The right beer to go with your pizza is not hard to figure out. That doesn’t mean we can’t help each other get better at beer and pizza.
You don’t need me to tell you, but, Pizza and beer is a thing. Maybe the biggest thing in the genre of pairing beer with food, and pizza with… well, anything.
Beer and pizza, while they may be two of the greatest things in the world, take up valuable calorie real estate.
So it is essential these calories are used properly. We want the optimal experience.
A Simple Guide To Pizza and Beer
But, before we go further with this post, here is a quick infographic that craftbeer.com has created, to get you quickly into your perfect pairing:
Alright, now get cheesier with me and keep reading…
Beer and pizza pairing is serious.
Don’t go into your eating and drinking all willy nilly. Stay focused while enjoying all the goodness and comfort that beer and pizza provides.
The thing to keep in mind is finding a balance.
If the pizza is mild, bland, basic, then you go big, flavorful and spicy, on the beer.
If your are gorging on spicy pizza, you get a beer that is simple and mellow.
Here are five basic pizza styles to match up with the proper beer:
CHEESE PIZZA: Red Ale.
Alternatives include Wheat Beer. Ambers. Pilsners. Pales are good in this situation as well.
This is the best use of a red beer. In fact, I really don’t care to have a red without pizza around. I feel like it is a style that needs pizza or needs something else.
A red ale is like salsa. I suppose it is fine on its own but I need something to eat with it to actually enjoy it.
Maybe the best known red out here on the West Coast is the Karl Straus Red Trolley Ale. Well, best know if you have ever gone to Disneyland: California Adventure, that is and found the Karl Strauss Beer Cart.
A magical cart it is. Find a slice of cheese pizza in the park and you are all set.
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