In addition to the regular #beersuggestioneers, this series features the palate and tasting experience of Shawn Burgert, a local wine expert, travel guide and photographer and videographer, who is also know as the Wandering Wino.
This is the last installment featuring the Wandering Wino and it is a fun one. We couldn't decide on which dessert to try so we tried two. Wolf Creek's dessert menu changes each week but you will certainly see some version of their bread pudding and carrot cake on that menu again.
For more Wolf Creek dessert, beer pairing suggestions click [HERE]
This is the last installment featuring the Wandering Wino and it is a fun one. We couldn't decide on which dessert to try so we tried two. Wolf Creek's dessert menu changes each week but you will certainly see some version of their bread pudding and carrot cake on that menu again.
For more Wolf Creek dessert, beer pairing suggestions click [HERE]
Carrot Cake | 
Raspberry Lambic Bread Pudding |
Shawn's favorite beer pairing for the carrot cake is the Howlin' Hefeweizen, a traditional style German wheat beer full of clove spices and banana. The banana and clove spices present in the the beer are natural complements to the spices found in the cake and the frosting.
As for the bread pudding, Shawn's pairing pick is the Desperado IPA, an American style India Pale Ale with big hop flavors and bitterness. His favorite aspect of this pairing is how the hop (flavor and bitterness) contrast against the sweetness while the malt flavors resonate with the sweet, bourbon flavors in the bread pudding.
As for the bread pudding, Shawn's pairing pick is the Desperado IPA, an American style India Pale Ale with big hop flavors and bitterness. His favorite aspect of this pairing is how the hop (flavor and bitterness) contrast against the sweetness while the malt flavors resonate with the sweet, bourbon flavors in the bread pudding.
Jason had a favorite beer and a favorite dessert for this session and that combination was the Desperado IPA, an American style India Pale Ale with big hop flavors and bitterness, paired with the carrot cake. Part of his enthusiasm for this pairing is the way both (beer and dessert) were transformed when they mixed on the palate.
The beer's pronounced bitterness was balanced by the carrot cake's sweetness while the cake's spices and sweetness also changed the beer's hop flavor. The hop flavors became grassy -in a pleasant, freshly mown lawn kinda way- and took on a tangerine flavor.
The beer's pronounced bitterness was balanced by the carrot cake's sweetness while the cake's spices and sweetness also changed the beer's hop flavor. The hop flavors became grassy -in a pleasant, freshly mown lawn kinda way- and took on a tangerine flavor.
I had a favorite dessert and favorite beer, as well. My favorite dessert pairing was the carrot cake paired with Rebel Rye, an American rye ale with a solid malt base (slightly sweet, caramel-like) that balances the assertive hop flavors and bitterness.
The malt sweetness of the beer resonates with the sweet carrot cake (cake and frosting) while the rye flavors and carrot cake spices resonate with each other, too. These resonating layers make it hard to tell where the cake ends and where the beer begins. But before this pairing can get too cloying, the alcohol and carbonation do their job and cleanse the palate.
The malt sweetness of the beer resonates with the sweet carrot cake (cake and frosting) while the rye flavors and carrot cake spices resonate with each other, too. These resonating layers make it hard to tell where the cake ends and where the beer begins. But before this pairing can get too cloying, the alcohol and carbonation do their job and cleanse the palate.
ALTERNATE PAIRING OPTION
The next time Wolf Creek has a Belgian beer base, bread pudding (or any other bread pudding) you will want to try their Wild Angels Dubbel Trubbel, a Belgian-style Abbey Dubbel full of dark fruit and caramel sweetness. The Belgian yeast profile will resonate with the Bourbon flavors and the dark fruit and caramel flavors in the beer will certainly resonate with the bread pudding.
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