What goes with washed rind cheese?

Hard washed rinds will have an orange-brown crust on the outside, not recommended for eating. Expect yeasty/meaty/salty/animal flavors. Eat your cheese within 10 days of purchasing. Pair it with floral, honeyed, or fruity beverages like Riesling or Belgian ale.

What beer goes with Brie cheese?

While Brie presents somewhat of a neutral flavor for many pairings, it is so creamy and buttery that I strongly suggest a beer that can cut through it such as German or Bohemian-style pilsners, weissbiers, IPAs or Belgian tripels.

What beers pair well with cheese?

A full-bodied, matured cheese often goes well with heavier beer types, like pale lager, brown ales or even stouts. You might also give a heavy barley wine a try. Sharp blue cheeses can handle a heavy black stout, which can otherwise easily smother other flavors. Heavy, fruity beers also go well with blue cheeses.

Which cheeses have a washed rind?

Famous washed-rind cheeses that exhibit the classic characteristics include Ami du Chambertin, Epoisses, Gubbeen, Herve, Langres, Limburger, Livarot, Maroilles, Munster, Pont l’Eveque, Reblochon, Stinking Bishop, Taleggio and Vacherin.

How do you pair beer with food?

Complementary flavors – The easiest way to pair beer and food is to bring together flavors that complement one another. For example, you can pair light beers with food that has light or delicate flavors, such as fish or salad. Alternatively, pair heavy, rich beers like a stout with rich, boldly flavored food.

Can we eat cheese with beer?

Speaking of soft cheeses, goat cheese can also be paired with Belgian or German-style beers, including saisons. Neither of these cheeses will overpower a beer but a beer also shouldn’t overpower them.

What beer goes with Cheshire cheese?

Beer is a good match for Cheshire too. I was also tasting a new range of beers from the Wild Beer Company and loved the combination of a very hoppy, almost orangey pale ale called Fresh with the basic Appleby’s Cheshire. So other pale ales and bitters should work too.

What cheese goes with an IPA?

Beyond cheddar, IPAs pair well with high fat content cheeses (the bitterness of the hops helps cut through the fat), and some suggest pairing IPA with spicy pepper cheeses or blue cheeses. “We paired an IPA with Norwegian Gjetost cheese at the Fort Collins Brewers Festival,” says Cook.

Can you eat the rind of washed rind cheese?

Can you eat the rinds? Technically, most of these rinds are edible, but you might not enjoy eating them on every variety. Some washed rinds develop a sandy texture as the cheese ages. They can also have a very sharp or bitter flavor.

Is Brie washed rind?

Think of a soft-ripened cheese like Camembert or Brie – these cheeses are shaped and then matured, during which time white mould grows on the rind. Take Gruyère, Taleggio, Reblochon and Epoisse de Bourgogne for example – they’re all washed-rind cheeses, and all quite different in flavour and texture.