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 BrownHoney 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 SofieFruity 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 StateHefeweizen: 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 StoutPorter, 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 CoffeeTea: White or Flower Tea
Other: Ginger Beer
Milk Chocolate
Coffee: High Acidity/bitter CoffeeTea: Green or Black Teas
White chocolate
Coffee: High Acidity/bitter CoffeeTea: Green or Black Tea
Fruit
Other: Cranberry Juice or flavored sparkling watersCREME LIQUEUR PAIRINGS
Milk Chocolate with Myers’s® Dark Rum
Cocktails: Pina Colada, Mai Tai or DaiquiriCrisp or Golden/Red Lager: Deshutes Pacific Wonderland Lager or Bluepoint Toasted Lager
Milk Chocolate Amaretto
Cocktails Bourbon Sour or Old FashionedBrown Ale: Brooklyn Brown Ale or Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar
Dark Chocolate with Grand Marnier® Liqueur
Cocktails: Margarita or Mai TaiSaison 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 JulepMilk Stout: Left Hand Brewing Milk Stout Nitro
Dark Chocolate with Herradura® Anejo Tequila
Cocktails: Margarita or MojitoWheat Ale: Goose Island 312 or Hoegaarden Witbier
Dark Chocolate with Baileys® Irish Cream
Cocktails: Bailey’s Martini or White RussianPorter or Irish Stout: Deschutes Black Butte Porter, Breckenridge Vanilla Porter or Guinness Irish Stout