Pairing Black Dog TGR with Chocolate

Hope you guys are enjoying my various posts on the newly launched Black Dog Triple Gold Reserve blended Scotch Whisky. I had previously written about how TGR pairs with food and Cheese in my previous posts. There are numerous ways and options to pair with your favourite scotch, and today I am writing about how Chocolate with Scotch gives you the best of both tastes.

When pairing chocolate with TGR there are some interesting expectations, like the expectation for chocolate to bring out certain flavours from both Scotch and Chocolate and interwine with each other. Both these products are so complex in themselves that it is near impossible to predict the outcome of these two together unless you try out various combinations with different quantities of Scotch and chocolate. As a lot of people have experienced that just the label of "Single Malt" whisky does not ensure the best taste, so is a high percentage of Cocoa does not mean the best chocolate. Pairing TGR with chocolate is like overwhelming your taste buds as it coats the tongue and blunt it whereas TGR aromas will assault the nose. When it gets going you really tend to enjoy them.

Some tasting steps when TGR is paired with chocolate

• Let the flavours of TGR build inside your mouth. You can do this by placing a little bit of liquid in and moving it in the mouth

• Swallow the whisky, and wait for a few seconds. Now, take a small piece of chocolate and place it on your tongue. The chocolate should be allowed to melt in your mouth slowly and you tend to savor the profiles of TGR and chocolate coming together.

• As the chocolate nears it end in your mouth, take a sip of TGR over the chocolate. This will lead to a greater intensity and you feel some unexpected flavours coming through.

Ooty Chocolates

I can suggest you going with regional chocolates means a lot of fun. Some of the regional chocolates I have tried is the home-made chocolates from Ooty and Coorg. Let me know your experiences of the Black Dog Triple Gold Reserve Scotch with some of your favourite chocolates.

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Pairing Black Dog Triple Gold Reserve with Cheese

Black Dog TGR with cheese

I have been trying my favourite Scotch, the Black Dog Triple Gold Reserve with different combinations. You must have read my previous post  covering the experience of food with Scotch. Today I am bringing out to you another food that pairs best with Black Dog Triple Gold Reserve blended Scotch Whisky.

Blue Cheese

Everyone loves cheese, well most of us do. And if you are reading this, then definitely you are a Scotch admirer. We know, by now the different ways to savour scotch and let us look at how best these two can be enjoyed, as these seem to be mutually exclusive. There's a little unwritten tip, be careful that any one of them is not too powerful to overpower the taste of the other.

Peaty scotch go well with blue cheese, as it is normal and not so strong to overpower the cheese. However, a very strong blue cheese will completely hide the flavours of the TGR.There's a unique way to enjoy the scotch and cheese pair and you would love it after you try it. First, keep a little amount of Scotch in your mouth to prepare your palate and your taste buds will be prepared to the spirits strength. Now, take a small piece of cheese and after eating it have a little bit of Scotch. This mouth coating reveals the harmony that happens between Cheese and Black Dog TGR. You can also, try the same steps with water instead of cheese but first you need to make sure the water is at room temperature and never cold while trying this.

I would suggest you to limit these pairing consumption at maximum 6 rounds at one go. One, your taste buds would have experienced the tastes well and would not give you all the taste sense after certain rounds. Two, both of these are high and will satisfy your palate very quickly. Keep bread and water handy to soothe any nerves. I hope you would definitely want to try this and much more experiments.


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Pairing Black Dog Triple Gold Reserve with Food

I have observed that people tend to plan and enjoy Scotch after a meal or at a bar with friends. It has been a perception that Scotch is best alone in relaxing evenings or parties. But there's more ways than we can imagine that Scotch can be paired and enjoyed. Today I will talk a little about how Scotch paired with food will surprise you and certainly you would like to repeat the recipe.

Scotch with food can be enjoyed in the same way as Wine is with food. The Black Dog Triple Gold reserve tastes good with a wide range of food, from light to powerful and sweet food to spicy and powerful ones. The Black Dog Triple Gold reserve has a whole range of flavors and aromas that pair with a lot of food dishes and pairs even better with certain type of foods. Some of the food dishes that Black Dog pairs smoothly are sea food, cheese, spicy starters tossed in different type of sauce and of course how can I forget sweet or dessert.

Peat Fire

I would like to talk a little about a hidden flavor found but not observed by many in Black Dog Blended Scotch Whisky. I am sure you guys must have heard of 'peat', but not given much emphasis to it. The peaty water is found in the Islay region of Scotland, but its not what contributes to the peaty,smoky style. The peaty fragment is induced when the germinating barley is dried over peat fires, and not traditional ones like coal fires. The barley carries the fragment and ultimately it gets added to the Whisky. This is also a reason why people call some Scotch as phenol.

Sushi

Black Dog can be enjoyed with sea food like Oyster. Go ahead and replace your lemon juice with Black Dog Scotch. A bold flavoured Sushi can taste extremely good with strong peaty Scotch. The Black Dog gets its tinge of sweetness from the fact that it spends a lot of time in Sherry Casks. Pairing Black Dog TGR with nutty sweet dishes and fruit and milk chocolates will be a perfect recipe. So go ahead and try pairing the Black Dog Triple Gold Reserve with your favourite dishes and let us know your experience.

Disclaimer: The above content is meant only for people above 25 Years.