question: What is a good beer pairing for Pan-Seared Venison with Blackberries?
answer: A great choice for Pan-Seared Venison with Blackberries is Semi Skimmed Occultist (Oatmeal Milk Stout.). Here's the recipe:
  This Oatmeal Milk Stout. features a complex malt bill including Pale Ale (7.8 kilograms), Flaked Oats (1 kilograms), and Brown (0.8 kilograms). The hopping schedule uses Magnum (10grams @ Start), and Lactose (600grams @ Middle) for balanced bitterness and aroma. Surface area contact is key in dry additions. Make sure your coffee and cacao nibs are weighed down with something and spread them out between multiple muslin bags if you can. This is not an exact science so taste as you go and swap out for fresh coffee and/or cacao if you haven't gotten the flavour you want after five days or so. You will not have this problem with the vanilla.