Food Style Glass Description Pairings

Amber Typically amber or brown in color, Amber Ales often have a citrus quality. Amber Ales complement Back to Top sharp cheeses, poultry, fish and beef dishes. Read our Article on Pint Glass Amber Ales are Top Fermented Ales Amber Ales Appearance: Amber are typically light reddish amber to copper color with an off- white, persistent head. Amber Dark Lagers pair Flavor: Soft, elegant complexity is in the well with barbecue, Lagers forefront, with a firm enough hop bitterness to poultry, and many provide a balanced finish. Some toasted beef dishes. Latin Back to Top character from the use of malt. No American and roasted or caramel flavor. Fairly dry finish, German foods work with both malt and hop bitterness present in Read our Article on well, as well as the aftertaste. Noble hop flavor may be low to Amber Lagers Mug smoked meats. none.

Amber Lagers are Bottom Fermented Lagers Appearance: Color may range from rich gold to very dark amber or even dark brown. Often has ruby highlights, but should not be opaque. Low to moderate off-white head; may have low head retention. Barleywines pair well Barleywines with sharp cheese like Flavor: Strong, intense, complex, multi- Blue, Cheddar, Back to Top layered malt flavors ranging from bready and Gorgonzola & Limburger. biscuity through nutty, deep toast, dark They are often consumed alone or after dinner as a caramel, toffee, and/or molasses. Moderate to Read our Article on digestive. Barleywines high malty sweetness on the palate, although Tulip Glass the finish may be moderately sweet to (Snifter) moderately dry (depending on aging).

Barleywines are Top Fermented Ales

Belgian Belgian are great Belgian Style Ales cover a wide range of styles. Brewed in with poultry, pork and Style Ales Belgium or North America, they be gold and sweet sharp cheeses. Belgian (tripels), or dark (). Some great Belgian are dubbels are wonderful brewed in monasteries and carry the designation of Back to Top with beef, chocolate, “Trappist.” buttery cheeses and strong Belgian Style Ales are Top Fermented Ales Read our Article on cheeses. Belgian Style Ales

Goblet or Tulip Glass

Bock Beers beers pair well with Bock Beers are stronger than average lagers that are German foods, earthy typically amber to dark in color. Bock Beers are cheeses like Camembert Back to Top traditionally brewed in Germany and signal the end of and Fontina and can be winter and suggest the coming of warmer weather. terrific with chocolate or Read our Article on Bock Beers are Bottom Fermented Lagers game. Bock Beers Pilsener Glass Appearance: Copper to dark brown or mahogany color. A few paler examples (medium amber to light brown) exist. Generally clear, although is traditionally unfiltered. Low to moderate off-white to tan Brown Ales pair Brown Ales head. well with earthy cheeses like Back to Top Flavor: Generally a malty beer, although may Camembert, Fontina, have a very wide range of malt- and - Asiago, Colby & Parmesan. They are Read our Article on Pint Glass based flavors (e.g., malty, sweet, caramel, terrific also with pork Brown Ales toffee, toast, nutty, chocolate, coffee, roast, vinous, , licorice, molasses, plum, raisin). and grilled meat. Can finish sweet or dry.

Brown Ales are Top Fermented Ales

Dark Lagers Dark Lagers pair well Dark Lagers are dark because of the liberal use of roasted with barbecue, poultry, . Malty is the best way to describe the dominant taste, and many beef dishes. Back to Top but some Dark Lagers also make liberal use of as Latin American and well. German foods work well, Read our Article on Dark Lagers are Bottom Fermented Lagers as well as smoked meats. Dark Lagers Pilsener Glass

Fruit Beers are sometimes Fruit Beers Fruit Beers are flavored with or fruit syrups. The great as aperitifs or as itself is typically well balanced and light on flavor to allow desserts, by themselves or the fruit itself to be the dominant taste. Many different Back to Top with cakes and pies. kinds of fruits are used. Lighter fruit beers can be a Fruit Beers are usually Top Fermented Ales, but can also Read our Article on wonderful pairing with be Bottom Fermented Lagers Fruit Beers salads before a meal.

