Meal and wine pairing
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Old ale
Serve at: 12-14°C or 54-57 °F.
Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Cheeses
Bijou
United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 2 weeks.
Cheeses
Chiriboga blue
Germany. Allgäu.
Soft-ripened blue cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : at least 2 months.
Seafish
Fresh herring home style
Fresh herring fillets, cooked in a broth with white wine, vinegar, carrots, onions, and a bouquet (thyme, bay leaf, and parsley), and served with a chilled court-bouillon.
Cured Meats
Glazed ham
Glazed : spreading a shiny, often sweet, substance over food before finishing the cooking, so that when served, the food has a shiny appearance.
Cheeses
Grana Padano oltre 16 mesi
Italy. Po River Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 16 to 20 months.
Cheeses
Grana Padano Riserva
Italy. Po River Valley.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : over 20 months.
Cheeses
Langres
France. Grand Est. Haute-Marne. Vosges. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Côte-d'Or.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.
Ripening : 15 to 18 days.
Seafish
Marinated herring dieppoise
Herring poached in a marinade of white wine and vinegar with carrot, celery, and onion, then seasoned with salt, pepper, and flavored with bay leaf, parsley, and thyme.
Cheeses
Morbier
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Jura.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind and crossed in the center by a thin line of ash from ash tree.
Ripening : 45 days minimum.
Cheeses
Paški sir
Croatia. Pag.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.
Seafish
Pickled herring
Marinated herring in vinegar with carrot, lemon, bay leaves, onion, mustard and sometimes served with fresh cream
Seafish
Rollmops
Herring fillet marinated in water, white vinegar, salt, onion, pepper, mustard, and sometimes white wine, rolled into a cylindrical shape, often around an onion, a pickled gherkin, or sauerkraut.
Cheeses
Roquefort
France. Occitania. Aveyron. Roquefort-sur-Soulzon.
Blue cheese made from raw sheep's milk.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.