This week’s episode of Beer Sessions Radio™ is bound to make you salivate! We’re talking about our favorite beer and food pairings as host Jimmy Carbone welcomes Jimmy Ludwig from The Happy Hour Guys, beer writer John Holl, Anne (loves beer!) from The Gingerman, and Tony Forder of Ales Street News.
So what are a few of the group’s favorite beer pairings?
Jimmy Ludwig talks about drinking a New Holland Dragon’s Milk beer float with vanilla ice cream. John revels in oppositional parings, such as oysters and stout (an oyster stout, perhaps?). Anne talks about how they introduce Gingerman patrons to various craft beer options by pairing with cheese.
Is beer better for the table than wine? This panel sure seems to think so. John Holl (who is co-hosting a dinner at Jimmy’s No. 43 next week) notes that one of the goals of his new book, The American Craft Beer Cookbook, was to show how craft beer is mimicking the local food movement. He wants craft beer drinkers (and brewers) to couch beer in food terms, to make craft beer more accessible to the the majority of non-beer drinkers in the US.
Speaking of beer and food, this year’s Coast to Coast Toast (CTCT3) takes place next Thursday, November 14th, and Vanberg & Dewulf’s Wendy Littlefield calls in to talk about the nationwide event that this year is focusing on pairing craft beer and quality food. Tune in to hear about both oppositional (savory-sweet) and complimentary beer pairings and what bars around the country have planned for the CTCT3.
Plus, Tony is talking about his recent European beer tour, and everyone on the panel talks about how the US is now a leader in the European beer scene. Plus, find out where John thinks every craft beer drinker should go before s/he dies (hint, it’s in Milwaukee). All this and lots of cool beer on this week’s Beer Sessions Radio™ (full episode here).