Cocktails that pair with

Blue Cheese Sauce

Across 8 related dishes — most-paired first.

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Classic Martini

6 dishes

Vodka & gin

Bone-dry, crisp, olive-edged.

Why it works

Mid-bodied, soft-sweet, citrus-bright pours flex with everything from roast bird to fried wings.

Works with Blue Cheese Sauce · Pasta With Blue Cheese Sauce · Blue Cheese Sauce And Chicken · Gorgonzola, Blue Cheese Sauce +2 more Blue Cheese Sauce · Pasta With Blue Cheese Sauce · Blue Cheese Sauce And Chicken · Gorgonzola, Blue Cheese Sauce · Gorgonzola Or Blue Cheese Sauce · Gnocchi With Spinach And Blue Cheese Sauce

Sazerac

6 dishes

Classic & stirred

Rye, absinthe rinse, sugar, Peychauds bitters. New Orleans dark and aromatic.

Why it works

Salty-sweet, big-bodied, sometimes-smoky pours wrestle blue's pungent funk into balance.

Works with Blue Cheese Sauce · Blue Cheese Sauce And Chicken · Gorgonzola, Blue Cheese Sauce · Gorgonzola Or Blue Cheese Sauce +2 more Blue Cheese Sauce · Blue Cheese Sauce And Chicken · Gorgonzola, Blue Cheese Sauce · Gorgonzola Or Blue Cheese Sauce · Beef Tenderloin With Blue Cheese Sauce · Horseradish Black Pepper Crusted Tenderloin With Mushroom Blue Cheese Sauce

Aperol Spritz

5 dishes

Aperitivo & low-ABV

Aperol, Prosecco, soda water, orange slice. Sunset orange — Italian summer.

Why it works

Italian-leaning pours — bitter aperitivo, dry herbal, citrus-bright — were built for the trattoria table.

Works with Blue Cheese Sauce · Pasta With Blue Cheese Sauce · Gorgonzola, Blue Cheese Sauce · Gorgonzola Or Blue Cheese Sauce +1 more Blue Cheese Sauce · Pasta With Blue Cheese Sauce · Gorgonzola, Blue Cheese Sauce · Gorgonzola Or Blue Cheese Sauce · Gnocchi With Spinach And Blue Cheese Sauce

Gin & Tonic

Vodka & gin

Botanical, refreshing, endlessly flexible.

Why it works with Blue Cheese Sauce And Chicken

Mid-bodied, soft-sweet, citrus-bright pours flex with everything from roast bird to fried wings.