Somebody Help This Poor Girl Out: Big Game & Booze

Posted on May 12th, 2011 12:55pm by Sarah Reiss
Filed under game, somebody help this poor girl out, Wine & Spirits

This letter just popped up in my inbox:

Hi SideDish-
My husband would never write this letter so I’m jumping in for him. He’s been invited to a new friend’s ranch for a guy’s weekend. The theme of the weekend is Big Game meaning that they’re going to eat some game and shoot some skeet. The friend is hosting the whole thing, he only asks that the guests bring what they consider to be an item of game to cook on Saturday night and the alcohol they think would pair best with it. (Wild turkey & Wild Turkey is already taken, thank you very much.) We are at a loss. Hopefully you can post this on the forum and your readers can send some clever suggestions.

OK, folks. Help a sister out in the comments section.

12 comments

  1. Elk loin with a Malbec (recommend Ben Marco)or a big cab. Use a hearty rub on the elk loin, then grill it. You can use some of the same wine to make a reduction for a sauce.

    @ 1:25 pm on May 12, 2011

  2. If by “pairing” you mean clever matching (a la your Wild Turkey idea), rather than actually pairing a drink to a dish, then:

    Pheasant and Famous Grouse Scotch
    Duck and Duckhorn Cabernet
    Wild Boar and Blind Pig IPA beer

    @ 1:42 pm on May 12, 2011

  3. Regular pairings are boring and can be googled. Try these:

    Venison and Jagermeister
    Record size anything and Guinness
    Chupacabra and Milagro

    @ 1:46 pm on May 12, 2011

  4. deer and beer

    @ 2:13 pm on May 12, 2011

  5. South Texas Antelope loin available from
    brokenarrowranch.com
    and Stag’s Leap Cabernet

    Buffalo ribeye from dakotabuffalocompany.com
    with Frontier Red (wine)

    Smoked quail (brokenarrow.com) and Quail Run wine

    and badda boom badda bing…

    Fried “jail” bait (whitebait are young/small herring – get some pickled herring and bread ‘em up)
    w/ Big House Red
    (Big House label shows pic of San Quentin Prison)

    @ 2:18 pm on May 12, 2011

  6. Fighting Cock with wild game sausage
    Andre Cold Duck with Duck
    The Kracken- Turducken
    Buddalo Trace- Buffalo Hamburger
    Wild Geese with cooked goose.

    @ 3:01 pm on May 12, 2011

  7. I can’t say the male version of a rooster?
    C#ck? Lame

    @ 3:02 pm on May 12, 2011

  8. Moose and Moosehead Beer
    Shark and Landshark Lager which would actually be a good pairing. Lager with fish.

    @ 3:08 pm on May 12, 2011

  9. Duck and Duckhorn wine

    Venison and George Stagg bourbon

    Bison and Buffalo Trace bourbon

    Caviar and vodka

    @ 4:16 pm on May 12, 2011

  10. Graham beck Game Keepers reserve wines- the Chenin with a wild hare on the label- good light white

    The CAB has a kudu on it- if they are wealthy enough to have an import to shoot!
    The name alone GAME KEEPERS RESERVE is fabulous and the wines are both at Central Market. Happy shooting

    @ 6:54 pm on May 12, 2011

  11. Venison loin with Pinot Noir from Oregon/Willamette Valley or California/Russian River Valley
    Buffalo steak with Petit Verdot
    Feral hog or wild boar with Malbec or Cabernet Franc
    Ostrich steaks with South African Pinotage

    @ 11:47 pm on May 12, 2011

  12. Flora Springs Wild Boar Cabernet with wild boar chops- delicious!

    @ 12:00 pm on May 14, 2011