The #beersuggestioneers hit it big with Double Trunk from The Dudes' Brewing Company. We have some awesome food pairings and one non-food beer pairing for this GIANT beer.

Pairing Suggestions:
1. Quinoa salad with beets, goat cheese and pine nuts.
2. An EPIC movie, but you have to listen to the show to find out which one.
3. Popcorn

General Beer Pairing Suggestions:  
Cheese: Pepper Jack. Meat: smoked salmon. Cuisine: American, Mexican, Indian Curry  

Examples:  Pliny the Elder, Furious, Hopsickle, Hop Slayer

Serving Temp: 40°- 45°

Glassware: Snifter

From the Dudes' Website: 
They say an elephant never forgets. When it comes to this double IPA, you won't either. This gentle giant certainly has mad hops, but ferments out dry so it's not too malty on the finish. Clocking in at 10.8 percent ABV, it's definitely not for the timid mice amongst you. Put on your trunks and dive in.

The #beersuggestioneers kick off a flight night highlighting The Dudes' Brewing Company with Grandma's Pecan English Style Brown. Whether it is cheese or pot pies or oatmeal, we've got some unique pairing suggestions for this beer!

Pairing Suggestions
1. Nutty cheeses
2. Grilled cheese sandwich with nutty cheeses and caramelized onions
3. Oatmeal with maple syrup and crushed pecan bits. 

General Food Pairing Suggestions: Cuisine: English. Meat: grilled pork, poultry, lamb chops. Spices: curry.

11c. English Brown Ale examples: Newcastle Brown Ale, Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale, Alesmith Nautical Nut Brown Ale, Avery Ellie’s Brown Ale, Goose Island Nut Brown Ale, Samuel Adams Brown Ale

Serving Temp: 40°- 45°

Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass, Mug

From the Dudes' Website: 
Grandma knows best. This English Style Brown ales is poised to be our flagship beer and we couldn't be more excited. We are the only Los Angeles brewery going to the Oregon Brewers Festival this year, and we're taking Grandma with us. We know she'll do us proud. One sip of Grandma's Pecan, and we think you'll agree. ABV is 6.9 percent.

The #beersuggestioneers sit down with Anastashia Chavez, pastry chef extraordinaire, to talk to her about her delicious beer infused desserts that were created specifically for The Dudes' flight night. #eatyourbeer

The #beersuggestioneers enjoy a full pint of cask Grinning Face Porter from The Dudes' Brewing Co.  This beer is full of ... coconut flavor and subtle chocolate flavors and aromas. 

Food Pairing Suggestions:
1. Roast with a garlic/parsley pesto
2. Good and Plenty Candy
3. Milky or Nutty Cheeses
4. Basil Cheese Cake
5. Derby Pie
6. Smores!

BJCP 12: Porter 

Serving Temp: 50°- 55°
Glassware: Pint Glass, Mug

Aroma: Full of sweet toasted coconut and subtle chocolate (think Tootsie Roll) undertones. 

Appearance: Pours a dark brown very little head because of cask conditioned.

Flavor: Noticeable toasted coconut balanced with chocolate and subtle coffee flavors that keep if from becoming too cloying. 

Mouthfeel: Medium-full body because of the cask poured. 

The Dudes' Description:
This aptly names brew is sure to bring a smile to the face of any porter fan. Grinning Face Porter is smooth and complex, highlighted by a beautiful melody of toasted coconut. You’ll be grinning ear to ear. ABV is 6.2 percent.

The #pintsandpairings #beersuggestioneers decide it's a beautiful day for a random #beerpairing on the roof.

We feature Iron Fist's Nelson the Impaler and Golden Road's 2020 IPA. The food includes speckled butter lettuce, purple top turnips, golden beets and fennel (all from Rio Gozo Farm), along with blue corn tortilla chips and Fuji apple.

A conversation with Todd Humes (Owner Dude) and Ryan Turner (Sales Dude) from The Dudes' Brewing Company.

