Pairing Cheese & Porter
Garrett McCord strikes again with this helpful and entertaining beer and cheese pairing guide. Specifically, porter and cheese:
This St. Patrick's day when you serve the beer -- and just so we're completely clear, when I talk about beer on St. Patrick's day I mean a good porter -- bring out the cheese plate. There's no need to fuss about it and serve it on chilled marble, but these cheeses will compliment your beer, and the beer the cheeses. It'll be a nibble to marvel over for a moment before going to the bar with your buds..
Stout Cow, a farmstead cheese crafted by Pedrozo Dairy in Northern California is one of my personal favorites for pairing with beer. The cheese is soaked in Sierra Nevada stout (a local beer crafted in Chico, California). The resulting cheese is one that's a little bit fruity at first, but then gives way to yeasty flavors of baked bread and chocolate notes before a resounding stout-heavy finish.
