Suggested Pairings

The following is a suggested food pairing for a selection of our craft beers. The pairings have been put together by the breweries themselves. We hope you enjoy them!

Brooklyn Brewery Beers
Brooklyn Lager - best enjoyed with everything from salads to steaks. Brooklyn Lager is at home with pizza, burgers, Mexican food, roasted chicken, barbecue, fried fish, pork, and Chinese dishes.

Brooklyn EIPA - pairs best with spicy foods, especially Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Szechwan, and Mexican dishes. It’s also great with crab cakes and fatty fish. The beer is robust enough to stand up to strong flavors and its citrus flavors mingle wonderfully with those in food. After dinner, the snappy hoppiness perfectly mirrors good aged cheddars.

Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout – Served in a snifter glass, BCS is excellent with chocolate desserts, cheesecake, fruit tarts and ice cream. It is also a very good accompaniement to strong cheeses especially Stilton.

Local 1 –Enjoy this beer as an aperitif or with your favourite dishes. It is particularly nice with spicy seafood and with fine cheeses.

Hofbrau Brewery Beers
Original – Especially good with roast dishes such as roast pork and chicken.

Weisse – An all rounder – it complements cold meats and warms meats, such as pork, chicken and beef.

BrewDog Brewery Beers
Punk IPA - Classic with a curry. Strong flavours and spicy. Imagine the days of the Raj.
Dessert - Go bold and sweet. caramel apple tart or banoffee pie.
Cheese - Mild blues like Gorgonzola and Cambozola.
Serve at 7-10 °C

Trashy Blonde - Light, nutty foods. Smoked salads and perfect with Fish & Chips.
Dessert: Think of custard tarts,fresh baked cookies satisfying and delicious.
Cheese - Jarlsberg, Monterey Jack or a bit of red Leicester.
Serve at 4-7 °C

77 Lager - Perfect with lighter foods: chicken salads, salmon or a nice hunk of pork.
Dessert - Lemon shortbread, syllabubs, fresh berries - light & refreshing.
Cheese – Mild cheddars are good.
Serve at 4-7 °C

5AM Saint - One for a BBQ: hearty, spicy, simple. Hamburgers, Lamb and spicy Cajun chicken.
Dessert - Good things we have heard about are Passion Fruit Bread Pudding or Pears.
Cheese - Smoked Mull or a bit of goats’ cheese.
Serve at 7-10 °C

Hardcore IPA - Smoked meats, charred meats - a good one for a harden carnivore. BBQed lamb. Ribs... mmmm
Dessert - Carrot cake with all the icing, creme brulee. Richness and sweetness make the bitterness cleanse the palate.
Cheese - Full on stinky blue cheeses. The madder, the more artisanal, the better. This is Hardcore.
Serve at 7-12°C

Paradox; Will easily overpower most dishes but stands up to smoked pates and rich fatty dishes like smoked goose.
Dessert - Perfect territory for truffles, mousses and hard-core dark chocolate. Ginger and mint hints work too.
Cheeses - Long aged, hard, full flavoured cheeses such as parmesan and gouda. Or an old cheddar that has lingered too long.
Serve at 10-12°C


Breconshire Brewery Beers
Golden Valley – Particularly good with curries and spicy foods as well as BBQ.
Serve cool but not refrigerated.

Cribyn – Can be enjoyed with a wide variety of dishes including fish, white meats and soft or goats cheese.
Serve cool but not refrigerated.