This document provides pairings between types of pizza toppings and styles of craft beer. It lists various pizza toppings like classic cheese, meat lovers, mushrooms and onions, olives and peppers, bacon and extra cheese. For each topping it suggests beer styles that would complement the flavors, such as pairing classic cheese with crisp American ambers or meat lovers with hoppy American pale ales. The pairings are meant to balance and bring out the best flavors in both the pizza and beer. Examples of breweries and specific beers that illustrate the pairings are also given.
This document provides pairings between types of pizza toppings and styles of craft beer. It lists various pizza toppings like classic cheese, meat lovers, mushrooms and onions, olives and peppers, bacon and extra cheese. For each topping it suggests beer styles that would complement the flavors, such as pairing classic cheese with crisp American ambers or meat lovers with hoppy American pale ales. The pairings are meant to balance and bring out the best flavors in both the pizza and beer. Examples of breweries and specific beers that illustrate the pairings are also given.
This document provides pairings between types of pizza toppings and styles of craft beer. It lists various pizza toppings like classic cheese, meat lovers, mushrooms and onions, olives and peppers, bacon and extra cheese. For each topping it suggests beer styles that would complement the flavors, such as pairing classic cheese with crisp American ambers or meat lovers with hoppy American pale ales. The pairings are meant to balance and bring out the best flavors in both the pizza and beer. Examples of breweries and specific beers that illustrate the pairings are also given.
This document provides pairings between types of pizza toppings and styles of craft beer. It lists various pizza toppings like classic cheese, meat lovers, mushrooms and onions, olives and peppers, bacon and extra cheese. For each topping it suggests beer styles that would complement the flavors, such as pairing classic cheese with crisp American ambers or meat lovers with hoppy American pale ales. The pairings are meant to balance and bring out the best flavors in both the pizza and beer. Examples of breweries and specific beers that illustrate the pairings are also given.
PIZZA TOPPING BEER FLAVORS INTERACTIONS EXAMPLE PAIRING
CLASSIC CHEESE CLEAN & CRISP
Piece Pizzeria & Brewery Complementary grain and cheese flavors balance hop character Red Pizza & Golden Arm while remaining light on the Kolsch-Style Bier American Amber Bohemian-Style palate. Chicago, IL Lager Pilsner
MEAT LOVERS HOPPY & BITTER
Pizza Port Ocean Beach Hoppy & bitter beers stand up to strong flavors and cut through fat Meet Extreme Meat to deliver a complex finish. & Jetty IPA American Pale Ale American Brown Ale Ocean Beach, CA
MUSHROOMS & ONIONS SOUR, TART & FUNKY
Increases the perception of savor- Double Mountain Truffle iness (umami). Shuffle & Tahoma Kriek Hood River, OR American Brett Belgian-Style Flanders
OLIVES & PEPPERS DARK & ROASTY Salinity of the olives contrasts the Pinthouse Pizza Burnet roasted component of the beer, while the roasted character of the The Green Belt & Beard- beer complements the char on ed Seal Dry Stout oven-roasted vegetables. Burnet, TX Irish-Style Dry Stout German-Style Schwarzbier
BACON & EXTRA CHEESE FRUITY & SPICY Highly carbonated beers common Asheville Brewing Chees- in the Fruity & Spicy family work burger in Paradise & overtime to cleanse the palate Slayson Belgian Saison after a bite of this strongly Belgian-Style Saison German-Style flavored pizza. Asheville, NC Hefeweizen
MEAT + HEAT MALTY & SWEET Malty flavors highlight the roasted Mountain Tap Brewery qualities of the meat, while sweet- ness works to neutralize capsa- Calabrese & Mountain icin, the active component in chili Macaroon Brown Ale English-Style Brown Ale German-Style peppers. Steamboat Springs, CO Hefeweizen
Brewers Association www.BrewersAssociation.org CRAFT BEER PIZZA GUIDE