Mic check, mic check, 1.2.3.

The pints&pairings #beersuggestioneers are all over this beer.  Clocking in at 11% and 136 IBU's, this beer has huge malt and hop profiles that make it worthy of an anniversary beer!

Food Pairing Suggestions:
1. Short bread cookies
2. Lime seasoned, skirt steak tacos
3. Tomato pie
3. Strawberry rhubarb pie or crisp

Serving Temp: 40°- 45°

Glassware: Snifter

Aroma: Heavy sweat, caramel-like malt aromas perfectly balanced with a heavy dose of hops.

Appearance: Pours a hazy orange with off-white head that leaves a nice lace.

Flavor: Sweet tropical fruit, the hops and the malt combine to create a fresh pineapple with a bitter, resiny aftertaste. 

Mouthfeel: Heavy body

From smoked meats to Italian cuisine to grilled fruit, the pints&pairings #beersuggestioneers are full of pairing suggestions to try with Barrelhouse Brewing's IPA.

Food pairings suggestions:  
1. Smoked meats
2. Manicotti
3. Grilled fruit

General Beer Pairing Suggestions:  
Cheese: Pepper Jack. Meat: Fish, smoked salmon. Cuisine: American, Mexican. 

Examples:  Titan,  Stone IPA, Two Hearted Ale

Serving Temp: 40°- 45°

Glassware: Pint Glass, Mug

Aroma: Plenty of caramel-like malt aromas hold you up as the tropical fruit hop aromas punch you in the face. Dig deep and you may find cedar-esque/humidor layer. 

Appearance: Deep orange/amber color with an ample head.

Flavor: Caramel malt flavors balance the abundant herbal/citrus hop flavors and bitterness.  The aftertaste is full of tropical bubblegum (in a good way) and orange zest.

Mouthfeel: Medium-full with ample carbonation 

Description from Barrelhouse Brewing Co.


BarrelHouse India Pale Ale – Hoppy | Dank | Mango
Like our Pale Ryder, we want you to first inhale close your eyes and dig deep, take in all the dank, herbal, and mango hop goodness. We’ve built this delicious IPA around our favorite hops Simcoe, Cascade, Centennial, and Mosaic. Now open your eyes and take a gulp and let the bitterness, malt character, and aroma play tug-a-war across your palate. We haven’t skimped and believe this is how an IPA should taste. Satisfy your hop addiction with this excellently crafted IPA.
ABV 7.0% | IBU: 76 | S.G. 1.065

Whether it's seafood, comfort food, or dessert the pints&pairings #beersuggestioneers have you covered when it comes to Barrelhouse Brewing's Pale Ryder. 

Food pairings suggestions:  
1.  Biscuits and Gravy
2.  Lobster Roll 
3.  Crab Cakes

General Food Pairings: Cuisine: American, Asian, Mexican. Cheese: earthy (Camembert, Fontina), nutty (Asiago, Colby, Parmesan) tangy (Brick, Edam, Feta), Meat: grilled meats (poultry, pork)

Barrelhouse Brewing Co: Pale Ryder

American Pale Ale examples:  Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Stone Pale Ale, Deschutes Mirror Pond, Full Sail Pale Ale

Serving: Pint Glass or Mug @ 40°- 55° 

Aroma: Subtle caramel and rye malt aromas round out the prominent lemony-hop aromas.

Appearance: Crystal clear copper with an slight off-white head that leaves plenty of lacing on the glass.

Flavor:  Prominent, lemony-herbal hop flavors dominate first but seamlessly fade into the spicy, rye malt flavors.  A dry, resiny hop bitterness lingers in the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, full flavor

Description from Barrelhouse Brewing Co.


