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Weekly Online Newsletter Vol.155

If you’re like most parents, you’ll plan on bellying up to the counter and picking through your kid’s Halloween candy once they go to bed. You may also be in need of a drink after all that trick-or-treating. We’ve got you covered, below is a great article and video from Molly Miller paring some Halloween candy with different styles of beer. I have also included a Bell’s Brewing Company candy pairing. Enjoy!

 

9 Must-Try Halloween Candy + Beer Pairings

By: Molly Miller

http://www.hgtv.com/design-blog/entertaining/halloween-candy-and-beer-pairings

After the trick-or-treaters are gone and the kids are in bed, there’s a good chance you’ll have some leftover Halloween candy sitting around. But before you sink into the couch with a cold one and a handful of candy, consider pairing your beer of choice with a complementary sweet. We promise it’ll make that extra candy (and the beer) taste even better.

Porter + Chocolate Candies

The porter’s roasty, malty notes make chocolate candies taste even richer and “chocolat-ier.”

IPA + Cinnamon Candies

Hoppy, citrusy, floral IPAs taste downright refreshing after throwing back a handful of cinnamon candies.

Oktoberfest + Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

A full-bodied, toasty and slightly hoppy Oktoberfest complements the richness of a peanut butter and chocolate candy.

Cider + Caramel Apple Suckers

Crisp and refreshing ciders can be sweet or dry and tart making them excellent companions to juicy, green apple-flavored lollipops with chewy, buttery caramel centers.

Raspberry Ale + Dark Chocolate

Tart effervescence from fruit lambics provides a sweet contrast to dark chocolates’ bitterness. There’s a reason fruit and chocolate pairings are so popular.

Pilsner + Red Licorice

With citrus and herbal notes, German pilsners bring out the fruity flavors in red licorice while hops cut the sweetness.

Pumpkin Ale + Chocolate Marshmallows

Warm and toasty with notes of clove, cinnamon and allspice, pumpkin ales are the perfect companions to this candy’s vanilla and chocolate flavors.

Cream Ale + Candy Corn

Candy corn’s intense sweet taste needs a light, refreshing, low-hopped brew, like a cream ale, to wash down all the sugar.

Saison + Gummy Candy

Chewy, fruity gummy candies need a slightly tart, semi-dry beer, like a saison, with only a hint

BELL’S BEER AND CANDY PAIRINGS

  • Two Hearted with Sour Gummy Worms
  • Best Brown with milk chocolate peanut clusters
  • Special Double Cream Stout with dark chocolate pretzels
  • Roundhouse with Smarties
  • Amber Ale with Candy Corn
  • Kalamazoo Stout with Tootsie Rolls
  • Two Hearted with Sour Skittles
  • Expedition Stout with a Take 5
  • Best Brown with a Pay Day

Another Candy & Beer Pairing Chart from the kitchn

CHEERS & HAPPY HALLOWEEN!