Monday, January 30, 2012

Twisted Food Pairings To Date

Nut Kreations - Exotic blends of spiced and seasoned nuts, dried fruits and other natural snacks.
Companion Bakeshop - Organic sourdough bread paired with spreads, sourdough crackers with goat cheese, sourdough flatbread with herbs
Front Street Kitchen - Beer chili, beer caramel on chocolate stout cake, beer infused chocolate truffles
Bavarian Pretzel Works - Kraut pockets
Farmhouse Culture - Horseradish Leek Sauerkraut
Garden Variety Cheese - Stout washed aged sheep/cow cheeses
El Salchichero - House cured charcuterie and other surprises
Buttercup Cakes and Farmhouse Frosting - Mini cupcakes, blood orange with earl grey, mocha, jasmine green tea
Serendipity Spreads - A variety of delectable jams paired with cheeses
Santa Cruz Salmon Jerky - Smoked salmon jerky
Friend in Cheeses - Onion jam, fig and fennel jam, pinot cherries, chow chow, carrot marmalade
Delk Bees Infused Honey - Honey infused with flavors like habanero, rosemary, garlic, basil, ginger, black pepper
Mrs. A's Famous Salsa Buena - Local blended salsa and chips


Twisted Tasting Beers and Brewers Signed Up To Date

Moonlight Brewing - Twist of Fate and Legal Tender (brewed with redwood branches and aged)
Russian River - Supplication (brown ale aged in pinot barrels with sour cherries)
Gilgamesh Brewing - Chocolate Mint Stout and Mamba (brewed with black tea, rye and tangerine zest)
Corralitos Brewing - Belgian Wit oaked with tequila, Porter C3
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales - Farmhouse Rum - dark farmhouse ale aged in rum barrel, Belgian Blonde Ale with Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus
Stone Brewing - 15th Anniversary Escondidian Imperial Black IPA, Double Dry Hopped Ruination IPA
Uncommon Brewers - Siamese Twin Ale - Belgian style dubbel brewed with lemongrass, kaffir lime and corriander; Bacon Brown Ale - nut brown ale brewed with buckwheat and bacon cured pork
Crispin Cider - Honeycrisp - artisanal unfiltered cider finished with organic honey; The Saint - artisanal unfiltered cider fermented with Belgian yeast and maple syrup
de Struise Brewery - Tseejes and Tsjeeses Reserva
Upright Brewing - Slightly Sour Rye
Jolly Pumpkin - Noel de Calabaza
Zymatore - Kuebelbier aged in Ranson Spirit's Gin/Pinot Noir barrels.

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