Food Pairings

Beef vegetable: English brown ale or porter

Creamy soups, chowders: Killian’s Irish Red, Yuengling Black & Tan, Heineken, Harp, Peroni.

Hearty, Meaty Soups: Samuel Adams Double Bock

Lobster bisque: Kölsch Minestrone: Vienna lager

French onion: Scotch ale

Mulligatawny: British-style pale ale

Example Brands: Boddington’s, Blue Moon Belgian White, Samuel Adams Spring Ale Samuel Adams Summer Ale, Tetley’s, Yuengling Black & Tan.

Green salad w/cream dressing: Pilsner

Green salad w/ vinaigrette: Hoppy brown ale

Barbeque: spicy-sweet, or vinegary: Pete’s Wicked Ale, Samuel Adams Boston Ale, Smithwick’s

With a hot, peppery sauce: Corona or Corona Light

Beef, veal: Lord Chesterfield Ale; Pilsner Urquell, Stella Artois, Samuel Adams Boston Lager, Tsingtao

Burgers, Hot dogs: Amstel Light, Coors Light, Corona Light, Yuengling Light Lager

Lamb or game: Bass Ale, Boddington’s, Tetley’s, Samuel Adams Boston Ale, Smithwick’s.

Meat Pizza, and pasta with tomato-based sauces: Dos Equis, Killian’s Irish Red, Peroni.

Spicy-hot foods:  Negra Modelo, Corona, Yuengling Porter, Tsingtao, Pilsner Urquell, Stella Artois, Coors, Coors Light.

Roast beef, steaks: Bass Ale

Big Stews: Samuel Adams Double Bock

Venison: Mild brown ale

Chicken: Tetley’s, Samuel Adams Octoberfest, Dos Equis Special, Yuengling Lager

Chicken with citrus marinade: Boddington’s, Tetley’s, non-alcoholic beers

Ham, smoked meat, sausage: Guinness, Yuengling Porter, Negra Modelo, Pete’s Wicked Ale, Heineken, Carlsberg.

Roast Poultry: Samuel Adams Winter Lager

If you do go hot and spicy with the meat (e.g. Mexican, Tex-Mex, Thai, Indian, Chinese): Negra Modelo, Corona, Yuengling Porter, Tsingtao, Pilsner Urquell, Stella Artois, Coors, Coors Light are good choices.

Pete’s Rally Cap Ale, Blue Moon Belgian White, Peroni, St. Pauli Girl, Labatt Blue.

Simple grilled fish: Amstel Light or Red Stripe.

Smoked Fish: Guinness, Yuengling Porter, Negra Modelo, Pete’s Wicked Ale, Heineken, Carlsberg.

Shellfish: Guinness, Pilsner Urquell, Bass Ale.

Spicy mussels or shrimp: Moosehead or Red Stripe.

White fish: Samuel Adams Spring Ale Boddington’s, Tetley’s, non-alcoholic beers

Broccoli: German or Bohemian pilsner

Cooked Onion: Amber Ale

Quiche Lorraine: Wheat ale

Tomato: German Lager

Corn-on-the-cob: American Ale

Cheese omelets: Weizen or best bitter

Farmer’s breakfast: Oatmeal Stout

Scrambled eggs: Belgian-style wheat beer

Feta and Goat Cheese: Wheat Beers, typically the more pungent the cheese the more of a full character you want in your Wheat Beer.

American Cheese, Muenster, Havarti and Monterey Jack: with moderately hoppy Pilsners like Stella Artios.

Garrett Oliver, Brewmaster of The Brooklyn Brewery, and the American Dairy Association (ADA) partnered to create a simple guide. It’s an ideal starting point for the novice beer and cheese enthusiast.

Dark Chocolate The bittersweet flavors of dark chocolate go excellently with the sweet but dark-roasted malt flavors of specific ales.e.g. McEwan’s Export Scotch Ale

Chocolate in general: Yuengling Porter, Samuel Adams Doublebock, and Negra Modelo.

Fruit: Pete’s Strawberry Blonde Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat. Fruit beers, lambics. Sweeter fruit beers and fruit lambics can be paired with light fruit desserts, such as souffles or chiffon cake, but sour ones will probably overwhelm fruit flavors.

Pasta with cheese or white sauces: Samuel Adams Boston Lager, Pilsner Urquell, Heineken, Labatt Blue.

Fruit: Pete’s Strawberry Blonde. Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat