Beer: interesting combinations

When it comes to combinations of dishes with alcohol, about beer, we remember last.However, it is may give surprisingly good results in cases when conflicts between wine and food are inevitable.


With wine everything is clear: serving red meat, white - for fish and chicken.With regard to beer as there are a few general rules that can tell in which direction the search should be conducted.

First, keep in mind that the meat fits el, and to the fish and chicken - a light lager.Second, pay attention to how much beer in the presence of hops, which is the bitterness of taste.You can draw an analogy with the acidity in the wine: the more bitterness, the more must be the taste of food.And finally, if you are arranging a special dinner with beer, do not forget that it should start with the lighter varieties of drink and finish heavier.

bright and golden ales, lagers negorkih not particularly pronounced taste of malt or hops, and they are perfectly quench thirst.Hot, spicy and salty foods accompanied by their perceived best.If you are cooking burning Mexican or Indian dishes, the light lager without simply can not do: only he is able to properly refresh the taste buds, the wine is completely lost, and the water will not give the desired effect.Light lager is good and exotic Thai cuisine and Japanese sushi.However, to get the perfect combination, should look for drinks, cooked in these countries.



White or wheat beer with an original taste , which felt yeast - quite delicate drink, and it picked up dishes with a quiet taste, such as low-fat soups, pastas and light beer is not sharp syry.Eto well suited to vegetablesand grilled chicken.It can offer to desserts with citrus - they underline similar shades in beer.

Amber , or amber ale , - a great option for a wide variety of dishes.The main thing is that they are not sweet - sugar interrupts the taste of malt.Amber ale served in sandwiches, rich soups, pizza;it perfectly complements the Tex-Mex dishes or sharp barbecue.

Like amber, Vienna lager, German and Marci side be called universal, and they are not as caloric as ales.These camps are perfectly generous accompany meat dishes, such as chicken paprikash, goulash and braised pork.The Germans learned how to create the perfect combination of pork sausages with beer.There is disclosed the correspondence principle perfectly sweet taste of malt beer and greasy, but not spicy pork heaviness.

main feature bitters, German and Czech beer "Pils" - a bright hop bitterness, so that they serve as an excellent aperitif.When choosing a pair of gastronomic these drinks need to be careful, because they can "kill" the flavor of dishes.But the right combination of leave an unforgettable impression, as in the case with fried seafood: bitterness, like a sharp knife, passes through the taste of fatty foods.These types of beer are also brilliantly cope with difficult from the standpoint of compatibility of dishes in which vinegar is present.Bitter and Pilsner complement smoked, boiled, steamed seafood and favorably emphasize spices spicy dishes.In England, it has become a classic combination of bitters with sharp cheddar cheese and even with blue Stilton.

English and American brown ale comes to hamburgers and hot dogs, as well as a thick mushroom sauce for chicken or turkey.English ale drink good smoked fish, and a bitter US - venison dishes.

Thick dry stouts and porters serves primarily to heavy, generous dishes: meat sauce and grilled meat stews and casseroles.The generally accepted ideal combination - Irish stout and oysters: burnt barley emphasizes the salty taste of seafood.These drinks also appropriate to offer a sharp cheeses.

to fruit beer, Belgian lambic pick up snacks with fruit component, such as duck breast with raspberry sauce and a light fruit souffle.

sweet stout
designed for chocolate.Particularly good union - stouts "Imperial" and dark chocolate.Also worth a try chocolate desserts with fruit, cheesecake with raspberry sauce or dessert with caramel and nuts.

strong beer such as "barley wine" , - undoubtedly the best digestif.It can be served with a very sharp cheese, dark chocolate with a high content of cocoa beans.Or use as an alternative to brandy.

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