Whats Your Favorite Style Beer With BBQ?

[brent2828]

I've recently got into home brewing and i would like to come up with a good beer to compliment my drum smoked bbq. So, whats your favorite style to go with smoked pork, smoked chicken, or smoked beef?

 

[UDSPowercat]

I know I will catch hell, but good ole Bud Light, I've never really got into the heavy micro brews or home brews.

 

[Salmonsmoker]

I know I will catch hell, but good ole Bud Light, I've never really got into the heavy micro brews or home brews.

For shame UDS. Back to your corner!( hey, you called it)

brent, try some of these;

smoked pork: English bitter, brown ale, altbier, dunkelweizen, wiesenbock, ocktoberfest marzen, Vienna, dark lager dunkel, schwarzbier

smoked chicken: kolsch, cream ale, blonde ale, English bitter, amber, dunkelweizen, classic pilsner, ocktoberfest/Vienna, maibock

smoked beef: IPA/Double IPA, amber/irish red ale, scotch ale/wee heavy, abbey dubbel, old ale, dry stout, weizenbock, dark lager, dunkel, schwarzbier

 

[UDSPowercat]

For shame UDS. Back to your corner!( hey, you called it)

brent, try some of these;

smoked pork: English bitter, brown ale, altbier, dunkelweizen, wiesenbock, ocktoberfest marzen, Vienna, dark lager dunkel, schwarzbier

smoked chicken: kolsch, cream ale, blonde ale, English bitter, amber, dunkelweizen, classic pilsner, ocktoberfest/Vienna, maibock

smoked beef: IPA/Double IPA, amber/irish red ale, scotch ale/wee heavy, abbey dubbel, old ale, dry stout, weizenbock, dark lager, dunkel, schwarzbier

I forgot to mention my, I do like to take a pull or to of home brewed White Lightning on friday night of completions.

 

[brent2828]

For shame UDS. Back to your corner!( hey, you called it)

brent, try some of these;

smoked pork: English bitter, brown ale, altbier, dunkelweizen, wiesenbock, ocktoberfest marzen, Vienna, dark lager dunkel, schwarzbier

smoked chicken: kolsch, cream ale, blonde ale, English bitter, amber, dunkelweizen, classic pilsner, ocktoberfest/Vienna, maibock

smoked beef: IPA/Double IPA, amber/irish red ale, scotch ale/wee heavy, abbey dubbel, old ale, dry stout, weizenbock, dark lager, dunkel, schwarzbier

thanks salmon thats the kind of list i was lookin for you def seem to know your beers.

 

[Salmonsmoker]

I practice some..........I'm a BJCP certified beer judge.

 

[brent2828]

I've got a brown ale in the secondary fermentation right now Im going to bottle next week I've done 2 other batches and they have turned out great, Im just doing extract kits right now.

 

[Salmonsmoker]

I've got a brown ale in the secondary fermentation right now Im going to bottle next week I've done 2 other batches and they have turned out great, Im just doing extract kits right now.

Most new brewers start out with extract kits, then as they gain experience advance to all-grain. It's less expensive, higher quality and the experimentation with mash temps. different ingredients, adjuncts, yeast characteristics, fermentation temps and before you know what happened you have another addictive hobby - like drum smoking, sausage making, curing your own meats.........
Re: The "less expensive" comment........... Batch costs are less expensive, but with all-grain you need a little more equipment, start making more equipment, building a brew system(it's a home brewer thing)changing this, adding that... It's kind of like buying a boat so the fish you catch is free.
Use a bottle of that brown ale to make a beef steak or beef roast marinade and cook that in the drum. Oh yeah!

 

[scooter]

Can't stand hoppy ales. I always grab a lager.

 

[Salmonsmoker]

Can't stand hoppy ales. I always grab a lager.

Very hoppy beers in marinades can certainly cause flavor conflicts without carefully considering the herb, and spice selection and the type of meat. It's usually better to drink the hoppy beers that are complimentary to your grilled fare.

 

[jetmek]

I like a nice porter with my BBQ. But on occasion I don't mind more of a bitter tasting beer to cut the richness of a thick steak or plate of brisket. One of my absolute favorites is Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale. It goes great with BBQ.