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You Scream For Ice Cream? I Scream For Beer!

You Scream for Ice Cream? I Scream for Beer!

I may be a wine pro, but I also love beer! Another thing I like??? Ice cream! So how excited was I to find a beer and ice cream pairing????? Helloooo!!!

My husband and I (along with our three dogs) are traveling up North for a month to get out of the Florida Summer heat. We’re in a little RV with a fridge big enough for some beer and wine we buy along the way!

One of our first stops was in Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville is a great city! Surrounded by the Smoky Mountains it’s not only beautiful, but it’s also very fun and hip! Along with mountains, Asheville has many great breweries open to the public for tastings and/or a great place to enjoy a pint with friends.

One of those wineries is the Highland Brewing Company. Dog friendly on their roof top terrace, we headed up there with our menagerie and grabbed a pint. Later, we checked out the tasting room where they were having a beer and ice cream tasting. What??? Heck, we wanted to give it a try.

Along with The Hop Ice Cream Café’s yummy ice cream, they were pouring some beers!

The first pairing was Highland’s Gaelic Ale with The Hop’s Salted Caramel Ice Cream. The salted caramel balanced the hop flavor of the ale very nicely. The salt in this ice cream crunches in your teeth providing a really fun finish. This is good stuff! Although not my favorite pairing of the four, it WAS my favorite ice cream! In fact, we bought some “to go” for our tiny freezer in the RV.

The next pairing was Highland’s Daycation IPA with The Hops’ Grapefruit Sorbet. This was a fantastic pairing. The ruby red grapefruit flavor of the sorbet was a fantastic match with the pink grapefruit taste in the beer.

Next up was the Oatmeal Porter with Big Briar Raspberry Ice Cream. With lots of tobacco on the beer, the raspberry ice cream helped create smooth finish.

The final pairing was another great one. Black Mocha Stout with … you guessed it Black Mocha Stout Ice Cream! How could this NOT pair well? The pairing was best when we started with the ice cream and finished with the beer! So yummy!!!!

So … if you’re heading to the Asheville area and you like beer AND ice cream, you must check this out!!! You can find more info about Highland and The Hop Ice Cream Café here:

http://thehopicecreamcafe.com

https://highlandbrewing.com

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