Beverages · The pairing room
Start with the plate.
Name the dish's structure and the whole cellar answers — wine, sake, tea, coffee, beer or spirits on structural merit, never category habit. The move is always named; the reason is always written out.
Lucknowi Galouti Kebab (Melt-in-Mouth Minced Lamb) · as the Library describes it — light to mid weight · some richness · seasoned · a little acid · a touch of sweetness · a thread of smoke · hot · led by saffron, mint, coriander, ginger, cherry, cardamom, nutmeg and pepper · adjust this plate →
Bridge — shared noteCut — cleanseContrast — opposition
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Springbank 10 Year Old Campbeltown Single Malt
the dish's smoke meets 'slight-peat' in the pour; smoke speaking to smoke.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
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SOV Wheated Rye Whisky
the dish's smoke meets 'charred oak' in the pour; smoke speaking to smoke.
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Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fume Silex
the dish's smoke meets 'gunflint' in the pour; smoke speaking to smoke.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
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Lustau Los Arcos Dry Amontillado
the dish's sweetness answers 'dried apricot' without either tipping over.
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Kumesen Kusu 25-Year Aged Awamori
the dish's sweetness answers 'toffee honey' without either tipping over.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
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GT's Synergy Organic Kombucha — Gingerade
the dish's sweetness answers gentle sweetness without either tipping over.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
Suggestions are structural, drawn from each pour's own recorded markers · back to your cellar