Accepting the gauntlet of extensive testing – because, you know, we are willing to “take one for the team”, and Valentine’s Day made it appropriate – we tried various pairings with a Canadian Stout.
The stout is warm and rich, with a dark coffee bitterness. How does it stand up to chocolate?
First up: Moser Roth 70% [...]
Just to prove the veracity of an earlier comment, I paired up a bottle of the St-Ambroise Oatmeal Stout with a few nubs of dark chocolate (72%, “Endangered Species” brand from Whole Foods, which helps support efforts to preserve endangered species). I think the chocolate here may have actually been just a tad too bitter, [...]
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Meh. While malty beers generally may go well with red meat, I find stouts very hard to pair outside of the dessert world. They typically go great with stuff like chocolate and cheesecake. But with main courses, not so much. Stout + Philly cheese steak is actually pretty rank. It may be a challenge peculiar [...]
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