BOOZE & MUSIC Pairings

If you could couple wine variatels with either musical genres or specific bands, what would that pairing be? If you could couple liquor or beer classifications (or brands) with musical genres or specific bands, what would you pair thus?

I'll get the ball rolling:

A light Seyval Blanc paired with Morrissey's "You Are the Quarry"

Stone Brewing 's Runmination IPA with Queens of the Stone Age "Songs for Deaf People".

My favorite: A Muscadine Port with REM's "New Adventures in Hi-Fi".

I'll keep it rolling. I immediately though of the "frozen OJ concentrate swished with Absolut" that Albert Brooks quaffs whlie singing along to L'Edition Speciale by Francis Cabrel (according to imdb) in the movie "Broadcast News."

Others that come to mind:

Dry martini w/pont reyes stuffed olives - anything by Frank Sinatra, natch.

Pernod as I had it at the cafes of Paris - couple ice cubes, water, tall glas - U2's Joshua Tree. Pernod makes me prone to introspection and this album, (yes, I bought it on vinyl the first time)for me, prompts introspection more than any other.

FFF Alpha King or Dogfish Head 90-minute - anything/everything by AC/DC

Sazerac cocktail - Jar of Flies disc by Alice in Chains.

Personally, I've always enjoyed a Great Lakes Conway's Irish Ale 15 minutes out of the refrigerator with a healthy dose of Pere Ubu's debut "The Modern Dance."

Oh and I can't forget some clasisic Steely Dan, probably Countdown to Ecstasy, (Donald Fagen is a god) with a smooth Hudson Valley Chardonnay, probably a Whitecliff Reserve, to set the mood. A nice Marechal Foch would also substitute.

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The experts at fig media are pairing music with whiskey at our upcoming dinner event, I'm curious to hear what they come up with...

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I'll post after the event.

I like Chivas Regal on the rocks with some Portishead.

Or New Holland's The Poet with Tool.

BTW, watered down mass produced beers go great with watered down mass produced music!

I like a nice bottle of High Life with my Motorhead.

Hank Sr. or Hank III and some Old Granddad as well.

Top quality Kabinett and Spatlese with Mozart.
Auslese, BA, and TBAs with Richard Strauss.
Late Verdi with Barolo. ("Falstaff" with Ferrari sparkling)
Middle Verdi with good Nebbiolo, its friends and relations. Or Venegazzu.
Rossini with the very best Pinot Grigio, or other northern Italian whites (Jermann, Lageder, Maculan, Borgo Conventi, etc.)
Bach with dry riesling or Kabinet.
I like old jazz with cocktails and newer jazz with dry whites.
AC/DC (as well as Lucinda Williams' recent AC/DC cover) with Jim Beam

A few classics that immediately come to mind:

Lone Star Tallboys and The Supersuckers "La Mano Cornuda"

A pitcher of Martinis and GVSB "Cruise Yourself"

Buffalo Trace on the rocks and Calexico "Feast of Wire"

God, I was at Landmark on Wednesday, and they had a wine tasting, pairing each with a U2 song.
HORRIBLE. Just horrible.

God, I was at Landmark on Wednesday, and they had a wine tasting, pairing each with a U2 song.HORRIBLE. Just horrible

Hey grahamhh - If you know what's good for you you'll lay off Bono and the rest of the crew. They are musical geniuses on par with Beethoven, The Beatles & Bach(man) Turner Overdrive (just kidding with that last one). "Takin' Care of Business" and "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" are solid tracks but the rest of their musical output is fairly weak. Anyway,getting back on track, I cannot imagine how anyone could not like U2 they are the embodiment of everything that is rock n' roll; rebellion, understated coolness, and most importantly some really killer riffs courtesy of none other than.........The Edge.

Natalie Merchant's "Tigerlily" album (especially "San Andreas", "Beloved Wife", and "I May Know The Word") + bourbon on the rocks ("barkeep, leave the bottle").

Any hair metal + Coors Light (only in the "silver bullet" can)

Steve Ray Vaughan's "Texas Flood" (specifically "Lenny" or the title track) + a shot of Jack, a bottle of Lone Star, and the tattered, wallet-sized picture of an old flame who moved on a long time ago

Marquee wrote:Buffalo Trace on the rocks and Calexico "Feast of Wire"

Weird. I had that same combo in mind when I first saw the thread title. I guess that makes two votes for BT & FoW.

Also,

Left Hand's Milk Stout and Tom Waits' "Frank's Wild Years"
Tullamore Dew 12-year and Richmond Fontaine's "Post to Wire"
Sam Smith's Winter Welcome and Thelonious Monk's "Straight, No Chaser"
Fat Tire and Leo Kottke's "My Father's Face"
Mercury Rev's "See you on the Other Side" always makes me want to drink Pete's Wicked Winter Ale (which they need to start making again, dammit!)
A shot of Bailey's Irish Cream in my coffee and Bill Frisell's "Ghost Town" every morning I can, by god.

The Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago, IL, in association with Electricity is Magic, is hosting a unique evening of electroacoustic music paired with wines from around the world. Sept. 27 5-8pm

Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood
Chicago
http://www.exsost.org/