With Halloween just around the corner, you must be seeking some gory brews for the witching hour. You may wish to use them as ingredients in your culinary concoctions or sip them until your hair turns green, but the easiest and most direct route is to pair them with delightful cuisine. Use this Beer Fox guide to discover a merging of flavors that will light the tongue as you settle in for Draculas midnight feast:
Heavy Seas, Red Sky at Night Saison Clipper City Brewing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 8% ABV Pair with Caribbean foods, Caesar salad, chutneys, bruchetta, fajitas, smoked turkey, mussels, smoked salmon
Headless Man Amber Alt Altbier Tyranena Brewing Company, Lake Mills, Wisconsin, USA 5% ABV Pair with chowder, Waldorf salad, cod, croque monsieur, octopus, fish cakes, clams, scallops
Michigan Brewing Screamin Pumpkin Spiced Ale Fruit/Vegetable Beer - Michigan Brewing Company, Webberville, Michigan, USA - Pair with herbed chicken, turkey with sausage dressing, Autumn Spice Cake, vanilla bean ice cream
Wicked Witch Extra Special Bitter -Marston, Thompson & Evershed, Plc., Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK 4.6% ABV Pair with fried poultry, steak with poivre sauce, jasmine rice, bangers and mash, shepherds pie
Bock of the Bat Maibock/Helles Bock - Ellicott Mills Brewing Company, Ellicott Mills, Maryland, USA Pair with eggs benedict, quiche, cheese fondue, dim sum, John Dory, hummus, mild Indian dishes
Bloody Beer Fruit/Vegetable Beer Shorts Brewing Company, Bellaire, Michigan, USA 8.5% ABV pork, salads, snapper, swordfish, garnished barquettes, pizza, lasagne, Italian dishes
Envy Imperial Pilsner Midnight Sun Brewing Company, Anchorage, Alaska, USA 7.0% ABV Pair with spicy dishes duck in curry sauce, jerk chicken and pork, salsa, jalepeρos, beans, fried calamari, and spicy crab
Black Tulip Trippel Ale Tripel New Holland Brewing Company, Holland, Michigan, USA 9% ABV Pair with biriyani, quail, asparagus, rabbit, risotto, steak tartare, ladyfingers with fruit and cream
Decadence American Strong Ale Weyerbacher Brewing Company, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA 13.00% ABV Pair with batter fried fish, pastrami, brandade, herb-seasoned chicken, couscous, gumbo
Inferno Ale Belgian Strong Pale Ale Lost Abbey/Port Brewing Company, San Marcos, California, USA 8.5% ABV Pair with braised salmon, coq au vin, brie cheese croquettes, ballottine of veal, pineapple bourdaloue, pralines and cream
He'Brew Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. Imperial IPA - Shmaltz Brewing Company, San Francisco, California, USA 10.0% ABV pair with burgers, chili con carne, enchiladas, Moroccan food, Thai food
Kryptonite American Double IPA Iron Hill Restaurant & Brewery, North Wales, Pennsylvania, USA 10.50% ABV Pair with Blinis with caviar, crab cakes, tamales, Massamun Thai curry, chili relleno, Merguez sausage
Devil Dog Imperial IPA Laughing Dog Brewing, Ponderay, Idaho, USA 10.00% ABV Pair with mortadella with pistachios, quesadillas, pork tacos, pizza with pepperoni, spicy chicken with basil
AleSmith Decadence (Dead by Dawn 2006) American Strong Ale AleSmith Brewing Company, San Diego, California, USA 9% ABV Pair with aioli, bouillabaisse, Chinese food, cruditιs, langoustines, paella
Druidia Lager Schwarzbier Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA 5.6% ABV Pair with grilled or char-broiled steak, mole sauces, burgers, blackened chicken, spicy pork chops
The Beast Grand Cru Belgian Strong Dark Ale Avery Brewing Company, Boulder, Colorado, USA 14.9% ABV Pair with charcuterie, roasted chicken, honey glazed duck, Osso Bucco, oxtail, strawberry tarts with cream
Collaborative Evil Belgian Strong Dark Ale Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery, Flossmoor, Illinois, USA 10.0% ABV Pair with tournedos of beef, bison, carbonnade flamenade, cassoulet, fruit tarts
Sinners Blend 08 Belgian Strong Dark Ale Lost Abbey/Port Brewing Company, San Marcos, California, USA - pair with duck, honey glazed goose, pheasant, soufflιs, chocolate desserts, raspberries and cream
Killer Wood - Baltic Porter Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery, Flossmoor, Illinois, USA Pair with Porterhouse steak, Texas style barbecue, smoky meats, pastrami, turkey ham, chocolate tarts, marbled cheesecake
Topless Witch - Baltic Porter Three Floyds Brewing Company, Munster, Indiana, USA 9.0% ABV Pair with sea scallops, barbecued ribs, meatloaf, venison, sweet sausages, grilled Reuben on pumpernickel bread
Heart of Darkness Oatmeal Stout Magic Hat Brewing Company, Burlington, Vermont, USA 5.3% ABV Pair with oysters, grilled shrimp, black beans, Cajun blackened dishes, burritos, ribs, mole sauces
Black Moon Rye-sin American Stout Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery, Flossmoor, Illinois, USA 5.5% ABV Pair with aged Serrano ham, meat kebabs, lobster, nachos, salami, shrimp, tarte tatin
Ψlfabrikken Sinful Brother Quadrupel Ψlfabrikken, Roskilde, Denmark 13.30% ABV Pair with assertive cheeses, foie gras, calfs liver, cassoulet, apple, cherry or pecan pie
Vermonster American Barleywine Rock Art Brewery, Morrisville, Vermont, USA 10.0% ABV Pair with panna cotta, pheasant, terrines, wild boar, cheeses, braised short ribs
Devils Milk American Barleywine DuClaw Brewing Company, Bel Air, Maryland, USA 11.0% ABV pair with sausages, beef roasted in Southern Comfort glaze, roast suckling pig, pork chops, chocolate and coffee ice cream
Hell Bender Barleywine American Barleywine - Pisgah Brewing Co., Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA 8.0% ABV Pair with blackened chicken, stilton cheese, fruit tarts, cheesecake, vanilla bean ice cream
Widdershins American Barleywine Left Hand Brewing Company Longmont, Colorado, USA 10.0% ABV Pair with grilled steaks, ratatouille, ice cream, chocolate mousse, coconut confections
...and don't forget the rat tails and bat wings. They pair with everything.
Cheers!