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Beer and Food Chart

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Beer and Food Pairing Guide

The CraftBeer.com Beer & Food Pairing Chart breaks down pairing by looking at food components and beer flavors to describe potential interactions and provides examples of familiar dishes. View and download the pairing guide now.

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beer and food pairing worksheet

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Interactive Beer Tasting Worksheets

These beer tasting worksheets take you through tasting common beer styles alongside common food ingredients to allow you to quickly form generalizations about common interactions between beer and food. View and download the beer tasting worksheets now to learn more about beer and food pairings.

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Beer and Cheese Please!

CraftBeer.com's Andy Sparhawk shares tips for pairing craft beer and cheese including matching intensities, pairing complimentary and contrasting flavors and how to taste each component of a pairing.

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CraftBeer.com Flavor Triangle

The CraftBeer.com Flavor Triangle demonstrates that flavor is more than just taste, it's a combination of taste, aroma and sensation on the palate that all work together to create an intensity that you perceive.

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There is no need to be a brewer or Cicerone to taste beer thoughtfully and critically. CraftBeer.com’s Tasting Tools offer many ways to explore the beverage of beer, including as a pairing with food or as a deep sensory exploration. Sort through a variety of different tasting beer infographics that provide visual representation of beer pairings, charts on beer attributes and even beer off-flavors. On these pages, you can easily download handy beer tasting worksheets that will help you build your beer palate. All of this is available for beer lovers that want to become better at tasting beer.

Do you want to train your palate to taste more nuances in beers, or have you ever wondered what beer style pairs best with pizza? In this Tasting Tools section, you can elevate your beer tasting experience by combining beer education and useful beer worksheets to help you along your beer journey.