It's National Beer Day. Here's a look at the best of each type of beer and how to pair them with food

Wiscnews ^ | 4/07/21

[Libloather]

April 7 is National Beer Day in the U.S.

To celebrate, here's a list of the 35 best beers and beer styles on the market today, according to BeerAdvocates' database. And if that's not enough, scroll further for advice on how to pair food and beer and a ranking of the best domestic beers.

IPAs to Pilsners: The best beer of every type

In 1956, archaeologists working in northern Israel’s Raqefet Cave - once home to the Natufian people (13,050–7,550 B.C.) - stumbled upon an astonishing discovery: 13,000-year-old fermented gruel. Archaeologists had found prehistoric evidence of beer before in the remnants of ancient brewing that have surfaced in China, Mesopotamia, and North Africa. But this was the oldest - and it was the oldest to a great extent. The beer residue - a thin gruel-type beer - found in Raqefet Cave precedes other archaeological evidence by at least 5,000 years.

For as long as humans have farmed cereals like wheat, barley, and rice, humans have fermented at least some of it into beer. The Mesopotamians produced beer from bread and documented its ritual consumption on stone tablets. Ancient Egyptians, who recorded the world’s first beer recipe on papyrus scrolls, drank it during religious ceremonies. The Nubian culture in the central Nile River Valley used beer as an antibiotic. In 2,100 B.C., Babylonian King Hammurabi enshrined regulations for tavern keepers and brewers in his famous Code of Hammurabi. Beer became so inextricably linked to the ancient grain-growing civilizations of Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa that the Greek writer Sophocles (450 B.C.) considered beer, alongside vegetables, meat, and bread, to be a vital component of a healthy diet. (In an era when the average Greek lived about 35 years, Sophocles lived to the ripe age of 90.)

[mylife]

in other news.. coors makes a weaker beer...

https://theknow.denverpost.com/2021/04/07/coors-pure-organic-beer/255980/?fbclid=IwAR2QDRqxv1acNx1sViFanBgVKhclqQ57-EGFAm0irT-zzQG5E1B5km-IY0Y&utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

[DuncanWaring]

Have you looked in Guatemala?

[lizma2]

“Paulaner Hefeweizen”

Love that stuff.

Best made with beer recipe....

https://www.theahaconnection.com/recipes/paul-prudhommes-barbecued-shrimp/

[Fester Chugabrew]

Three questions:

1.) By whose authority was this date selected?
2.) Why did they select a date that oftentimes coincides with Lent?
3.) Why is not every day National Beer Day?

[Atticus]

I have two cans of Heady Topper in my spare refrigerator and as much as I want to drink them (and know they won’t remain fresh for much longer), I hate to see them go. Heady Topper is in a class by itself. (At least as far as my taste buds are concerned).

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Beer is more complex than wine, as the 'Beer Wheel below shows. There's nothing 'gay' about noticing the tastes. Of course, if you are only familiar with mass-market American beers; it's understandable why you'd think that the flavour doesn't matter. Try some craft beers for a change -- your taste buds will thank you.

[a fool in paradise]

I must’ve missed where they said what foods to pair with each of those beers. And as I scrolled down and saw them listing Schlitz and Steel Reserve I decided that it didn’t matter who’s chicken wings they decided would go best with which corporate swill.

[a fool in paradise]

That Coco-vanilla-peanutbutter-stout isn’t gonna go well with a pizza.

As for me, I kept it easy tonight.

Hazy IPA with beef ribs.

And now I’m going to have a different haze and a pretzel bagel.

[PGalt]

Enjoying an American India Pale Ale right now. 7% SKADOOSH from The Alchemist (first time having one) along with my leftovers from Sagano (Japanese cook-at-your-table) in Brighton, Michigan.

Restaurants are packed. Afterward hundreds of children playing in outdoor parks. ZERO masks on children and 2% on adults. Life is good.

[PGalt]

I have two cans of Heady Topper

Prolly my all-time favorite also from The Alchemist. I just had my last one 2 nights ago.

[jacknhoo]

Bookmarked. That sounds really good.

[Rebelbase]

It’s great beer but not worth a trip that far. I can’t even find a US importer of it.

[bigbob]

Let’s just stick with pairing beer with more beer.

[Pollard]

Best beer is the one I can afford that tastes good to me. Pairing with food? Whatever.

[jy8z]

This isn’t difficult. Beers one requirement is being cold. Drink your cold beer and if you’re hungry eat something. If you’re not drink another beer. See how simple that was.

[Labyrinthos]

My three favorite food groups: Beer, bacon, and bread.

[BipolarBob]

News I could have used this morning. Now it’s late. Arrrgghh!!

[Truthoverpower]

That’s funny. I didn’t know but craved a beer 🍺 tonight