LCBO Food & Drink Spring 2022

HAIL TO THE ALE

Hoppy and bold

These are the big brothers of the classic IPA—extra in everything. Extra alcohol, hopping, flavour and body! This is where you’ll find the Double and Triple IPAs, meaning double and triple doses of hops. A generous hand is used to dry-hop the beers after fermentation, allowing the hop aroma to explode from the glass. You’ll find more alcohol in these beers because more malt is used to balance the radical hop levels, and this extra malt translates into more alcohol in the final product. These beers are complex, creative and exciting to enjoy.

The bold personality of these beers calls for soup with substance. This vegan soup delivers big, rich, umami-­ laden flavour to stand up to the big flavours in hop-forward IPAs. The most important consideration when matching beer with food is weight. More specifically, the weight of both sides of the pairing needs to be equal so that one doesn’t overwhelm the other. The ingredients in this soup build on each other to create a dish that can withstand all that a highly charged IPA can throw at it.

BLACK-EYED PEA, MUSHROOM & BABY KALE SOUP

Recipe on page 111

Flying Monkeys Sparklepuff Triple IPA LCBO 688507, 473 mL, $4.95

Dry-hopping three times makes for an explosive symphony of tropical, floral and earthy aromas all sitting atop a malty backbone of 10.2% ABV.

Amsterdam Boneshaker IPA LCBO 351429, 473 mL, $3.55

Abundant hopping provides a bitter­ ness level teetering at 80 IBUs, which is skilfully balanced with malt to cre- ate a deliciously bold and balanced beer full of grapefruit and pine.

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SPRING 2022 FOOD & DRINK