Tuesday, January 19, 2016

COOKIE PAIRINGS

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Since Tagalongs (my favorite) weren't mentioned above, and I think they would go better with a good stout or porter anyway, here is a list of beer pairings for Girl Scout Cookies: 
 

Tagalongs
The vanilla, chocolate, and peanut butter flavors from the Tagalongs sound like adjuncts in a stout. So grab these flavor-filled stouts to heighten the insanity of this pairing.
Off Color DinoS’mores
FiftyFifty Vanilla Eclipse
Prairie Artisan Ales Bomb!
Stone W00tstout
Terrapin Cinnamon Roll’d Wake-n-Bake

Thin Mints
These dark and roasty stouts deliver a mouthfeel that pairs well with the crisp, minty crunch of the wafer cookie (especially if you keep your Thin Mints in the freezer). Consider yourself warned, though, as these beers range from 9—13 percent ABV and you’ll likely find yourself reaching for a second sleeve of cookies in record time.
Perennial Artisan Ales 17
Alesmith Speedway Stout
Shipyard Mint Chocolate Stout
Epic Big Bad Baptist
Hardywood Sidamo Coffee Stout

Trefoils
Stick with tradition by pairing these classic cookies with traditional beer styles such as Baltic porter’s cheek-warming notes of dark fruits and coffee or a Scottish ale with notes of cocoa and coffee and a dash of smoke.
Smuttynose Baltic Porter
Founders Dirty Bastard
Jack’s Abby Framinghammer
Central Waters Brewer’s Reserve Bourbon Barrel Scotch Ale
Oskar Blues Old Chub

Samoas
Match the toasted coconut of these cookies with even more toasted coconut and the roasted caramel flavors in these beers.
Creature Comforts Koko Buni
Oskar Blues Death By Coconut
Bruery Mash & Coconut
Funky Buddha Last Snow
Wormtown Norm Chocolate Coconut Stout

Do-Si-Dos
Let the flavors of the Do-Si-Dos dance with the balance and rich texture of these malty lagers.
Metropolitan Dynamo Copper Lager
Schell’s FireBrick
New Belgium Shift
Tröegs Troegenator Doublebock
Great Lakes Eliot Ness

Savannah Smiles
Push aside that lemon wedge you occasionally put in your beer and, if you must add a wedge, consider accenting your beer with the Savannah Smile instead. The lemon-flavored cookie wedges have been dusted with powdered sugar and pair well with these witbiers and bières de miel.
Allagash White
Westbrook White Thai
Jester King's Bière de Miel
Casey East Bank
Brasserie Dupont Bière De Miel Biologique

Rah Rah Raisins
You’ll definitely be cheering when you pair these oatmeal cookies loaded with raisins and Greek-yogurt-flavored chunks with these complementing sour brown ales filled with dark fruit flavors.
Boulevard Love Child
Crooked Stave Origins
Rodenbach Grand Cru
New Belgium La Folie
New Holland Blue Sunday Sour

Toffee-tastic
These gluten-free butter cookies, offered only in select areas, are loaded with bits of toffee, and beer lovers can harmonize with the bread and toffee flavors of the cookie:
Epic Glutenator
Brasserie Dupont Foret Libre

Or stray away from full-on gluten abstinence with these beers:
Avery Hog Heavan
Green Flash Le Freak
Deep Ellum Four Swords



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