Beer and Quick Dinners: Which Beer Goes with Your Weeknight Meal?
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You have made a quick dinner. Now, which beer? Here is a simple guide to matching the meals on our blog with the beers on our shelves.
Piri-piri chicken: a crisp, clean lager
Spice loves something cold and refreshing. A crisp lager such as Super Bock Seleção 1927 Japanese Rice Lager cools the heat without fighting the flavour.
Coconut curry: a wheat beer
Creamy, gently spiced curries sit beautifully with the soft, fruity character of a German wheat beer like Erdinger Weissbier.
Spaghetti and meatballs: a rich, malty lager
Tomato and meat call for a beer with a little more body. Sagres Bohemia has the malty depth to match.
Feijoada and hearty stews: an abbey-style beer
Big, savoury flavours like a Portuguese bean stew suit a fuller abbey-style beer such as Super Bock Abadia.
Tuna pasta and lemony dishes: a hoppy IPA
The citrus notes in an IPA lift lemon and fish dishes. Try Super Bock Coruja IPA.
The golden rules
- Match strength with strength: light food, light beer; hearty food, fuller beer.
- Spicy food? Choose a lower-alcohol, crisp beer rather than a strong one.
- Serve lagers well chilled, and wheat and abbey beers slightly less cold.
Please drink responsibly, alternate with water, and never drink and drive.
Explore Beer at Yum Biltong
From Portuguese favourites like Super Bock and Sagres to German wheat beers and Belgian classics, our beer shelves cover every taste.
Mix and match a few bottles and find your favourite pairing.
Shop the Bottles
- Super Bock Seleção 1927 Japanese Rice Lager Beer 330ml 5.2% ABV
- Erdinger Weissbier Beer 500ml Bottle 5.3% ABV
- Sagres Bohemia Original Beer 6 x 330ml 6.2% ABV
- Super Bock Abadia Beer 6 x 330ml 6.4% ABV
- Super Bock Coruja India Pale Ale Beer 330ml 5.7% ABV
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