Chicken Wing and Beer Pairings

This is the perfect combination to clean the pallet, cool the mouth and refresh the soul. Below is a list of the chicken wing flavours and suggested beer pairings and styles.

Hot: great with a full-flavoured and hoppy India Pale Ale or lower carbonation beer like a stout or porter.

Mild: lighter beers; lagers or pilsners with a crisp finish and smooth taste.

Suicide: always a dark, full-bodied beer like a stout, porter, sweet flavoured ale (honey, maple cream, nut brown).

Buffalo: pale ale, cream ale and amber ales all work differently depending on the bite of the sauce.

BBQ: amber or red ale, or malty beers with roasted finish.

Cajun: dark lager, India Pale Ale or stout.

Salt & Pepper: light lager, pale ale, or smooth amber ale (depending on the amount of heat from the pepper).

Gump: great with honey lagers or ales, cream ales and light lagers.

Sweet & Sour: sweet flavoured beers with honey or other sweet berries or fruite.

Honey Garlic: honey flavoured beer (ale or lager), pilsner, a combination or sweet honey and bitter garlic make this sauce very popular.

Thai: amber ales, pale ales and stout all work well with this flavour.

Szechwan: a range of light beer to dark and fruity beers or lambics (sour beers flavoured with fruit).

Tandoori: a strong and hoppy India Pale Ale or full-bodied porter.