Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Blue Cheese & Ripe Now Porter with Cranberries
This whimsical glass style is suitable for a wide range of beers, but we chose it to show off the deep, rich color of our porter. We add cranberries to the Ripe Now Porter during brewing, which gives it its reddish hue and makes it an ideal pairing for these cranberry-topped sweet potatoes.
Thanksgiving Beer Pairings from Sketchbook Brewing Company
What to pair with all of those Thanksgiving side dishes? Sketchbook Brewing has a few ideas. Founders, Cesar Marron and Shawn Decker, were passionate home brewers before opening Sketchbook Brewing Company in 2014, and they’ve since earned loyal fans in their hometown of Evanston, IL and beyond.
Take a cue from the team at Sketchbook Brewing this year and serve a hazy IPA with your butternut squash soup or a rich porter with your sweet potatoes. They shared a few ideas for pairing their craft beers with our Thanksgiving side dish recipes, plus their tips on choosing the perfect glass.
Butternut Squash Soup with Lemongrass and Coconut Milk & Insufficient Clearance Hazy IPA
A tumbler with a crown allows for big gulps, making it perfect for crushable beers like this one.
Beet and Citrus Salad & No Parking Pale Ale
Citra hops in our pale ale shine bright and pair well with anything citrusy.
Cauliflower Soup & Illustrator Doppelbock
The shape of a Belgian taster glass features the head of the beer, where the most subtle flavor notes and aromas live. Low-ABV beers like our doppelbock work well with equally subtle foods like cauliflower soup.
Roasted Grapes with Ricotta and Green Olives & Nova Reperta Saison with Grape Must
The narrow opening of the Craft Beer Glass highlights and concentrates the saison’s delicate flavors, and a stemmed glass helps keep your beer nicely chilled.