Got milk? Who cares! Have Girl Scout cookies with beer

From left, Emmi Fowler, Kelly Simpson and Alyssa Schott during last year's "Cookies on Tap" fundraiser at Mike Hess Brewing. (Tim Stahl / Courtesy of Girl Scouts San Diego)

Feb. 2, 2017 3:03 PM PT

A versatile drink, beer pairs well with a smorgasbord of edible treats. Cheese? Naturally. Chocolate? Of course.

Girl Scout cookies? Absolutely. For the third consecutive year, Girl Scouts San Diego is teaming with local breweries for a fundraiser.

During National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend, Feb. 24-26, three breweries - Stone, Mike Hess and AleSmith - will pair five beers with five cookies. “Cookies on Tap” flights cost $15, a portion of which will benefit Girl Scouts San Diego.

Unfortunately, there are no plans for a brewing merit badge. For more information about the event, visit sdgirlscouts.org.

Stone Company Stores: 310 N. Tremont St,. Oceanside and 1202 Kettner Blvd., #101, Little Italy (on Feb. 25 only, pairing available at 2816 Historic Decatur Road, Liberty Station and 1999 Citracado Parkway, Escondido), stonebrewing.com

Mike Hess Brewing: 3812 Grim Ave., North Park; 7955 Silverton Ave., Miramar; and 4893 Voltaire St., Ocean Beach, mikehessbrewing.com

AleSmith: 9990 AleSmith Court, Miramar, alesmith.com

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Peter Rowe

Peter joined The San Diego Union-Tribune in 1984. A native Californian who grew up in Encinitas, Rowe is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Northwestern University. He is past president of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and a former Fulbright scholar. He has won a few journalism awards, but would trade them all for a chance to avenge his 1994 “Jeopardy!” loss. Married to a terrific woman who has saved him from errors in writing and in life, he has three sons. At the U-T, Rowe writes profiles and features and is even paid to review beers, which hardly seems fair.