Sign In Accompaniments Cheese Cheese of the Month Classes & Events Etcetera Featured Items Gift Certificates Gift Collections   Collections Without Wine   Collections with Wine Gift Medleys Pairing of the Month Shop By Price Wine of the Month Wine Policies Privacy Shipping Your Cart is Empty <Recently Viewed Items>Best of the Midwest ...Deliciously Making a...Tapas Con QuesoFromage a Trois (wit...The Great Ladies of ...Travels Through Ital...Best in ShowAmerican Artisans (w...Little FoodieRound the World (wit... Craft Beer & Cheese Code: GIF-7229 Price: $89.99 Shipping Weight: 10.00 pounds Item is a gift Gift Message (limit to < 250 chars) Perishable product! Express Shipping is REQUIRED to warm climate destinations! I am 21 years of age and am buying this product for myself or another of age adult, and agree to Pastoral's Shipping Policies for perishable and alcoholic products. Quantity:   Perfect for the beer or cheese lover! This collection continues the long history of beer paired with cheese. It started with the tradition of workmen breaking the day with a lunch of beer and cheese, and Trappist monks who brew Belgian ales to wash their cheese during the aging process. Jump forward to today as we're witnessing a renewed partnership with the rise of American craft breweries and new American artisanal cheesemakers. Beer and cheese pair well together, sharing many of the same characteristics- nuttiness, sweetness and acidity. While wine’s tannins can make pairing wine and cheese a challenge, beer’s heady carbonation and acidity help cut through the fat that cheese can leave on one’s palate. Pastoral’s beer and cheese collection pairs three delicious cheeses with an old world and a new world Belgian style-beer. A handcrafted salame is the perfect accompaniment. See firsthand what all the fuss is about! (1.5 lb cheese) Pleasant Ridge Reserve, Uplands Dairy, Dodgeville, WI, Raw Cow’s Milk - Two time American Cheese Society Best in Show cheese is produced only during the warm months when the pasture is green, producing a slightly floral, grassy and nutty semi-hard cheese with slight earthy finish. Valdeon, Valle de Valdeon, Spain, Cow and Goat’s Milk - An intensely flavored, complex, blue cheese wrapped in sycamore leaves. This assertive and peppery, well-veined blue cheese makes a striking addition to a cheese plate. Grafton Premium Cheddar, Grafton Village Cheese, Grafton, VT, Cow’s Milk - Hand-made from the same recipe for over 100 years, using rich Jersey cow’s milk and aged for up to one year in one of Vermont's beautiful villages. Duvel or Chimay Beer, Belgium - Traditional Belgian style ales brewed since the 19th century, each with its own special characteristics. Goose Island Craft Beer, Chicago, IL - Craft Belgian-style ales produced by Chicago’s own Goose Island Brewery. Salametti, P.G. Molinari and Sons, San Francisco, CA - From San Francisco’s family-owned P.G Molinari and Sons, comes this 100 year old recipe for dry salame made from a finely minced mixture of pork and beef and spices. Just slice and eat with your favorite beer. Home | Store Front | Search | Products | View Cart | Shipping | Policies | Privacy | Contact Us Lakeview - 2945 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60657 ~ (800) 721-4781 ~ (773) 472-4781 Loop - 53 East Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60601 ~ (312) 658-1250 Chicago French Market - 131 North Clinton, Chicago, IL 60661 ~ (312)454-2200 Phone Support Hours: Monday-Friday, 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. CST Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Sunday, 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. CST Email Us With Questions and Comments pastoral@pastoralartisan.com Copyright © 2008 Pastoral Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved