Complement: When one
item from a craft beer or food complements the other during pairing.
Counter/Contrast: When elements
interact and either heighten or calm each other’s intensities. Malty sweetness counters the sugar
sweet of a food and lessens the sweetness.
Cut: The
bitterness of hops cut and lessen the impact of fat, richness and oil in food.
This allows you to more easily
identify flavors and taste elements. Cutting also occurs from carbonation and acidity.
Home run: When a craft
beer and food pairing elevates the taste experience. The whole is better than the individual
parts. 1 + 1 = 3!
Train wreck: A clash of
elements or flavors from the meeting of food or craft beer. A train wreck is when the whole
tastes less desirable than the individual parts. 1 + 1 = -
1. Think orange juice and toothpaste.
Yuck!
Rest: When your
craft beer or food ingredients provide a break and help renew and reset your palate. A rest can be an
intermezzo in the middle of the meal.
Bridge: Where craft
beer and food meet ingredient to ingredient. Bridges help you find harmonies, also referred to as
flavor hooks.
Echo: When one
flavor, sensation or intensity repeats the other. These create more pairing harmonies.
Harmony: A
synergistic marriage of flavor and taste elements.
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