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Cheese & Drinks
Pairing cheese and drinks opens your palate up to a whole new world of flavor possibilities. Dive into this exciting new pairings trend.
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Cheese Drinks
ALPINE/SWISS STYLE
Like Lionza or Holey Cow

Fruity, fermented drinks like kombucha or tepache with ripe red berries or pineapple flavors

Spritzers made with orgeat syrup and sparkling water

Pickle brine

BLUE CHEESE

Old-fashioned drinks like root beer and sarsaparilla

BRIE STYLE

Fruit vinegar spritzers (10% vinegar, 90% sparkling water) using raspberry, apricot, apple, or fig

Warm drinks like coffee or smooth black tea (hot or cold) served without sugar or creamer

CHEDDAR
Young

Tart, effervescent drinks like kombucha

Sweet, acidic combinations like apple cider and pineapple juice

CHEDDAR
Aged

Most fruit juices

Full-bodied drinks like ginger beer and sparkling apple cider

Fruity, nutty black tea (hot or cold)

COLBY

Bright, fruity drinks like kombucha, tepache, vinegar spritzers, and fresh juice

Sweet and acidic drinks like apple cider and pineapple juice

Playful drinks like root beer

DRY JACK

Specialty coffees and teas like a caramel Frappuccino, spiced coffee or vanilla latte

Sparkling vanilla and ginger dry sodas as well as sparkling apple cider

FARMHOUSE STYLE
Like Toma or Carmody

Bright, acidic kombucha, non-alcoholic bitters, grown-up soda, black tea, pineapple-spiced tepache

GOUDA
Young

Grown-up soda such as dry apple or vanilla flavors, ginger beer, any flavor of Jarritos, cream soda, sparkling apple cider, and fruity vinegar spritzers

GOUDA
Aged

Grown-up soda with cream, vanilla, or apple flavors

Specialty coffee like a Frappuccino, or a vanilla latte

HISPANIC STYLE
Like Oaxaca or Panela

Bright, fermented drinks like Tepache made with pineapple vinegar

Mexican soda like Jarritos

Topo-Chico, with or without a squeeze of lime

Aguas frescas in any flavor

Mexican Coke

ITALIAN STYLE
Like Estero Gold

Complex, fruity drinks like tepache

Herbal drinks like Seedlip’s Herbal Non-Alcoholic Spirit

Fresh juices like pineapple, apple, and orange juice

MEDITERRANEAN STYLE
Like Halloumi-style Grilling Cheese or Hand-braided String Cheese
MIDDLE EASTERN STYLE
Like Paneer or Nabulsi

Cool drinks like mango lassi or cucumber-infused water

Warm and creamy drinks like spiced chai tea

Refreshing drinks like mint tea (hot or cold), rose water-scented mocktails and pomegranate juice spritzer

MONTEREY JACK

Fermented drinks like kombucha and tepache

Fruit flavored drinks like lemonade

Savory drinks such as tomato juice and Bloody Mary mix

Sodas such as root beer

PASTA FILATA STYLE
Like Mozzarella or Burrata

Light, bright drinks like herbal kombucha

Vinegar spritzers using 5-10% vinegar (apricot, apple, or fig flavored) and 90-95% sparkling water

RACLETTE STYLE
Like Wagon Wheel or San Geronimo

Bold drinks like sarsaparilla, root beer, ginger beer, and tamarind Jarritos

Fruity flavored drinks like sparkling apple cider, tepache, fruity grown-up soda, and vinegar spritzers

Herbal or floral drinks such as orange blossom kombucha or rose lemonade

SOFT FRESH
Like Ricotta or Fromage Blanc

Simple, classic drinks like a Shirley Temple

High-quality Bloody Mary mix with horseradish

High-quality sparkling water

WASHED RIND STYLE
Like Red Hawk, Nicasio Square, or Golden Gate

Effervescent drinks like sparkling cider

Apple juice

Ginger beer

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MAKE YOUR OWN CHEESE MASTERPIECE
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