Beerlicious » Thanksgiving http://beerlicious.net The sublime intersection of beer and food. Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:53:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Thanksgiving lunch http://beerlicious.net/2009/11/thanksgiving-lunch/ http://beerlicious.net/2009/11/thanksgiving-lunch/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:27:13 +0000 Stuart http://beerlicious.net/?p=844 Thanksgiving meals, like Christmas, have a number of challenges when it comes to pairings. The turkey is sweet but can be rather flavourless. Sweet potato casserole can be extremely sweet indeed. There tends to be a lot of butter floating around, as well as cranberry sauce, gravy, and (at least in my household!) mustard sauce, too.

This combination of radically different flavours, textures, and fat content is enough to give anyone other than a world-class Sommelier nightmares.

For a beer connoisseur, it’s easy – give me a good Saison or French Farmhouse ale, and we’re done.

The explosive carbonation lifts the fats off your tongue – goodbye butter. There’s a sweetness in there that plays nicely with the turkey and the sweet potatoes (and brown sugar or marshmallows, depending which way you like to make it).

There’s a sharp acidity in there that laughs at the cranberries, and there is a final sharp snap of bitterness from the hops that scours your tongue, leaving it refreshed and waiting for the next bite.

Wine with my Thanksgiving meal? No thanks! Give me a Saison and I will give thanks :)

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