Beer Week Buddies
Beer pairings
In honor of our favorite beers, we've got amazing pairing suggestions to complement amber ales, lagers and pilsners, pale ales & IPAs, and Hefeweisen & wheat beers.
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Valentine's Day Wines
Looking for the perfect Valentine's Day wine? Bella Serre (light and fresh, perfect for an apertif), Miraval Rosé (a great sipping wine when red's too heavy and white's too light), and Coppola Sophia blanc de blanc (an excellent gift that pairs well with food) are a few of our heart-pounding favorites!
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Dew Diligence
At a great value, Tullarmore Dew Irish Whiskey is a wonderful choice for you and your whiskey-lovin’ friends. Founded by Michael Molloy back in 1829, this distillery is the first modern factory facility, and Tullamore Irish Whiskey is what’s used in those famous Irish coffees served up at the Buena Vista Hotel in San Francisco (where more than 2000 Irish coffees are served per day). Give it a shot!
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KCRA Rings in the New Year with Don!
Check out our own Don Ashton as he makes New Year’s Eve cocktails that are sparkly and sweet.
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Sons of Sauvignon
Sometimes, you just want to have a wine with some power and guts. If you love a good Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon that’s well-balanced with great raspberry and blackberry aromas and flavors with silky tannins, then this Sequoia Grove cab powerhouse is for you! Delicious fatty holiday meal staples, like mashed potatoes and gravy, don’t stand a chance against this wine’s tannins that balance the fat and get you revved up and ready for the next bite. Perfect with a juicy hunk of beef like that big Christmas dinner prime rib!
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Order of the Owl
Owl’s Bres teas are fresh-brewed, handcrafted and bottled, and specially crafted for cocktails. Owl’s Brew teas come in Classic (English breakfast, lemon and lime), Coco-Lada (black tea, coconut, chai, pineapple and agave), and Pink & Black (Darjeeling, hibiscus, lemon peel, strawberry an agave), and is best served as two parts Brew and one part booze (shaken or stirred). Each blend is versatile and can be paired with a wide range of spirits, beer, wine, and champagne.
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Spanish Rose
Juve y Camp's pinot noir rose pairs beautifully with this season's holiday appetizers. Its bright cherry and strawberry flavors and pretty presentation match beautifully with light to medium-weight foods, like sushi, salmon pate, and strawberry sorbet. The Juve y Camp winery was founded in 1921 and the winery’s three-generation history has established its solid reputation for producing top quality cava. I
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Beer + Cheese
It’s American Cheese Month and Rebekah Baker, our corporate cheese buyer, shares more great beer and cheese pairings for fall entertaining on KCRA. Check out this clip for some unique pairing suggestions.
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Great Pumpkins
First brewed by English colonists in the New World during the 18th century, pumpkin ales are usually a rich amber to orange color, with a nice biscuit-like maltiness and a pumpkin aroma. Some are made with actual pumpkin with others achieve flavor with pumpkin pie spices. We’ve got several pumpkin beers for you to enjoy, including selections from Blue Moon, Dogfish Head, Samuel Adams, Coronado, Almanac, and Buffalo Bill’s (which tastes exactly like a slice of pumpkin pie). The Almanac Barrel-Aged Pumpkin Barleywine might be our most unique, made from California-grown pumpkins and aged in wood barrels for added flavor.
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The Cider House Rules
Common Cider Co.’s Lemon Saison and Hibiscus Saison are two of the most unique and interesting ciders on the market. This small, local producer is committed to making intriguing, well-crafted flavored beverages, and these ciders are extremely food friendly or great on their own. These ciders are made with organic hibiscus and lemon with real cane sugar, and they’re fermented with a strain of yeast that’s typically used for specialty beers, adding another layer of flavor and depth to the product.