Best Beer Pairings for Grilling and Barbecue Season

Joshua M. Bernstein

April 23, 2012

Beer

When I die, I hope no one sticks a beer can up my keister.

Two of my favorite things in life are beer and barbecue. So color me a lucky duck when Epicurious asked me to pen a guide to the best brews to go with flame-licked food. The tasty results await...here.

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The best thing about book events is they take me out of my routines, so I go to different neighborhoods to do different things like slurp ramen and beer @mhramenbar and hang out with folks and talk beer and take pictures @mikkeller.nyc German lager in front of hand-drawn beer tags and then snap a painting of a bird holding ramen and, whoa, that’s certainly enough for one night. #drinkbetterbeer and sleep.

Sometimes you forget to follow the social-media playbook and don’t take a picture of your book-release party till the quiet close. Beer was tipped back. Books were signed. @halftonenyc gin was consumed. And @wildeastbrewing was welcomed to Brooklyn. All in all, a fine Tuesday night in this world. #drinkbetterbeer

Self-portrait the night before my latest book’s release date. I could say something like, “The pressure is as tight as the casing on a hot dog!” Or, “I can’t wait to get grilled on the book tour!” Or, I could just go to bed because, lo, we’re going to drink some beers @wildeastbrewing tomorrow night. #drinkbetterbeer P.S. The puppet is from a @paulinsect / @bastny exhibition at @beyondthestreetsart.