{"id":696,"date":"2010-05-02T15:12:28","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T20:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheeseloverca.wordpress.com\/?p=696"},"modified":"2010-05-02T15:12:28","modified_gmt":"2010-05-02T20:12:28","slug":"beer-pairs-with-cheese-better-than-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/2010\/05\/02\/beer-pairs-with-cheese-better-than-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer pairs with cheese better than wine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-699\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/px_cl_julia_beer-1.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[696]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-699\" title=\"px_cl_julia_beer\" src=\"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/px_cl_julia_beer-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/px_cl_julia_beer-1.jpg 430w, https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/px_cl_julia_beer-1-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheese and wine expert Julia Rogers, left, enjoys an informal beer tasting with chef and sommelier Tonia Wilson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Julia Rogers loves beer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In her latest newsletter, the cheese and wine expert declares beer is a better partner for cheese than wine. This from a lady who spent the last five years earning an internationally recognized Diploma in Wines and Spirits from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wset.co.uk\/\">Wine &amp; Spirit Education Trust<\/a> in England, the world&#8217;s leading provider of wine education.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Julia says beer is best because it works with cheese on four levels:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physiological &#8211; It serves as a counterpoint to salt in cheese and \u201cscrubs\u201d fat and protein off the tongue;<\/li>\n<li>Sensory &#8211; The primary tastes and aromatic features of beer and cheese are highly compatible;<\/li>\n<li>Intellectual and spiritual &#8211; Beer and cheese are among the primal foods of the human race. Enjoying them returns us to ancient roots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Put simply, pairing beer with cheese makes for a stellar match. In her newsletter, Julia goes on to suggest 10 pairings. The one that caught my eye\u2014seeing how I like my beer dark and my cheese strong\u2014was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lestroismousquetaires.ca\/\">Trois Mousquetaires Imperial Baltic Porter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fromagefin.com\/index.php\">Ciel de Charlevoix<\/a>, both from La Belle Province. (Another reason to look forward to June and a planned excursion to Montreal and Warwick.)<\/p>\n<p>You can read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheeseculture.ca\/articles.html\">Wedge<\/a>, Julia\u2019s free newsletter, in its entirety, check out back issues and subscribe at her site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheeseculture.ca\/index.html\">CheeseCulture.ca<\/a>, where there\u2019s a whole section of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheeseculture.ca\/recommend.html#notes\">beer and cheese tasting notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On June 17, Julia will pair with <a href=\"http:\/\/greatcanadianpubs.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/meet-sam-corbeil-mill-street-brewer.html\">brewmaster Sam Corbeil<\/a> to present a tasting class entitled Patio Season Beer, Wine and Cheese at <a href=\"leslievillecheese\">Leslieville Cheese Market<\/a> in Toronto. She also has something planned on heritage beer and cheese at Black Creek Pioneer Village with details still being worked out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;\"><em>\u2014Georgs Kolesnikovs<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Georgs Kolesnikovs, <\/em><em>who has been known to enjoy a dark ale or three,<\/em><em> is  Cheese-Head-in-Chief at CheeseLover.ca.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julia Rogers loves beer. In her latest newsletter, the cheese and wine expert declares beer is a better partner for cheese than wine. 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