Beer Versus Wine (And Don’t Forget The Cider) + Food
I don’t know what you think based on the title, but the premise of this [short] post is simple. The Wondering Gourmand has a permanent monthly feature in his blog, called “Beer Versus Wine Pairing Challenge”. In that challenge, you are given a choice of a dish, and you are supposed to come up with the wine or beer (and don’t forget the cider!) pairing suggestion which then gets voted for.
As a lucky winner of the September challenge, I had an opportunity to come up with the new dish for the challenge, and my suggestion was … deviled eggs! So now you can suggest a choice of pairing, and may be then get a lucky challenge of coming up with the next dish suggestion. Here is the link to the official post – use the comments section in the Wondering Gourmand post for your beer versus wine recommendations.
Beer Versus Wine Pairing Challenge – Deviled Eggs
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Hmm, deviled eggs and a beer. I would have to say that maybe a cider would be a good match! I might just have to ask my customers today during our Happy Hour in Campbell Today 🙂
I was thinking about the cider as well, but it might be too astringent to work with truffle oil. Once you decide on your pairing, don’t forget to write a comment at the Wandering Gourmand blog.
I just did a post on Spanish Ciders. I wander if that would be a fit? Hmm…
I recently discovered Virginia Cider myself – it is a very impressive beverage, so cider might work here…
Spanish Ciders are very funky though with almost a vinegar quality. Not typical of US ciders. Here’s a link if you are interested – http://thewanderinggourmand.com/sidra-natural-fanjul-review/
I, too, have become intrigued by ciders. They are popping up all over NC right now.
I can’t speak of “typical US ciders” as this was my first encounter – but the level of acidity and astringency on these VA ciders I tried, was tremendous. Not necessarily a vinegar, but exceeding dryness of Muscadet, which is a benchmark for me. Should pair pretty much with anything. But would it enhance the truffle laden goodness – that remains to be seen 🙂
Thanks for reblogging this! I can pull submissions of your site if folks post them here. No big deal. I even take suggestions from the Twitter and Facebook space.
Absolutely! Will be interesting to see the suggestions.
I know my opinion doesn’t really count because it is not my field, but I love the idea of pairing the eggs with a light blonde beer!
hmmm, your opinion counts exactly as any other opinion here… So the blond ale might be a perfect idea – make some deviled eggs and check it out 🙂