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title: "USA TODAY: The Brass Tap Shares Best Brews to Pair with Halloween Candy"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/84a15cd9-ce9e-4c10-b473-a79bb168e217
source: "1851 Franchise"
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published: 2016-11-14T13:08:29.000Z
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# USA TODAY: The Brass Tap Shares Best Brews to Pair with Halloween Candy

**TL;DR:** The Brass Tap's Manager of Product and Training/Beer Specialist Matthew Stock shared beer pairings for Halloween candy with USA TODAY. Stock suggested pairing Sweet Tarts with a saison like Ommegang Hennepin and candy corn with Bud or Miller Light.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-11-14. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/brasstap/usa-today-the-brass-tap-shares-best-brews-to-pair-with-halloween-candy-7617).*

## Story

After a long Halloween night of trick-or-treating with the kids, every parent deserves a cold brew, as well as their fair share of thecandy collected. With the right combinations, these two can compliment each other perfectly and The Brass Tap Manager of Product and Training/Beer Specialist Matthew Stock has the perfect pairings for parents everywhere.

According to USA TODAY, Stock says when matching candy with beer there are two different approaches.

“One is a complimentary approach where you try to match like flavors between your food products and beers, and another is a contrasting nature, where you use aspects of the beer to pull out flavors from the candy,” Stock told USA TODAY.

For a classic sour and sweet candy such as Sweet Tarts, Stock suggests matching the acidity with a saison like Ommegang Hennepin.

“These wild yeast strains impart an earthy flavor profile, so it might not sound particularly delicious. But in the right context, it is,” Stock told USA TODAY.

For those afraid to dive into the world of craft beer, Stock even provided a candy match for the classic Bud or Miller Light.

“Candy corn might pair up pretty well with those,” Stock told USA TODAY. “If I was going to pick something probably more of a mild candy, like Smarties.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- The Brass Tap (company)
- USA TODAY (company)
- craft beer (topic)
- beer pairings (topic)
- halloween candy (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/brasstap/usa-today-the-brass-tap-shares-best-brews-to-pair-with-halloween-candy-7617). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/84a15cd9-ce9e-4c10-b473-a79bb168e217).