I was lucky enough to be asked by Ales By Mail if I would like to attend their first craft beer & food tasting night held at the Mustard Bar & Bistro a couple of weeks ago. It was a six-course meal with each food item paired with a specific beer, here is the menu:
- Sambrooks Wandle ale with homemade scotch egg & pork scratching
I'm not a massive fan of Wandle on it's own but with the food it was the perfect match - Pitfield Ginger beer with ham hock terrine & pineapple chutney
The ginger ale lacked anything exciting about it but was saved by the lovely taste of the terrine
- Calvors premium lager with smoked bacon, brie & cranberry pie
A perfect match - such a lovely lager and amazing pie - yum!
- Green Jack Canary Pale Ale with fresh mussels cooked in the same ale
I'm not a seafood fan at all but the Canary is an amazingly delicious beer and worked nicely with it - Meantime Chocolate beer with braised rib of beef,pototo puree, parsley & lemon
Although the beef was extremely tasty, I felt the beer stomped all over it and was too brutal for the savoury course - Stringers Dry Stout with chocolate truffles & peanut brittle
The stout was not a good match for the truffles but worked amazingly well with the nutty peanut brittle
