Comments on: Beer and Cheese Pairings at the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco

By: Sheana Davis

Sheana Davis — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:51:53 +0000

A year later, I agree this was not a pairing…so many people, no servers, etc.
Most of all enjoy beer and cheese and remember Bill for all he wrote!

By: William Brand

William Brand — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:49:21 +0000

Gpod link, Mario.

By: Mario (Brewed For Thought)

Mario (Brewed For Thought) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:39:14 +0000

I found this link useful for planning pairings. The “cheese lady” at Pacific Market basically found the cheese for me when I picked out which I wanted

http://beertown.org/education/pdf/beer&food.pdf

By: William Brand

William Brand — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:04:18 +0000

Yeah, Jeff had a good point. The function could have been better organized. But it’s difficult in a setting like that. What happened was the cheese table got totally mobbed. While there were a half dozen tables pouring beer, there was only one long cheese table and just Sheana Davis and one volunteer serving cheese.

When I do a beer adn cheese tasting, I serve each beer with the cheese that someone or other, very often I ask Sheana or Lucy Saunders (cookbook author) to e-mail me suggested pairings. Often cheese and beer can pair incredibly well.

By: Mario (Brewed For Thought)

Mario (Brewed For Thought) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:14:18 +0000

William, I like your thinking. I think my review would have been “I spent the evening drinking Three Philosophers, oh and some people on the other end of the room were eating cheese.”

Last time I did a cheese pairing at home it ended up splitting into people who were there to eat cheese, and people who were there to drink beer. Very interesting.

By: William Brand

William Brand — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:53:10 +0000

Yeah, I know. I went to the cheese table first, grabbed some cheese then walked over to the Three Philosophers table and then the Rodenbach keg. It was awkward, but it worked. When I went back to get more cheese, I couldn’t get through the crowd at first, You’re right about disorganization.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:26:13 +0000

Actually, nothing was paired with the cheeses. The beers were on different tables, and the cheeses were all on one table with no matches to the beers. And the line for the cheese table was ridiculous.

At the end, I saw there was some kind of sign at the end of the cheese line with pairing information, but it wasn’t very visible and I doubt anyone knew it was there.

Overall, some good beers, but a poorly organized event.

Jeff
San Francisco, CA