Daily Archives: March 28, 2008

Candy store: Julio’s Liquors, Westborough, Massachusetts

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Well, no one has yet taken us up on our call to “Show us your ‘candy store’“, but I ran across this recently.

Jason at Brewing the perfect beer waxes on about a trip to Julio’s.

Stocking the Beer Fridge

This is an impressive beer store with over 900 different beers to choose from. I was about as excited as a little kid is on Christmas morning, but when I got inside, I found myself overwhelmed…(in a good way). So, after I got myself together, I browsed up and down the ailses in search of some beer.

After about 20 minutes of walking up and down the 4 ailses of beers, i realized I had no idea what I was looking for. I was just a,azed at home many different beers they had, and I wanted them all….and now!! But, cooler heads prevailed, and I paused to reflect on what I really wanted to try, and determined I wanted a little of everything.

Sounds great!

Julio’s Liquors
140 Turnpike Road
Westborough, MA 01581

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Beer and cheese

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I recently ran across an article on pairing beer and cheese. It profiles the newly relocated Cheesetique, a cheese specialty shop in Alexandria, Virginia, and beer pairing selections from Greg Engert, “beer guru and manager” at Rustico, also in Alexandria.
Photo by Chris Combs for Express

BEER LOVERS, REJOICE. The digs aren’t all that’s new at Del Ray’s Cheesetique. “I just didn’t have the space to do beer justice,” said owner and self-proclaimed “Cheeselady” Jill Erber of the original space.

Though many of her customers seek out wine with cheese, she also promotes pairing it with beer. “Beer’s acid and effervescence makes it a natural palate-cleanser. And, historically, they’re crafted to go together.”

They profile several pairings. A sample:

  • honey goat cheese and UniBroue Blanche de Chambly
  • cheddar and Victory HopDevil
  • bleu cheese and Smuttynose barley wine

If you’re in the DC area, pop in and check it out.

Suds & Curds Get Cozy: Cheesetique and Rustico

Then I came across this story: At the Charleston Food + Wine Festival Brewmaster’s Beer School, they offered course on pairing beer with cheese as well as chocolate .

Bock beer and cheddar? Mon Dieu, non! Cheddar calls for a Belgian-style wheat and a dollop of pomegranate molasses!

The Post and Courier: Beer fare goes upscale (includes a video)