The Rules of Pairing Beer and Cheese

When people ask me to name my favorite beer and cheese pairing, I just smile. There are an almost infinite number of wonderful pairings; It's like asking my favorite Stanley Kubrick film: Dr. Strangelove, 2001, The Shining—you really can't go wrong. But with beer and cheese, there are only two rules. Rule one: Match the flavor intensity in beer and cheese. Rule two: Rule one may not always apply.

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