Pint or Flute Glass India Pale India Pale Ales get their name and unique style from India Pale Ales (IPA’s) Ales British brewers who were making beer for export to India. work especially well at The hops were used to preserve the beer for the long sea cutting the heat of chili Back to Top voyage. Not surprisingly, India Pale Ales are usually very and other spicy foods. hoppy! IPA’s stand up well to Pint Glass Read our Article on India Pale Ales are Top Fermented Ales foods with strong flavors. India Pale Ales

Pale Ales Pale Ales go great with Pale Ales are light in color, ranging from golden to a light big fare like grilled Back to Top copper color. Taste is typically hoppy with a clean, crisp burgers or combination finish. pizzas, as well as lighter Pale Ales are Top Fermented Ales fare like sushi and green Read our article on Pint Glass salads. Pale Ales Pale Lagers are great thirst quenchers and also Pale Lagers Pale Lagers are light or gold in color; what most pair well with many Americans are used to seeing as “beer.” However, micro- cuisines like Italian or brewed Pale Lagers do not typically have much (if any) Back to Top barbecue. Earthy cheeses adjunct ingredients like corn or and are often brewed like Camembert work well with all malt. Read our Article on with them as well as Pale Lagers are Bottom Fermented Lagers Pale Lagers Pilsener Glass pairings with poultry, pork, fish and shellfish. Porters Porters are light brown to dark brown in color, often with Porters go great with ruby highlights when held up to light. Malt flavor includes barbecue, buttery cheeses a mild to moderate roastiness (frequently with a chocolate like Swiss, Brie and Back to Top character) and often a significant caramel, nutty, and/or Gouda and red or smoked Pint Glass toffee character. meats. Porters are a Read our Article on Porters are Top Fermented Ales natural match with oysters. Porters They are also terrific with many chocolate desserts! Scottish & Irish Style Both Scottish Ales and Scottish Ales are caramel in color and often have a high Irish Style Ales pair well Ales sugar content, lending them a sweet taste. Irish Style Ales with poultry and pork are usually less sweet and red or amber in color. They are dishes. Buttery cheese and Back to Top usually very well balanced. smoked meats are always Scottish & Irish Style Ales are Top Fermented Ales great with these beers. Read our Article on Scottish & Irish Mug Beers

Specialty Specialty Beers are Beers Specialty Beers cover a wide range of styles and include easiest to pair with dishes many beers that don’t fit into the other styles. Many that are normally Specialty Beers use or ingredients other than the complemented by the Back to Top typical barley, hops and yeast to give them unusual flavors. or seasoning Specialty Beers are usually Top Fermented Ales ingredients used in the Read our Article on beer. Specialty Beers are great with many Stouts of the same foods and Stouts are brewed with roasted barley malt, which gives cheeses as Porters (see them their characteristic dark black color, as well as their above), but they are also Back to Top roasted flavor. They often taste of chocolate or coffee, both great with game meats and of which are sometimes used to enhance the flavor. shellfish. Try a Stouts are Top Fermented Ales Read our Article on Pint Glass when you want something Stouts slightly less sweet. Wheat Ales are perfect for Wheat Ales poultry, Latin American Wheat Ales are golden to light amber in color, the body is cuisine and earthy cheeses, Back to Top light to medium. The wheat lends a crispness to the brew. as well as green salads. Some hop flavor maybe be present, but bitterness is low. They are typically very Wheat Ales are Top Fermented Ales refreshing and most Read our Article on Weizen Glass popular in warmer Wheat Ales weather. White Ales White Ales have a pleasant sweetness (often with a honey White Ales are great with and/or vanilla character) and a zesty, orange-citrusy seafood, shellfish, poultry. Back to Top fruitiness. Crisp with a dry, often tart, finish. Very pale Peppery and tangy cheeses straw to light gold in color. also work well with White Read our Article on Pint Glass White Ales are Top Fermented Ales Ales. White Ales