Best beer and best wine for BBQ?

looperman1000

Can anyone help with this question please? Cheap deals all the better too.
Thanks

kenmc

Best beer... hmm. Something like Goose Island IPA for a BBQ I reckon.

oblivious

kenmc wrote: »

Best beer... hmm. Something like Goose Island IPA for a BBQ I reckon.

Goose island is nice alright, Fullers London pride and ESB I also like. A good German Hefe is also a nice accompaniment to BBQ, the banna aroma go well with BBQ

But the daddy has to be smoked beers, I had a smoke porter that went down very well at my daughter christening

This is one of the best examples around

looperman1000

Thanks for your replies guys. Looks pricey stuff, is it? Where can it be got?

Ponster

For the wine, look out for Cabernet Shiraz or even 100% Shiraz.

The Chiraz grape results in a full-bodied wine which has spicy overtones which goes perfectly with BBQ

tbaymusicman

I dont drink these days but when i did noting went better with smokey meat then a cobra beer or a tiger they seemingly just taste great with meat!And as for wine liebfamich think its German wine

BeerNut

looperman1000 wrote: »

Thanks for your replies guys. Looks pricey stuff, is it? Where can it be got?

Schlenkerla can be got in DrinkStore on Manor Street in Dublin (map). It's €3.30 a bottle, but well worth it.

Fishtits

Second the Shiraz/Syrah for BBQ/Braai.

As for beer, Heineken won't offend anyone...

senordingdong

Whatever Tesco has on special.

Seriously though, +1 on the Tiger beer.

BeerNut

senordingdong wrote: »

Whatever Tesco has on special.

Duvel? Could work, but it's better with seafood.

kenon

Get some Tiger.

24 x 330ml in Dunnes for €19.99.

emurphy

"Second the Shiraz/Syrah for BBQ/Braai.

As for beer, Heineken won't offend anyone... "

I really really really hope you were jokin because lets be fair here Heineken offends everyone NEARLY as much as cough cough Bud. God its even hard to mention that muck.

Anyway beer to go well with a bbq. I would go for something like pilsner urquel or if you were eating small amounts maybe a heavier beer like Orval which is a nice belgian beer.

Either way the only people you will offend by offering this will be not worth offering it to in the first place. They shouldnt be offered a place at your bbq. If they demand a heiny send them back through the door in which they came.:p

emurphy

"Whatever Tesco has on special.

Seriously though, +1 on the Tiger beer. "

Tesco beer/Aldi/any other generic crap is a definate no.

As for Tiger no thanks. Better than tesco beer but not exactly 1st priority when entering a offi now is it.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Cobra Indian beer ? I think that does be cheap-ish sometimes.

BeerNut

Alan Rouge wrote: »

Cobra Indian beer ?

Well, as Indian as something brewed in Luton can be

Pixelcraft

emurphy wrote: »

Tesco beer/Aldi/any other generic crap is a definate no.

That 'generic crap' as you say is often better than branded crap.Aldi & lidl have some great beers.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Yeah Superquinn have some cheap Euroshopper beer/bier at about €1.15 a can and it tastes not too bad.

BeerNut wrote: »

Well, as Indian as something brewed in Luton can be

I wondered how it was so cheap comin all the way from India

kenmc

Fishtits wrote: »

As for beer, Heineken won't offend anyone...

Offends me.
Wouldn't even give it to a dog.

Quint

If it's a hot day I actually like the watery tastless beers ice cold from the freezer. One of the most tastless of them all is the brazilian beer Brahma. Lidl do it sometimes for €1 a bottle. Usually one of the big supermarkets (dunnes is good) have a deal on it too.

david

Schoferhoffer is €1.99 in Aldi at the moment. Lovely Hefeweizen IMO and great value

grenache

+1 on the Shiraz for a BBQ. Another good alternative is Grenache or Tempranillo, any auld Torres wine will do there.

As for beer, any Oriental beer will do the trick, whether its Tiger, Kirin or Singha. These beers are brewed to be drunk with anything even mildly spicy.

IrishWhiskeyCha

Tiger Beer on special in SUperValue at the mo ... Case of 20 bottles for 24.99.

Again agree with the shiraz or grennache. Good heavy wines to deal with your Barbie food.