question: What is a good beer pairing for Gouda cheese?
answer: A great choice for Gouda cheese is Sunmaid Stout (Rum & Raisin Imperial Stout.). Here's the recipe:
  This Rum & Raisin Imperial Stout. features a complex malt bill including Pale Ale - Tipple (10 kilograms), Chocolate (1.25 kilograms), and Carafa Special Malt Type 3 (0.94 kilograms). The hopping schedule uses Simcoe (37.5grams @ start), and Challenger (25grams @ end) for balanced bitterness and aroma. Take small volume of wort out of the run off and steep the raisins in it, then crush them up. This will help to release the dark fruit aromas into the wort.