While still saving up for the fancy pair of basketball shoes that your dad wishes to receive on Father’s Day, give him the next best thing: a unique experience of beer and cheese pairing!
Create magic with some bottles of local craft beers by matching their flavor and smoothness with varieties of cheeses. It’s time to visit the dairy section and look for at least three types of cheeses for the perfect cheese board: a soft, creamy variety like brie, a portion of hard cheese like dry jack, and a flavorful one such as blue cheese.
There are two kinds of pairing — complementary and contrast — and it’s up to your taste buds. For beer and cheese, however, light cheese is for less “hoppy” beer like pale ale and the citrusy ones. Otherwise, the bitter flavor will overpower the cheese. Cheddar, meanwhile, goes well with almost any beer. On the farther end of the pairing, the infamous IPA can go well with blue cheese’s equally strong umami taste.
To make our lives and Father’s Day easier, Real California Milk (California Milk Advisory Board), lists down a go-to guide for the trending pairing trend:
| Cheese | Beer |
| Ackawi | Wheat beer |
| Asadero | Amber ale, helles |
| Asiago | Brown ale, amber ale |
| Baby Swiss | Octoberfest, ales |
| Bakers Cheese | Wheat beer, fruit |
| Baladi | Helles |
| Blue | Porter, stouts, barley wines |
| Brie | Steam beer |
| Camembert | Saison-style ales, kolsch |
| Carmody | Stout |
| Cheddar | Pale ale |
| Cheddar (sharp) | Stout, porter, black ale |
| Colby | Red ale, brown ale |
| Colby Jack | Pilsners, pale ale |
| Cotija | Wheat beer |
| Cottage cheese | Imperial stout, black lager |
| Cream cheese | Wheat beer |
| Curd | Amber ale, helles |
| Dry Jack | Brown ale, amber ale |
| Edam | Octoberfest, ales |
| Feta | Wheat beer, fruit |
| Fontina | Helles |
| Fresh mozzarella | Wheat beer, pilsner |
| Fromage blanc | Dunkelweizen |
| Gouda | Imperial stout, black lager |
| Longhorn | Crisp pilsners |
| Manchego | Porter-light, brown ale |
| Mascarpone | Porter, stout, fruit beers |
| Monterey Jack | Medium pilsners |
| Mozzarella | Pilsner |
| Muenster | Belgian ales, crisp pilsners |
| Panela | Wheat beer, pilsners |
| Parmigiana | Wheat beer, pilsners |
| Port Sault | Pale ale |
| Provolone | Pilsner, pale ale |
| Quark | Pilsner |
| Queso blanco | Light pilsners |
| Requeson | Belgian, fruit lambic |
| Ricotta | Pale ale |
| Romano | Amber ale |
| Scarmoza | Wheat beer |
| Schloss | Amber, Red ale |
| Smoked cheeses | Rauch bier (smoked beers) |
| St. George | Marzen, Octoberfest |
| Swiss | Lagers, Marzen, Octoberfest |
| Teleme | Wheat beer, Americal pilsner |
| White cheddar | Pilsner, pale ale |
Real California Milk is available at S&R Membership Shopping, Royal Duty Free, Landers Superstore, SM Hypermarket, SM Supermarket, Merkado/ PureGold Price Club, Cash & Carry, Rustan’s Supermarket, Robinsons Supermarket, Unimart Supermarket, Makati Supermarket and Landmark Supermarket.
