Beer and Cheese; Read all About It
Comes with the territory, that I often meet people who will say something like, “Oh, I don’t know nearly as much about cheese as I do about beer…” or, “I love tasting beer with cheese, but there are so many different styles of beer these days, I don’t know where to start.” I like to [...]
Pairing No. 15: 5 Lizard Meets Toma
With the release of the first two beers from the new 5 Rabbit Cerveceria, I was eager to hook one up with a cheese. From the brewery, I chose the 5 Lizard, a Latin-style witbier. Paired it with a cheese that recently came in to West Lakeview Liquors—Toma, from Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co., in [...]
Let’s Meet Époisses
Among the more distinctive cheeses from France is Époisses (ay-pwahss), also known as Époisses de Bourgogne. This is a very nice stinky cheese, with the characteristic rusty exterior, and soft ivory to butter-colored paste, brimming with flavor. Époisses has a bit in common with the Belgian beer style Wit (or White, Witbier) in that it [...]
