Tasting Pairings

WINE PAIRINGS

All Pieces

Dry Red: Pinot Noir or Chianti Classico Riserva with fresh and/or jammy fruit notes with sweet spice
Recommended Wine: Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir- Complicated Pinot Noir- Failla Pinor Noir- Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva
Sweet Sparkling: Braquetto D'Aqui
Recommended Wine: Banfi Rosa Regale

Dark Chocolate

Sweet Red: Late Harvest Zinfandel
Recommended Wine: Tobin James Zinfandel
Dry Red: Malbec, Syrah or Red Blend/Meritage
Recommended Wine: Catena Malbec- K Vintners Syrah- Failla Pinor Noir- Cain Cuvee

Milk Chocolate

Dry White: Chenin Blanc or Viognier
Recommended Wine: Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc/Viognier Blend- Famille Bougrier Vouvray
Other: 10+ Year Tawny Port

White Chocolate

Sparkling Wine: Braquetto D’Aqui, Champagne, Prosecco, Cava etc.
Recommended Wine: Banfi Rosa Regale
Dry White: Chenin Blanc or Viognier
Recommended Wine: Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc/Viognier Blend- Famille Bougrier Vouvray

BEER PAIRINGS

All Pieces

Porter: Deschutes Brewing ‘Black Butte Porter'
Irish Stout: Guinness ‘Draught’
Milk Stout: Left Hand Brewing Company Milk Stout Nitro, Stone Brewing Xocoveza
American Stout: Deschutes Brewing ‘Obsidian Stout’

Nuts

Brown Ale: Rogue Brewing Hazelnut Brown Nectar, Founder’s Brewing Sumatra Mountain Brown
Honey Ale or Lager: Rogue Brewing Honey Kolsch
Fruity Ale or Lager: Abita Brewing Purple Haze
*Nutty Porter or Stout: Six Rivers Macadamia Porter, Kona Macadamia Nut Stout
*ESB or Smoked Porter: Stone Brewing Smoked Porter

Fruit

Belgian Golden Ale or Belgian Style: Duvel Original Duvel, Goose Island Sofie
Fruity Sour Ale: Sam Adams Raspberry Lemon Gose, Lovelady Brewing Pineapple Sour
*Belgian Style Tripel Fruity Sour or Gose Style: Westmalle Trappist Ale

Caramel

Blonde Ale: Sixpoint Brewing Sweet Action, CraftHaus Silver State
Hefeweizen: Sierra Nevada Brewing Kellerweis
Brown Ale: Rogue Brewing Hazelnut Brown Nectar, Founder’s Brewing Sumatra Mountain Brown or Newcastle Brown Ale
*Sour Ale or Juicy IPA: Dogfish Head American Beauty Hazy IPA

Dark Chocolate

Imperial Stout: Deschutes Brewing The Abyss Aged Imperial Stout, Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Porter, Irish or Milk Stout: Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro, Guinness Irish Stout or Founder’s Breakfast Stout
*Barrel Aged Imperial Stout: Deschutes Brewing The Abyss Aged Imperial Stout, Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

Milk Chocolate

Hefeweizen or Pilsener: Sierra Nevada Kellerweis, Pyramid or Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen
*Belgian Golden, Saison or Belgian Style Ale: Brewery Ommegang Abbey Ale, Hennepin or Goose Island Sofie

White chocolate

Fruit-Forward Ale or Lager: Magic Hat #9, Abita Purple Haze
Blonde Ale, Hefeweizen or Pilsener: Crafthaus Silverstate Blonde Ale or Sierra Nevada Kellerweis
*Experimental Pairing

NON-ALCOHOLIC PAIRINGS

Dark Chocolate

Coffee: Sweet Coffee
Tea: White or Flower Tea
Other: Ginger Beer

Milk Chocolate

Coffee: High Acidity/bitter Coffee
Tea: Green or Black Teas

White chocolate

Coffee: High Acidity/bitter Coffee
Tea: Green or Black Tea

Fruit

Other: Cranberry Juice or flavored sparkling waters

CREME LIQUEUR PAIRINGS

Milk Chocolate with Myers’s® Dark Rum

Cocktails: Pina Colada, Mai Tai or Daiquiri
Crisp or Golden/Red Lager: Deshutes Pacific Wonderland Lager or Bluepoint Toasted Lager

Milk Chocolate Amaretto

Cocktails Bourbon Sour or Old Fashioned
Brown Ale: Brooklyn Brown Ale or Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar

Dark Chocolate with Grand Marnier® Liqueur

Cocktails: Margarita or Mai Tai
Saison or Belgian Golden Ale: Goose Island Sofie or Leffe Blonde

Dark Chocolate with Knob Creek® Small Batch Bourbon

Cocktails: Bourbon Sour, Old Fashioned, Manhattan or Mint Julep
Milk Stout: Left Hand Brewing Milk Stout Nitro

Dark Chocolate with Herradura® Anejo Tequila

Cocktails: Margarita or Mojito
Wheat Ale: Goose Island 312 or Hoegaarden Witbier

Dark Chocolate with Baileys® Irish Cream

Cocktails: Bailey’s Martini or White Russian
Porter or Irish Stout: Deschutes Black Butte Porter, Breckenridge Vanilla Porter or Guinness Irish Stout