If you’re looking for beer and candy pairings, it’s safe to assume that you’ll be getting your Halloween candy supply by either taxing your child’s loot bag or hitting up the store. Either way, what you need to know is how to pair those sweet or sour snacks with beer to take this year’s candy gorge next level.
Considering the wide variety of both candies and beer on the market, it can be a daunting task to narrow down the best pairings without giving yourself a pre-game bellyache. A basic tip to keep in mind when matching flavours – is simply to pair your candy and beer by intensity. The more intense one is, the more intense the other should be. For prominent hoppy brews, choose a candy that can match that flavorful intensity. You’ll also want to factor in texture, the smooth and mellow variety of beers will pair well with smooth and mellow candy, such as milk chocolate.
Since you’re sipping and not slugging, you need to make sure that those beer varieties that are best enjoyed cold, stay cold! Stop by here and get your hands on our Brew House beer chiller sticks to enhance your pairing experience.
Trick-or-treat yourself to this list of flavorful combinations.
Candy Corn + Cream Ale/Light Lager
- Pair this sugary snack with lighter beer to help balance out the sweetness. Try a Cream Ale or Light Lager. Find one with a subtle fruit flavour to bring out those delicious honey/caramel tones in the Candy Corn.
Snickers + Brown Ale
- Snickers bars paired with a nutty brown ale… so aromatic, so delicious. Notice we said Snickers bars, not Snickers bar.
Dark Chocolate + Raspberry Ale
- So grown up and fancy, dark chocolate! Dark chocolate pairs beautifully with berry flavours. If raspberry is your thing, you won’t be disappointed, the bitter flavour from the dark chocolate collides with the tart raspberry ale and nails you with a mouth-watering explosion!
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups + Oktoberfest
- Yank that salty, roasted peanut flavour straight out with a beer rich in malt and a nice balance of clean and hop bitterness.
Sour Patch Candy + IPA
– Sour Patch Kids, the tongue destroyers of our generation, are not meant to be taken in large quantities. Make a little go a long way by pairing their tartness with a hoppy IPA that will match the intensity and bring out some of that sweetness that’s masked under all of that tart.
Starburst + Saison
-Saison, the bubbly beer of lightweights has some benefits. This brew carries sweet notes and little hints of fruit that can only complement the fruit flavours of Starburst. Most have a lower alcohol content, so you can enjoy more than usual AND stay on your feet – bonus!
Twix + Hefeweizen
-Play a little game with your tastebuds with a sweet and fruity beer that carries notes of banana and clove. Hefeweizen has some hidden goodness, wheat and bread undernotes that will come out and surprise you when paired with that caramel and cookie crunch.
Milk Chocolate Bars + Milk Stout/Porter
-Smooth and creamy chocolate meets smooth and creamy chocolate. The end.
Happy Halloween, Chillers! Stay cool!