Pale Ryder Rye Style Pale Ale – Citrus | Hoppy | Lemongrass
What makes our Rye Style Pale Ale memorable is it’s incredibly unique aroma. It delivers citrus, apricot, mango, ginger, and lemongrass, created from our one-of-kind blend of Sorachi Ace, Centennial, Cascade, and Chinook, followed with a beautiful balance of bitterness and malt character. We brewed long and hard to deliver something special among a sea of mediocre pales.
ABV 6.1% | IBU: 39 | S.G. 1.056

The #beersuggestioneers explore the flavor components and the pairing possibilities of Tempelton (a Kölsch) from Barrelhouse Brewing Company. This West Coast style Kölsch, meaning it has a more assertive hop profile than the traditional versions.

Food pairings suggestions:  
1.  Terza Birra (literally translated: one-third beer) - Italian cheese
2.  Jackfruit tacos
3.  Firm, white fish 

General Food Pairings: Cuisine: Italian, Middle Eastern, salads. Meat: chicken, fish, pork. Cheese: Milky Flavors (Burratta, colby, mozzarella)

6c. Kölsch examples: Goose Island Summertime, Alaska Summer Ale, Harpoon Summer Beer, Cabrillo Kölsch

Serving Temp: 40°- 45°

Glassware: Mug, Pint Glass, Stange, Pilsner

Appearance: Pours golden yellow with a white head.

Aroma:  Assertive Herbal and spicy hop aromas come through easily but a subtle bready malt aroma breaks through as the beer warms just a bit.

Flavor: Grassy and spicy hop flavors quickly slide over the palate with bready malt flavors breaking through just as the beer warms in your mouth and before you swallow.  Tart malt notes linger in the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel: Well carbonated with a medium-low body.

Description from Barrelhouse Brewing Co.


Templeton Session Style Ale – Crisp | Gooseberry | Lychee
Templeton is crafted to be highly sessionable with a light balanced body and clean refreshing finish. Select malts and hops add subtle biscuit character with notes of pear and sauvignon blanc. We keep this beer low on alcohol and high on flavor so it pairs well with both work and play. This beer is a tribute to our friends in the community.
ABV 4.5% | IBU: 18 | S.G. 1.045

Seriously, nothing see to here. 

If you think all DIPA's are alike then you haven't tasted Saint Archer Brewery's offering. This DIPA has all kinds of tropical fruit, melon and bready aromas and flavors.

Food pairings suggestions:  
1. Rosemary Focaccia 
2. Pastrami sandwich on rye with baby greens
3. Pungent/earthy cheese

General Beer Pairing Suggestions:  
Cheese: Pepper Jack. Meat: smoked salmon. Cuisine: American, Mexican.   

Examples:  Pliny the Elder, Furious, Hopsickle, Hop Slayer

Serving Temp: 40°- 45°

Glassware: Snifter

Aroma: Lots of tropical fruit, grapefruit, pine, and a hint of wet earth.  As it warms melon notes become apparent. 

Appearance: Pours a hazy orange with off-white head that leaves a nice lace

Flavor: Bready malt with a hint of rye-like spice and complex tropical hop flavors.  As it warms melon notes become apparent. 

Mouthfeel: Medium body

It's time for another IPA and the pints&pairings #beersuggestioneers are ready to dissect the aromas and flavors of Saint Archer's IPA.

Food pairings suggestions:  
1. Lemmon zest scones
2. Swiss steak with sautéed or caramelized onions

General Beer Pairing Suggestions:  
Cheese: Pepper Jack. Meat: Fish, smoked salmon. Cuisine: American, Mexican.   

Saint Archer IPA

Examples:  Titan,  Stone IPA, Two Hearted Ale, 11th Hour IPA 

Serving Temp: 40°- 45°

Glassware: Pint Glass, Mug

Aroma: Pine resin hits first followed by a nice bready malt aroma that almost covers up a wonderful herbal hop aroma. 

Appearance: Pours a dark golden, straw color with a thick white head that laces nicely.

Flavor:  Piney floral hops abound with an accretive  bitterness that finishes some citrus zest.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light body

The pints&pairings #beersuggestioneers enjoy Saint Archer Brewing Company's Pale Ale.  Whether it is sushi, curry or somewhere in-between, we have a bunch of great beer pairing suggestions. But, hangout to the very end of the show for a "blow-your-mind" pairing!

