LCBO Food & Drink Early Summer 2019

BEER SUMMER BEER GUIDE

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LABOUR DAY

Savour the end of summer by exploring or gifting these seasonal mix-packs. Whether you’re a guest at a cottage or hosting a backyard soiree, your pals will appreciate the breadth of flavour and variety that mix-packs have to offer. Impress organic enthusiasts with Mill St.’s assortment of lagers and ales. Beer geeks will dig the mix of summer staples and experimental brews from Wellington Brewery, while foodies will marvel over the culinary flavours in the Beau’s Brewery mix-pack. Bonus, it too is organic!

WELLY MIX VOLUME 6 LCBO 698431, 4 pk, $12.95 MILL STREET ORGANIC MIX PACK LCBO 577171, 4 pk, $12.95 BEAU’S SUMMER MIX LCBO 142026, 4 pk, $12.95

Pour 2-oz tasting samples for each guest so they can discover which brew they love best!

GLUTEN-FREE BEER & VEGAN FOOD PAIRINGS Feel good inside and out with plant-based gluten-free foods matched with gluten- free vegan brews. Why should carnivores have all the fun? Crafted in Montreal since 2010, Glutenberg’s assortment of award- winning, vegan and gluten-free brews are imbibed worldwide. Glutenberg Blonde ( LCBO 519082, 4 pk, $11.05) is a great match with crumbled tofu tacos wrapped in corn tortillas. The beer’s grainy notes harmonize with the dish. Want a little more flavour? Try a Glutenberg IPA ( LCBO 573881, 4 pk, $11.00) with a spicy, umami-packed charred portobello mushroom. The savoury main contrasts with the grapefruit-peel bitter- ness of the brew.

GLUTEN-FREE BEER IMAGE BY ROB FIOCCA

PUCKER UP : DRYHOPPED SOURS

SIDE LAUNCH BREWING COMPANY DRY HOPPED SOUR LCBO 578898, 473 mL, $3.25 MUSKOKA EBB & FLOW SESSION SOUR LCBO 646315, 473 mL, $3.15 COLLECTIVE ARTS MASH UP THE JAM LCBO 549873, 473 mL, $3.55

A brew with kefir-like acidity and a perfumey aroma of tropical-fruit-flavoured hops, the dry-hopped sour is a summer beer trend that is here to stay. Thirst-quenching and tart, the marriage of hops and lactobacillus (the same organism that sours yogurt) is romancing the palates of drinkers all over the world.

FOOD & DRI NK EARLY SUMMER