Really one of most incredible has to be those little hand held corn tortillas doubled up and wrapped around some outrageous grilled, seasoned meat . Taco’s, and I don’t mean taco bell style, are simple, delicious and often spicy.

One of the things that makes this BBQ chicken recipe the arrogant title is the fact I encourage you to use your favorite bbq sauce as well as your favorite beer. The only necessity is that you use chicken leg quarters featuring the fatty dark meat of the bird.

The spicy tangy sauce is best enjoyed with an incredible Golden IPA. My choice being that I enjoy great locally raised chickens would have to be the local Richmond VA brewery Legend Brewery IPA.

This is a quick version of the Italian classic porchetta which encompasses a whole hog boned and wrapped together and roasted to create something magnificent. The quality of pork is of the utmost importance as it would be in Italy. We will then rub it down with aromatics and dump some delicious beer over it to marinate for about 6 hours prior to oven roasting it.

The peaches strong flavor is so great with ales that I am surprised that I dont see it in more beer recipes. Here we are taking simple peaches putting some nice char on them and topping it off with a great oat based crisp topping. The most splended end to a great summer meal

Bar Harbor Brewing Company makes a great peach ale. Something worth trying with this dish for obvious reasons. It is a little light with a great flavor, high acidity which is nice with the rich topping.

On the cusp of summer I feel that this recipe is very important to add to our barbecue resume. It is so often that we enjoy great American barbecue and forget the rest of the world does some sort of open fire cooking. Dont get me wrong, I love our great Kansas City and Texas barbecue but char siuis something that just needs to be enjoyed.

I have to go back to my hometown brewery for this dish. The Golden Monkey by Victory Brewery is just perfect for this. A great belgian style beer with a light body and herb flavor.

This is an incredible way to prepare a meltingly tender shoulder of pork without braising it or barbecuing it. I learned this technique at Douglas Rodriguez’ Alma De Cuba. It is essentially a confit similar to the technique used in pork carnita.

The cool mojo just cuts the unctuous fat fitted around the tender meat. That richness and the use of the orange in the mojo I have to call for a Blue Moon with this beer. Simple.

You know there is just something so spectacular about enjoying a delicious bowl of garlicky beery mussels. I prefer them with a tight cone of crispy French fries myself.

This dish is makes enjoying beer for me almost new again. It combines flavors that we don’t often enjoy with beer. The shrimp are pan fried crisp and the creamy, spicy sauce is perfect for dousing with a ice cold beer.

Being that the pairing of curry and beer is revered in the UK I thought it best to highlight a brewery from there. Wychwood Brewery. They have a brew called the Wychcraft that is referred to as a blonde beer. It is light zesty beer that matches well with citrus and and heat.