Beer and Food Pairing

Hello World,
Well I wanted to blog during the weekend, but I was too hung over. In efforts to educate others on beer my hubby and I had a few people over for a dinner party. This was no ordinary dinner party, but rather a beer and food paring party.
To start off we had

Appetizers -
Food: chips, veggies, & potato skins – We parried this off (as it was also the beginning of the evening) with;
Saison Dupont , Triple Karmeliet , and Black Sheep Ale. Also on tap (on our home made keg-o-rator) for those that did not care for the Belgium Style was Smuttynose IPA.

Inter Mezzo (between dinner and apps) – we had Long Trail IPA, Geary’s Pale Ale, Nora beer (Italian – who knew they made beer)I don't agree with the Beer Advocate rating on this beer, Belgium Dark Homebrew, and more SmuttyNose http://www.smuttynose.com/.

Dinner –
Food – Italian Chicken, Meatloaf muffins, Falafel, Lentil salad, green salad, rice pilaf, veggie medley and fresh baked bread – paired up with
Ephemere, Chimay Blue, De Dolle, Quintime Ambre, Regenboog (cask editions), alogn with all the above mentioned under the Inter Mezzo.

Desert –
Chocolate Mousse- paired up with
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Holiday Porter (vanilla and cinnamon – one of our most popular homebrews)

The Chicken and Ephemere was the best pairing of the night. 2nd to Holiday Porter and Chocolate Mousse.

If you have had any great combinations please let me know.