland and Netherlands.

Cooked pressed cow’s milk cheese
> view all pairings

Cheeses

Epoisses

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind.
> view all pairings

Cheeses

French gruyère

France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ain. Haute-Savoie. Isère. Savoie. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte-d’Or. Doubs. Haute-Saône. Jura. Saône-et-Loire. Territoire de Belfort. Grand Est. Haute-Marne. Vosges.

Hard cheese made from raw cow's milk with holes ranging from pea to cherry size

Ripening : 4 months minimum.

Serve with the most mature cheeses.
> view all pairings

Cheeses

Gorgonzola

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.

Blue cheese made from cow's milk.
> view all pairings

Cheeses

Gorgonzola piccante

Italy. Lombardy. Piedmont.

Blue cheese made from cow's milk.

Ripening : 3 months minimum.
> view all pairings

Beef

Grilled steak
> view all pairings

Cheeses

Hard cheese

Serve with the most mature cheeses.
> view all pairings

Cheeses

Hook’s Eight year Cheddar

United States. Wisconsin.

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
> view all pairings

Cheeses

Hook’s Seven year Cheddar

United States. Wisconsin.

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
> view all pairings

Cheeses

Hook’s Six year Cheddar

United States. Wisconsin.

Pressed and uncooked cheese made from cow's milk.
> view all pairings

Furred game

Jugged young wild boar
> view all pairings

1

2

Suivant