{"id":840,"date":"2020-03-23T20:47:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T20:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=840"},"modified":"2020-03-23T20:48:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T20:48:21","slug":"cut-complement-and-contrast-for-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/03\/23\/cut-complement-and-contrast-for-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Cut, Complement and Contrast for Easter!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chocolate has long associations with Easter, not least in the form of Easter eggs. Fry\u2019s produced the first ones in 1873 but once they developed a cocoa butter that could be moulded into shapes, Cadbury\u2019s captured the market. But what about accompanying your egg with some beer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No, don\u2019t turn your nose up! Chocolate and beer work well\ntogether. It does need a bit of thought but using the simple technique of \u2018Cut,\nComplement and Contrast\u2019, you can choose a beer to enhance the enjoyment of\nthat egg \u2013 even if you have to steal some from your offspring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s start with white chocolate. There are two choices:\neither a complete contrast with a dry, dark beer such as Tap East\u2019s Coffee in\nthe Morning or a highly hopped golden ale such as Twickenham\u2019s Naked Ladies or\nRedemption\u2019s Big Chief. With the latter, the bitterness cuts through the\nsweetness of the white chocolate and the fruitiness provides a contrast to the\nmilky character of the white chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orange flavoured chocolate provides the perfect complement\nto Fuller\u2019s ESB, which is full of orange marmalade fruit and sultana notes. The\nbeer\u2019s bitterness also gives some contrast. Another option is Wimbledon\u2019s\nQuartermaine, a true British style IPA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, a dark chocolate egg will go well with a beer with\na roasty character, so try a porter or stout where the chocolate\/coffee notes\nwill complement the dark chocolate. Try it with Five Points Porter, which has a\nlittle smoky flavour, particularly when fresh and provides a complexity. London\nBrewing Company\u2019s 100 Oyster Stout is a nice alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sure it comes as no surprise that beer goes with all sorts of foods \u2013 although some are harder to match than others. If you\u2019d like to taste for yourself, I will be holding events again, once our current problems are behind us.
Christine Cryne<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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