Spirits that pair with
Across 4 related dishes — most-paired first.
Rum
Caramel-toned, soft oak.
Salty-sweet, big-bodied, sometimes-smoky pours wrestle blue's pungent funk into balance.
Works with Mixed Greens With Caramelized Pears And Walnuts · Caramelized Pears And Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) Tarts · Pork Tenderloin With Caramelized Pears And Pear-brandy Cream Sauce
Scotch & Irish whiskey
Honeyed, fruity, gentle.
Tropical, citrus-bright, and lightly tart pours echo the fruit at the center of the plate.
Works with Caramelized Pears · Mixed Greens With Caramelized Pears And Walnuts · Caramelized Pears And Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) Tarts
Liqueurs & digestifs
Aromatic, lightly fortified, served chilled.
Tropical, citrus-bright, and lightly tart pours echo the fruit at the center of the plate.
Works with Caramelized Pears · Mixed Greens With Caramelized Pears And Walnuts · Caramelized Pears And Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) Tarts
Liqueurs & digestifs
Aged French brandy.
Salty-sweet, big-bodied, sometimes-smoky pours wrestle blue's pungent funk into balance.
Works with Mixed Greens With Caramelized Pears And Walnuts · Caramelized Pears And Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) Tarts
Liqueurs & digestifs
Italian bitter herbal liqueur.
Roasted, caramel, dried-fruit, and oak-warm pours bring out nut sweetness and balance salt.
Tequila & mezcal
Aged, deep, almost whiskey-like.
Oak-aged, sweet-caramel, and bitter-herbal pours stand up to charred beef and tannic richness.
Bourbon & American whiskey
Vanilla, caramel, charred-oak sweetness.
Oak-aged, sweet-caramel, and bitter-herbal pours stand up to charred beef and tannic richness.
Scotch & Irish whiskey
Balanced, often with light smoke.
Oak-aged, sweet-caramel, and bitter-herbal pours stand up to charred beef and tannic richness.
Scotch & Irish whiskey
Smoke, brine, iodine.
Salty-sweet, big-bodied, sometimes-smoky pours wrestle blue's pungent funk into balance.
Bourbon & American whiskey
Spicier, drier, more peppery than bourbon.
Oak-aged, sweet-caramel, and bitter-herbal pours stand up to charred beef and tannic richness.
Bourbon & American whiskey
Charcoal-mellowed bourbon cousin.
Caramel-sweet, lightly bitter, citrus-bright pours match pork's sweet fat and crisp skin.
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