16 Food & Drink Summer Tipples PROMOTIONAL CONTENT


Promotional Content • Saturday 17 June 2023


HOP TO IT Your Birrificio Angelo Poretti is served


Good times are brewing this summer at your local Prezzo restaurant, with a little help from artisanal beer brand Birrificio Angelo Poretti


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meal out with friends on a glorious summer’s evening must surely reign supreme among life’s simple


pleasures. Mouth-watering dishes, the buzz of lively chit-chat and a long drink to unwind. Perfection. Te question is: what to drink? Conventional wisdom tells us wine


is the sophisticated choice for dining out. But does that cliche still hold true? Diners across the globe are waking up to beer’s ability to amplify certain ingredients and dishes. Indeed, if you thought oenophiles were fastidious about flavour profiles and provenance, ask a beer-lover about their favourite lager pairing and prepare to be amazed. Now’s the time to discover the brave new world of beer pairing.


Lager than life More and more people are of the opinion that beer is just as good for pairing with food than wine. For one thing, the effervescence of a nice, crisp lager is more effective at cleansing the palate between courses than an unctuous red. Te interplay of malty-sweetness in a well-chosen beer harmonises exquisitely with herby, bready foods. Conversely, the rich hoppiness of a top-drawer lager contrasts pleasingly with, say, upmarket salty cheeses.


Prezzo, everybody’s favourite


quality Italian, has cannily positioned itself front-and-centre of the beer-pairing movement. Te celebrated restaurant chain has signed an exclusive deal with North Italian brewer Birrificio Angelo Poretti. Te brewery has been producing beers using only choice, food-inclined hops for more than 140 years, with the columbus and zeus hops flattering Italian food in a number of intriguing ways. First, they cut through rich, oily


fats like those in burrata, in much the same way a squeeze of lemon lends dimension and clarity to a plate of fish and chips. Meanwhile, the lively bubbles on a Birrificio Angelo Poretti lager act like a thousand tiny scrubbing brushes, refreshing your taste buds with each refreshing sip. It’s no accident the hops in


Birrificio Angelo Poretti are so exceptional. In 1877, founder Angelo Poretti scoured the length and breadth of Austria, Bohemia and Bavaria in search of superior hops, taking notes along the way from every exceptional brewery he encountered. When he finally made it back to his hometown of Valganna, in northern Italy, Poretti wasted no time building the brewery, or birrificio, at the foot of the Campo Dei Fiori hills. He numbered each


one after the quantity of hops used in the brewing process, thus creating a unique collection of beers that are specifically made to enjoy at the table with friends — and with food.


Brew romance Birrificio Angelo Poretti and Prezzo both love bringing people together round the table. With the help of a good beer and great Italian food, like sublime salads, perfect pastas and pizzas and decadent desserts, Prezzo and Birrificio Angelo Poretti have summer in the bag. “Tere’s a lot to love about summer


at Prezzo,” says Olly Smith, the chain’s chief brand officer. “Plates full of seasonal ingredients as delicious as they are colourful, the jolly buzz of groups of friends enjoying our often-hidden gardens and now our favourite Northern Italian beer from Birrificio Angelo Poretti, freshly poured to perfection.” Poretti is available nationwide in


17,000 supermarkets across the UK and in more than 2,500 bars and restaurants. For best results, seek out your nearest Prezzo branch and book from 12 June onwards for an Italian meal paired with a perfectly poured Birrificio Angelo Poretti and an side serving of la dolce vita. birrificioangeloporetti.co.uk; prezzorestaurants.co.uk


The ideal pour THE THREE CS


A trio of reasons beer might just be the ultimate food pairing


Cut


Unlike wine, which has a tendency to coat the palate, beer actually cleans the palate. The kinetic action of bubbles


rinses away tiny fat particles, letting the ingredients do their thing.


Complement


Birrificio Angelo Poretti’s bitter notes pair beautifully with olives, pesto and citrusy flavours, while the biscuity malt makes wheat-based foods like foacccia and pasta shine.


Contrast


An exceptionally well-balanced flavour profile means combining elements you might expect to be polar opposite


and effortlessly harmonising them, like Poretti’s sweet malts with Prezzo’s salty artisanal cheeses.


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