Do beer characters enhance or compliment food flavors as wine characters do? Yes. Beer lifts spices and captures the powerful or subtle flavor in food – often times more than wine does.

The complexity of beer flavors covers a far broader range than any other beverage. There is the perfect beer to go with any food. To date, the wine industry has successfully created an association of wine and food. However, many wines are limited by the relatively short range of flavor available and their acidity.

When the beer industry encourages people to match the appropriate beers with foods, the difference is palatable. Everyone knows that beer goes great with pizza and spicy foods, but when you try a smoked porter beer with a great steak, for example, you’ll know that beer is the perfect compliment.

Did You Know…
• To drink moderately is to drink within the limits set by your health, the society in which you live and your obligations towards your family and friends.

• Moderate consumption of alcoholic drinks can be good for your heart. Numerous studies throughout the world have shown that there is strong evidence that people who are moderate drinkers of beers, wines and spirits have a substantially reduced risk of coronary heart disease, heart attack, when compared to teetotalers and heavy drinkers.

• Per drink (of equivalent alcohol content), beer contains more than twice as many antioxidants as white wine, although only half the amount of red wine. However, many of the antioxidants in red wine are large molecules and may be less readily absorbed by the body than smaller molecules found in beer.

• Beer does not contain fat or cholesterol and is low in free sugars. The calories in beer come largely from the alcohol content.

Source: The Benefits of Moderate Beer Consumption; The Brewers of Europe 2002

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