Eating and drinking usually go together and are synonymous with socializing. Though many consider beer as food, drinking is best paired with something edible. Pizza and beer is one of the all-time favorite pair, but pizza does not taste as good when eaten with Pilsner. Just like when a beer is drank with the correct beer glass, its taste is enhanced when paired with the correct snack or food. Here is a list of the most common beer-food pairings.

Pizza is best paired with an Amber Ale or Bock. Amber Ales are quite malty thus do not go well with sweet food.

Spicy foods such as Schezuan chicken, blackened redfish or super-hot Thai cuisines are best paired with Light or Golden/Blonde ales and light lagers since these beers lack “maltiness”. They work best as thirst-quenchers for torched palates.

For people with sweet tooth, Cream or Sweet Stout and Imperial Stout tastes best. These drinks are best paired with chocolates and are recommended for heavier desserts.

If you are a vegetarian, you’ll best enjoy your dish with Weiss, Witbier or Dunkelweiss. If you want to taste the yeast remnants in these beers, it is best to stick with lighter food with more subtle fare. If you prefer a lighter, crisper version, go with a filtered Kristal Weissbier.

Bitter, pale ale, and German/Bohemian pilsners can kill your taste buds when paired with many foods, but they make perfect pair for fried seafood, because the hoppiness and maltiness in these beers cut through grease, or anything with vinegar as a main ingredient.

Hamburgers and sausages go well with English or American Brown Ale whilst, a hoppy pilsner delectably enhances the flavor of a firm fish or shellfish.

Salad lovers cannot go wrong with fruit beers such as Belgian Lambics where as fanatics of cheese ought to choose Belgian Dubbel or Tripel.

Vienna lager/Oktoberfest/Märzen, Dark Lager, and Bock each stand up to the strong flavors of sauce-based meat dishes and thus are recommended to be paired instead with pretzels, mustard and sauerbraten. Hearty foods on the other hand like barbeque and stew go best with Porter, Dry or Oatmeal Stout.

Old Ale and Barley wine has the most tendencies to overpower food and is best served alone.

But don’t just match like with like. Although it’s good to stick with what is traditional and what most of us have been used to, at times it pays off to experiment. You’ll never know if you try to mix and match the best taste might just come out from the unexpected combination.

Those desperate for a pint won’t have to wait as long at the bar, if a company from Washington has its way.

GrinOn Industries claims their latest gadget can fill beer glasses with your favourite brew at world-record speed, serving 56 pints in one minute by filling them from the bottom up.

The Bottoms Up Draft Beer Dispensing System works by filling your pint through a hole at the bottom of the glass. Once poured, a magnet slips over the base of the beer glass, protecting your pants from your brew.

Though the product is available only for commercial use, a home version will hit the market in 2013, the company’s website promises.

The system debuted at Monday’s Flyers vs. Canadiens home game. While the Habs lost 5-2, at least their fans didn’t have to wait as long to drown their sorrows.

Source: TheStar.com

Congratulations, residents of Russell Township, you can now buy beer in your humble little locale. Welcome to America. Prohibition washed away legal liquor sales in 1920, and until this week, Russell Township stayed that way — dry. Bone dry. Why? Who knows. Communities were allowed to decide for themselves whether to sell libations after Prohibition's repeal in 1933, and for some reason, Russell Township opted for the no-fun option and remained anachronistic into the 21st century because they believed alcohol would bring floozies and backroom gambling and undesirables to their quaint township. Or something like that. There's really no justification that doesn't make them seem like anything but a cranky 90-year-old grandmother. The Plain Dealer reports from the Circle K, which is the only store in town that will be selling booze. Those who opposed the change declined to identify themselves outside the store this week but said that since alcohol is available nearby, there is no need to have it in their back yard. They worried about underage drinking and noted that a Circle K probably won't carry wines they prefer. Martha Bryan said she voted to allow the sales. "You go five miles in any direction to get it anyways, so why not keep the money in Russell?" she said. Resident Nick Farina also said he voted for the change. "It's stupid to have to drive to Chesterland or Bainbridge or Newbury to buy a beer," he said. "It's legal, so it just kind of makes sense. Why not run to the corner store instead of making a trip out of it?" Thankfully that 90-year-old grandmother of a city is now wet.