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 Gorgonzola Cream Sauce · Gnocchi With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce · Tortellini With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce · Mushrooms Vol-au-vent With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
Liqueurs & digestifs
Aged French brandy.
Salty-sweet, big-bodied, sometimes-smoky pours wrestle blue's pungent funk into balance.
Works with Gorgonzola Cream Sauce · Gnocchi With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce · Tortellini With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce · Mushrooms Vol-au-vent With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
Scotch & Irish whiskey
Smoke, brine, iodine.
Salty-sweet, big-bodied, sometimes-smoky pours wrestle blue's pungent funk into balance.
Works with Gorgonzola Cream Sauce · Gnocchi With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce · Tortellini With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce · Mushrooms Vol-au-vent With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
Liqueurs & digestifs
Italian bitter herbal liqueur.
Italian-leaning pours — bitter aperitivo, dry herbal, citrus-bright — were built for the trattoria table.
Works with Gnocchi With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce · Tortellini With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce · Mushrooms Vol-au-vent With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
Liqueurs & digestifs
Aromatic, lightly fortified, served chilled.
Italian-leaning pours — bitter aperitivo, dry herbal, citrus-bright — were built for the trattoria table.
Works with Gnocchi With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce · Tortellini With Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
Bourbon & American whiskey
Vanilla, caramel, charred-oak sweetness.
Big-roast, caramel-deep, and coffee-tinged pours echo cocoa bitterness and bring sweet body.
Scotch & Irish whiskey
Balanced, often with light smoke.
Earth-and-oak, lightly smoky, slightly bitter pours echo mushroom's deep umami.
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