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Season-based drink menus

Beer, Wine & Spirits

Stephen Beaumont

September 26, 2011

3 Min Read
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Stephen Beaumont

People have always instinctively eaten with the seasons, even before these days of hyperlocal diets. Our bodies simply crave different foods in different weather: salads and lighter fare when the mercury soars, stews and other comforting dishes in the depths of winter.


Drinks, on the other hand, have until recently remained relatively immune to seasonality. Sure, we might enjoy a gin and tonic more in July or prefer a Cabernet Sauvignon to a chilled Pinot Grigio in December, but for the most part, we North Americans haven’t been great at imbibing with the seasons.


That is starting to change, however, as restaurants and bars begin to see the value in altering their drink menus according to the weather. At Brouwer’s Cafe in...

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