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A Beer for Every Burger
Highlight your beer list and add some interactive fun to your burger menu by suggesting beer and burger pairings. The same philosophy applies when matching beer with food as when pairing wine with food: They should bring out the best qualities in each other, like a happily married couple.
So, make it fun, and play matchmaker for your customers, keeping these rules of thumb in mind:
- Beer is made up of water, malt, hops and yeast. Beer that’s particularly hoppy, or bitter, is best matched with heartier flavored burgers.
- Suggest maltier, or sweeter, beers for sweeter flavor profiles. So, a burger basted with a sweet barbecue sauce yearns for a sweet beer, such as a cherry wheat beer.
- Consider using this analogy: ale is to red wine what lager is to white. Ale generally pairs better with robust flavors while lager complements lighter fare.
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Nothing proclaims summer better than a burger on the plate and a beer mug in the hand. Yet, beer can do more than hit the spot on a hot summer day. A well-chosen beer can enliven those layers of flavor captured between the hamburger buns.
Here are recommendations on what styles of beer pair well with different burger recipes:
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| Open-face Mediterranean Burger |
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| Maui Burger |
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| Shanghai Burger |
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| Nuevo Latino Burger |
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Flavor notes:
- Pale ale (English bitter, American pale ale, India pale ale): Medium body with high hoppy flavor
- English or American brown ale: Notes of roasted malt, medium-bodied
- Pilsner (Pale lager): distinct hoppy flavor
- Amber ale: Medium body, good balance between hops and malts
- Lighter-style lager: Crisp, light body, smooth finish
- Golden or blonde ale: Crisp, dry notes with a sweet finish
The parameters for pairing beer with food are a little more bendable than those demarcating good wine and food matches. In general, the objective in suggesting beers with burgers is to create interest in your beer pours, and also play the role of a thoughtful host.
The most important rule when offering suggestions is that the chosen beer should complement, not overwhelm the food, encouraging the flavors of the food to shine.
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