The thought had never crossed my mind, pairing beer with spirits.  I’ve had beer aged in all sorts of different types of oak barrels, whiskey, bourbon, scotch, port, and sherry.  Never did I think of having a glass of one with my beer, but that is exactly what Ray Deter, co-owner of d.b.a did.  We met up with Ray at the Williamsburg location to talk beer and sample some of these pairings.

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First off I must thank my wife, this tasting plus the upcoming Dogfish Head Dinner was a fathers day gift.  Do I have the best wife or what!? The Extreme Beer & Extreme Cheese pairing was at Amanti Vino in Montclair, New Jersey.  To quite honest, I was a bit skeptical at first not knowing much about the store, except they carry a hand selected wines.  When I got to the store and saw the selection of beer they had, I was encouraged.  It was a very small selection of beer, but it was a section of top notch imported and craftbeer.  I was shocked when I saw they had the Dogfish head Sah’Tea.  I had not seen it anywhere and just that morning I had heard stores complaining on twitter that they hadn’t received it.  Now I was excited.

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