Food pairings suggestions:  
1. Pasta with a garlic butter sauce and fresh ground pepper.
2. Clam sushi bite
3. Indian curry stew (either red or yellow)
4. Shortbread cookies

Basic Food Pairing Suggestions: Cuisine: American, Asian, Mexican. Cheese: earthy(Camembert, Fontina), nutty (Asiago, Colby, Parmesan) tangy (Brick, Edam, Feta), Meat: grilled meats (poultry, pork)

Saint Archer Pale Ale

American Pale Ale examples:  Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Stone Pale Ale, Deschutes Mirror Pond, Full Sail Pale Ale

Serving: Pint Glass or Mug @ 40°- 55° 

Aroma: Reminiscent of an English pale ale in terms of malt aroma but with an interesting hop profile that perfectly melds several different hop varieties into a complex herbal, spicy, tropical fruit mixture.

Appearance: Hazy golden with a thin white head that fades quickly.

Flavor:  Grassy, earthy and malty bringing us back to a day when this is what pale ales were supposed to taste like. Malt becomes more present as it warms but the hop flavor becomes more piny and resinous.

Mouthfeel:  Medium bodied beer with a pleasant bitter aftertaste that leaves you wanting another drink. 

The first of four a beer flight night from Saint Archer Brewing Company for the pints&pairings #beersuggestioneers.  Jason and I explore the food pairing possibilities of Saint Archer Brewing Company's, Blonde Ale.

Food pairings suggestions:  
1.  Winter green salads.
2.  Shrimp tacos with spicy pico served with a corn tortilla
3.  Chowders


Food Pairings: Cuisine: Italian, Middle Eastern, salads. Meat: chicken, fish, pork. Cheese: Milky Flavors (Burratta, colby, mozzarella

6B. Blonde Ale examples: Redhook Blonde, Rogue Oregon Golden Ale, Russian River Aud Blonde, Widmer Blonde

Serving Temp: 40°- 45°

Glassware: Mug, Pint Glass

Appearance: Golden straw colored with a frothy white head.

Aroma: Farmhouse/horse blanket spice aromas with faint grassy hop notes. 

Flavor: Crisp grainy flavors with spicy root vegetable-like hop flavors

Mouthfeel: Medium-light body when cold (40°) but becomes heavier as it warms.  Drink and enjoy before it warms. 

The #beersuggestioneers get primed for a session of Saint Archer beers by cleaning out the beer closet.  Prairie Hop from Prairie Artisan Ales is a perfect blend of Belgian yeast and American hops.

Food pairings suggestions:  
1.  Herbal salads with spinach and/or arugula.
2.  Earthy or nutty cheeses.
3   Earthy seasoned poultry and fish. 

Examples:  Saison Dupont, Bruery Saison Rue, Hennepin

Serving Temp: 45°- 50°

Glassware: Tulip Glass

Appearance: Hazy, deep golden with a thick, compact (tiny bubbles, white head.

Aroma: Farmhouse/horse blanket spice aromas with faint grassy hop notes. 

Flavor: Wonderful farmhouse flavors of spice and hay with complementary grassy flavors.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light body with elevated carbonation.


General style info: Whether you are drinking a traditional strength (5% ABV or lower) or a more contemporary version (6% ABV or higher) Saisons should finish dry with very little sweetness.  Saisons aromas can be quite complex with a fruit and spice mixture reminiscent of barnyards. Typically their flavors will be malt balanced (leaning towards malt instead of hops) but peppery spice flavors from the yeast and the elevated carbonation levels create a beer with medium bitterness and a dry finish.

After a 2 hour session of drinking some pretty big beers, all I can say is, "Theres is'nt nothing to see hrere, please along move."

The #beersuggestioneers explore the wide range of #beerpairing possibilities of Matt's Burning Rosids from Stone Brewing Company.  

