Topic: Which beer goes best with Curry?

[phatboytall]

I have always wondered which beer is the most enjoyable with a curry. Ales, Lagers, Wheat beers, Ive tried and heard cases for most of them.

So me and a few mates decided to do a blind taste test of all the Indian Restaurant "Curry" beers with a takeaway to crown a champ. Interesting results
http://thebeerbunker.blogspot.com/2010/11/which-beer-goes-best-with-curry.html

Obviously a limited pool of restaurant available beers, but great fun!

Whats your favorite curry beer? Does it change dramatically with the type of curry?

Would love to hear peoples thoughts.

[Peripatetic Phil]

Sad sod that I am, alcohol abuse, an undiagnosed viral hepatitis, or simply an over-sensitive liver (my consultants can't agree which) have led to my being enforcedly teetotal.  My choice is therefore restricted to so-called "alcohol-free" beers, which in Germany at least can be up to 0,5% alcohol.  And Beers of Europe carry almost every one    So, over the years, I have worked my way through their entire stock list, and come up with just two that are really, absolutely, perfect.  Absolutely top was Main Thaler, now sadly disappeared from the market; but a very close second is Clausthaler Extra Herb, which is not only a splendid accompaniment to a curry but is also a very satisfying drink in its own right.  Cobra alcohol-free is way way down my personal list, perhaps because it is genuinely 0% alcohol.   And Kaliber doesn't appear on my list at all : I don't know of a single person who regards it as drinkable, and how it has remained on the market for so long is a complete and utter mystery.

** Phil.

[chriswg]

If I'm in a restaurant I'll usually order pints of Cobra. If I'm tucking into a hot Vindaloo strength curry all I need is something cold and bubbly. By the time we get to the restaurant I'm usually in for 5 or 6 pints so the subtleties of Indian lagers are lost on me. I like bitter, ale and an occasional Guinness but with a curry I couldn't imagine anything but lager.

At home I usually favour cans of Stella or Bud but only because I get them cheap from duty free (72 x 440ml for ?35).

I like the article though. I'll give that one you recommend a go next time I see it.

[Gazza63]

I'm a bit out of the loop living abroad , but Cobra allways seemed to go well and is the one beer nearly all sit down BIR's would sell though I am not sure if it still tastes the same as it used to as foreign beers get snapped up screwed up and brewed up by UK companies, I am thinking Fosters, Castelmaine, Budweiser, Heineken, at home in the UK I always went for a Mexican beer which are well suited too spicy food i'm thinking Corona, Tecate and Sol,  nice and smooth and refreshing with no overpowering taste, if you come over to Thailand go for SanMiguel light or Leo to go with your Thai or Indian food. 

[samson]

When eating in a restaurant I always look forward to a pint of Kingfisher with my curry
but only if it's on tap.

[Peripatetic Phil]

if you come over to Thailand go for SanMiguel light or Leo to go with your Thai or Indian food.

Not Singha ?  I am surprised !
** Phil.

[gazman1976]

At home it's budweisers for me but like a few of your when sitting in for a meal it's cobra or kingfisher pints on draught , not the bottles

[Vindaloo-crazy]

Any, or wine, I'm not fussy....

[Razor]

Well, I'm afraid that I'm one of the strange types, that can't drink alcohol whilst having a meal

Copious amounts before hand, yes, and equally large amounts afterwards, no problem but whilst eating my meal, just water I'm afraid.

My 3 beers of choice would be, Budweiser, Tennents Extra (don't see it much these day's) and being of an Irish family, Guinness, naturally.

Ray

[Gazza63]

if you come over to Thailand go for SanMiguel light or Leo to go with your Thai or Indian food.

Not Singha ?  I am surprised !
** Phil.

Singha has too strong a taste for me and is brewed at 6% here (only 5% in the UK I think) and it gives me a terrible hangover, don't even touch Chang as it has a long shelf life due to all the chemicals like formaldehyde in it and is brewed at a minimum of 6.4% but can be a lot stronger, it is the beer of choice of the local alcoholics and it gives you an even bigger headache than Singha, Tiger has a strong overpowering beer taste and as for the local Heineken as well as being the most expensive of the lot it always has a weird taste to me.