New Beer By Ferran Adrià Is Made For Food Pairing

Here’s a quick sip of culinary news of the world:  Team elBulli–Ferran Adrià, Juli Soler, and award-winning sommeliers David Seijas and Ferran Centelles–joined forces with Estrella Damm, the leading brewer of Barcelona and crafted Estrella Damm INEDIT, a beer brewed specifically for food pairings. It took them more than a year and a half and 400 iterations to settle on “a unique coupage of barley malt and wheat with spices which provide an intense and complex aroma. It aims to complement food once thought to be a challenge in terms of culinary pairings, including salads, vinegar-based sauces, bitter notes such as asparagus and artichokes, fatty and oily fish, and citrus.” The beer made its U.S. debut last night at event hosted by Dan Barber at his restaurant, Blue Hill at Stone Barns. Anthony Bombaci? Have you made the call?