Winter 2026The independent journal of cheese
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Cheese and Other Drinks

Cheese and Other Drinks brings together pairing guides for beer, cider, whisky, sake, tea, coffee and alcohol free drinks. Choose a guide for the drink you have in mind, or follow the reading order below to explore different ways of putting cheese and a drink together.

Tea, coffee and cheese on a breakfast table
Fresh goat cheese with a small pour of witbier
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Cheese and Beer Pairing

A bite of fresh goat cheese, then a sip of bright wheat beer.

Mature Cheddar and cider in an orchard setting
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Cheese and Cider

Picture the orchard at Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury, where old local apple varieties still grow.

Mature Cheddar and a modest pour of whisky
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Cheese and Whisky

Lift the glass.

Fresh ricotta with chilled sake
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Cheese and Sake

First, a bite of cheese.

Comté with a cup of roasted oolong
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Cheese and Tea

Bring a piece of Comté close to a cup of toasted oolong.

Cheese softening in hot coffee
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Cheese and Coffee

Drop a piece of cheese into hot coffee in northern Sweden, and it warms, softens and takes on the flavour of your cup.

Mature Cheddar with crisp apple juice
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Cheese and Non Alcoholic Drink Pairings

Densely fudgy cheese, a lemony tang, a rind beginning to develop.