Beer and food. A perfect combination !














bottled-beer







Visit www.beernews.co.uk


Enables you to read .pdf files

Beer2go With Food

Beer is the perfect accompaniment for food !
No other drink is quite as versatile or offers such a variety of flavours. Different beers are able to complement a whole range of different tastes and food styles.


Here are some of our suggestions for beer with food:

A Good All Rounder
Probably the most versatile of all beers is the Weiss beer, Wheat or White beer. It will compliment virtually any meal but it really comes into it's own with spicy food, chillies, curries etc. Why 'Indian' restaurants serve lager or horror of horrors wine with their meals is beyond comprehension.

Aperitifs
Belgian Fruit Beers (particularly a sweetish Kriek) - Czech or Polish Lager (Herold or Zwiec) - Mild (Tindalls or Jet Black) - Hoppy Bitter (Beer2Go IPA)

Barbecue
Lager (VB) - Hoppy Bitter (Beer2Go IPA)

Beef/ Meat Pies
Full-bodied bitter (Broadside, Darwin's Downfall)

Cheese - Blue
Barley Wine (Nip or Old Tom) -Dark Trappist Ale (Rochefort 10)

Cheese - Mild
Hoppy Bitter (Beer2Go IPA or Wherry)

Cheese - Strong/Mature
Full-bodied bitter (Broadside, Darwin's Downfall, St Peter's Strong)

Chicken
Lager - Light Fruity Beer (Red Erik or Belhaven Fruit)

Chilli
Wheat Beer

Curry
Wheat Beer - Traditional Strong IPA (Samuel Smith or Burton Empire Ale)

Duck
Kriek or Cassis Fruit Beer

Eggs/Omelette/Quiche
Light or Malty Beers (Erdinger Pikantus, St Peter's Ruby Red)

Fish
Light Beer (Hobson's Choice or Tribute)

Game/Lamb/Turkey
Malty Ale (Carolus Amber or Belhaven Burns) - Amber Trappist Ale

Oriental Food
Flavoured Beers (Banana Bread Beer, Umbel Ale or Taiphoon)

Pate
Mild - Dark Wheat Beer - Dark lager

Pizzas
Malty lager (Double Malt: Peroni Gran Riserva)

Pork
Wheat Beer - Gueuze - Belgian Apple Beer - Blond Belgian Ale

Pudding - Chocolate
Porter - Stout - Kriek

Pudding - Cream
Belgian Triple

Pudding - Other
Wheat Beer

Pudding - Red/Dark Berry
Porter

Salad
Light Floral Beer (Umbel) - Lager (Moosehead)

Sausages
Smoked Beer -Full-bodied bitter - Dark Lager - Dark Wheat beer

Shellfish
Porter - Stout

Soup - Creamy
Golden Ale - Lager

Soup - Rich
Malty Ale (Carolus Amber or Belhaven Burns)

Supper (the savoury snack before bedtime !)
Strong-ish Bitter

The above is not set in stone. Feel free to experiment. Beer is also a very good ingredient in food, adding flavour to sauces, gravies and stews.

If you have any suggestions for beer with food please let us know so that we can share with others on our web-site.


For a printer friendly version of this page click here.