Beer is a fantastic match to all sorts of foods.

Try a glass of India Pale Ale with spicy dishes, a porter with mussels, or a cherry beer with dark chocolate.

Wine has seized the ‘with food’ occasion over recent decades and sadly many of us now reach automatically for a bottle of wine when dining. However, beer is increasingly finding a place at the nation’s dining tables, as more people, including chefs, discover what a delicious, and versatile, partner it is. Thanks to beer’s diverse tastes and flavours, there’s a style to match any food you care to name. More than that, beer’s lack of pretension, low alcohol content and affordability make it ideal for the informal, relaxed eating that is now so popular, in and out of the home.

So, if you haven’t tried a glass of stout with mussels, an India Pale Ale with a spicy dish, or cherry beer with dark chocolate, you’ve been missing out. Matching beer with food is easy, and a lot of fun.