Pairing booze & cheese: A vodka/fromage ménage

Ask the distillery team at Hangar 1 to explain what makes their vodka different from other brands and you’ll quickly learn that their offerings are primarily distilled from grapes rather than grain. It’s this point of distinction that initially inspired the Alameda, California-based distillery’s marketing and sales manager, Emily Webster, to think about exploring a rather unusual notion: Vodka and cheese pairings. “I came to the company with a wine background,” Webster explains. “At an earlier point in my life I studied to be a sommelier—so the idea of doing pairings with cheese was a natural for me.”

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