Vintage Cellars Catalogue - 28/04-29/06/2021 (Page 55)

the brew refreshers are ideal for taking the sting out of → food matching that counter the cooling of the season refreshers are ideal for taking the sting out of gold tends to get lumped into the category of "dark beer" with the expectation that the roastiness of stout is the flavour common to while stouts are perfectly suited to only beers with a deeper hue to take a little of the sting out of winter's cold embrace the best place to start with darker beers is to understand where the colour and flavour the grapes in wine to provide the sugars that the sugars in barley are not immediately fermentable and the grain must be malted before the brewer can make beer this is the process where the grain is wet and tricked into germinating to break down the sugars and make the grain ready for brewing is then dried out to stop the germination and preserve the sugars the malt can then be kilned in a process malt will darken and develop deeper flavour beers made with portions of these malts will also be darker and take on some of the flavours liquorish that have been created in the malts adding a blend of darker malts can add flavour to just about any beer style thrive on experimentation and will play with darker malts to create the black ipa style sometimes also known as hoppy porters porter and blend the hop bitterness and aroma something quite different adventurous beer drinkers can play around with their own blends to see how a little bit good stout and adding increasing amounts to with pale beers still the most popular beer daunting for drinkers expanding their repertoire the best advice for going to the dark side" is to have different expectations for them than the refreshment of paler beers and understand embrace what the dark can bring the richer flavours of range of pairing options stouts are incredibly oysters and roast beef as well as richer desserts such as chocolate tart blow your mind by making an affogato out and substitute the coffee shot for a shot of stout amber ales match perfectly with red meats match for a steak with try these sapporo black monteiths black the smores-mai sapporo black can monteith's black beer bottle* white rabbit dark ale bottle wolf of the willows the s'mores- man toasted marshmallow ale* this hefty ale sapporo's first dark beer is crafted with roasted malts and a refined hop bitterness balanced fullness crafted from five premium malts to create a complex depth of flavours with dominant coffee notes from the yarra subtle toffee and caramel characters and fruity tones on the palate vintagecellars.com.au