The Cheese Cave and Beer

I had the pleasure of taking two beer and cheese pairing classes with Olivia Haver, the cheese monger from the Cheese Cave in Red Bank, NJ. In total we sampled 8 craft beers and 8 varieties of cheese. The main point I took away from these pairings is that "complex" beers go well with "complex" cheese.

Some of the beer sampled were:
Brooklyn Brewery - Brown Ale
Left Hand Brewing - Milk Stout Nitro
Westmalle Abbey - Tripel
Omnegang - Whitt Beer
Oskar Blue Brewery - Dave's Pale Ale
Anchor Brewing Co - Anchor Steam Beer
Rauchbier

Some of the cheese sampled were:
Bijou
Cheddar - Cabot Clothbound
Gouda - 18 mos
Robiola Bosina - Langa
Stilton - Colston Bassett
Smokey Blue

Olivia suggests to have fun and make your own pairings. A trip to the Cheese Cave is definitely in order, they have a large selection of specialty cheese's and will even allow you to sample before you purchase.

The Cheese Cave

14 Monmouth Street
Red Bank, NJ 07701
732.842.0796
http://www.cheesecaveshop.com/