Top to bottom: La Peral, Cremont, Garrotxa

Stormy Weather

Firestone Velvet Merlin Oatmeal Stout

A dark and stormy night calls for a brooding, impenetrable brew like Velvet Merlin. Its creamy texture and aromas of coffee and caramel complement these dreamy dessert cheeses: the nutty, faintly sweet goat’s-milk Garrotxa from Spain; the voluptuous double-cream Cremont from Vermont; and Spain’s La Peral, a meaty and mellow cow’s-milk blue.