What is the best food to eat with beer?
Salty, fatty, fried or smoked, whatever keeps you reaching for the glass. Some were engineered for it; some just happen to work.
1Buffalo WingsHot sauce and blue cheese, engineered to make you order another cold one.1000pts
2Soft PretzelThe Bavarian brezn, salted and torn apart on a beer-hall table.848pts
3Roast ChickenThe Hendl — half a spit-roasted chicken — is Oktoberfest's single biggest seller.628pts
4NachosMelted cheese, jalapeños and a shared plate that nobody admits to finishing.553pts
5OystersStout and oysters is the oldest pairing in the book, and the briniest.553pts
6CurrywurstBerlin's sliced sausage under curry ketchup, eaten standing up.488pts
7Barbecue BrisketSmoked for twelve hours, cut against the grain, served with a cold lager.488pts
8Fried CalamariCrisp rings and lemon, the pub starter that disappears fastest.413pts
9ObatzdaThe Bavarian cheese spread mixed with butter, paprika and beer, eaten with the pretzel.413pts
10CheeseburgerThe pairing so obvious that whole restaurants are built on the pair.325pts
11PizzaFriday night's default, and the reason pitcher sizes exist.325pts
12Salted PeanutsThe free bowl on the bar, engineered to keep you thirsty.325pts
13BratwurstGrilled, split, and handed over in a bread roll at every German beer tent.222pts
14MusselsBelgium cooks them in its own beer and serves the pot with frites.222pts
15Fish and ChipsBattered in beer, eaten with beer, wrapped in paper.0pts
16Fried Cheese CurdsWisconsin's squeaky bar snack, best within an hour of the fryer.0pts
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