Beer for Picnics

It's picnic season! That means plenty of delicious grilled foods with side dishes of fresh fruits and salads...so why settle for "beer water"?

Try these beer styles for picnic pairings...

BBQ ribs... Vienna lager
Carrot cake... India pale ale
Cherry pie... kriek (cherry) lambic, chocolate stout
Fruit salad... hefeweizen, American pale wheat, kolsch
Potato salad... hefeweizen
Green salad w/creamy dressing... pilsner
Green salad w/vinaigrette dressing... hoppy brown ale
Grilled chicken... dunkel lager, dunkelweizen, kolsch
Grilled salmon... dunkel lager, bock
Grilled steak... porter, Irish dry stout, Belgian dubbel
Hamburger... amber ale, brown ale, English or American golden ale
Sausages... Oktoberfest-Maerzen, Vienna lager, bock, hefeweizen
Smoked salmon... Irish dry stout, Scottish ale/wee heavy
Spinach salad w/vinaigrette dressing... Flanders red
Steamed clams & mussels... witbier, pilsner
Stuffed mushrooms... kolsch, Dortmunder lager