Food Pairing Suggestions:
1.  Glazed Donuts
2.  Grilled romaine with a vinaigrette and gorgonzola cheese
3.  Glazed duck

Matt's Burning Rosids

BJCP 16c: Saison

Other Commercial Examples: 

Serving Temp: 40°- 45°

Glassware: Tulip, Snifter

Appearance: Pours a dark reddish-orange with a white rocky white head that holds tight .

Aroma: Incredible cherry aroma with subtle smoky campfire layer

Flavor:  Lots of cherry flavor and other tangerine-like sweet/tart fruit flavors with just a touch of salty smoke flavor.

Mouthfeel: Medium body with lots of carbonation but becomes heavier as it warms.

The #beersuggestioneers embark on a flavor adventure with this IPA from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery.  The 61 Minute IPA is a truly unique beer that engages our #beerpairing senses.  

Food Pairing Suggestions:
1.  Wine washed rind cheese
2.  Mild/sweet tomato sauces
3.  Nuts: Almonds, Hazelnuts
4.  Grilled peaches

61 Minute IPA

BJCP 14: IPA

Other Commercial Examples: 

Serving Temp: 40°- 45°

Glassware: Tulip, Snifter

Appearance:  Pours red and full red in the deepest part of the snifter.  White head with little retention.

Aroma: Grape must with some sweet malt notes. Very little hop aroma.

Flavor:  Grapey flavors meld wonderfully with the malt and hop components of this beer.  Very little hop flavor and almost no hop bitterness. 

Mouthfeel: Medium with lots of prickly carbonation that help to lighten the mouthfeel. 

A #beerpairing suggestion poster for you to print out and display or as a quick reference guide.  

The #beersuggestioneers enjoy IPA 395 from Mammoth Brewing company. IPA 395 is a truly unique beer that incorporates juniper and sage which lends itself to some really exciting pairings.

Food Pairing Suggestions:
1.  Mushroom and cream sauce dishes.
2.  Double cream brie (ex. truffle brie)
3.  Tangy sauces (horseradish, mustard) to resonate with the juniper flavors.

IPA 395 - Mammoth Brewing Co.

BJCP 20: Imperial/Double IPA

Other Commercial Examples: 

Serving Temp: 40°- 45°

Glassware: Tulip, Snifter

Appearance:  Beautiful dark amber/copper color with a thick creamy head.

Aroma: Sage and juniper are front and center followed by copious amounts of tropical hop aromas. Subtle sweet malt and fruity esters become apparent as the beer warms.

Flavor:  The sweet malt flavors are balanced by juniper (softened by the sage flavors) and the hop flavor and bitterness.

Mouthfeel: Medium-heavy with lots of prickly carbonation that help to lighten the mouthfeel. 

The #beersuggestioneers tackle the last of the BJCP categories and complete the original mission* of pints&pairings!  Purple Haze, with its raspberry aroma and light and refreshing flavor, is a pleasant.

*This is not the end of pints&pairings. We have many more shows planned!

Food pairing suggestions: 
1. Mascarpone cheese desserts
2. Herb crusted, white fish
3. Pot pies

BJCP 20: Fruit Beer

Other Commercial Examples: New Glarus Belgian Red and Raspberry Tart, Bell’s Cherry Stout, Dogfish Head Aprihop, Great Divide Wild Raspberry Ale

Serving Temp: Variable, based on style (45°- 55°)

Glassware: Pilsner, Pint, Flute (based on ABV and base style)

Appearance:  Hazy orange with very little head retention.

Aroma:  Lots of raspberry initially with bready wheat malt becoming more prominent as the beer warms.

Flavor:  Sweet wheat bready flavors, very low bitterness (really no bitterness) and a touch of tartness.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light. 

After a 2 month break the #beersuggestioneers are back in the Lauter Tun studios cleaning out the beer closet.  There were some HD video problems so the only video available is from the Live YouTube stream.