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Practical Food & Beer Pairing with Greg Engert

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Practical Food & Beer Pairing with Greg Engert

Greg Engert, beer director of the Neighborhood Restaurant Group, lays out the flavor fundamentals of pairing beer with food, sharing his method as well as specific examples.

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In this video course, Engert demystifies the challenges of choosing which beers tend to work best with which dishes—and vice versa. He offers several rules of thumb to keep in mind before diving into specific flavor families of beer and which kinds of food tend to work best with those. Then, he walks us through several specific dishes to highlight beers that can elevate both—going for that food-and-drink gestalt that can make a meal greater than the sum of its parts.

Whether you work in hospitality—be it brewpub, taproom, or restaurant—or you simply want to raise your pairing game for more pleasure at the dinner table, this is a course you won’t want to miss. (Warning: It will make you hungry.)  

Course contents

6 chapters, 18 lessons, 1h 18m of video

Chapter 1

Welcome

  • Welcome!1:18
  • Example Birch & Barley Dinner Menu, Including Pairing Flights

Chapter 2

Fundamentals of Food & Beer Pairing

  • The History, Diversity, & Utility of Food & Beer Pairing14:29
  • Fundamental Approaches to Food & Beer Pairing10:20
  • Pairing Aromatics & Beer Styles3:28

Chapter 3

Pairing Beer Flavors & Styles

  • Example ChurchKey Draft List
  • Pairing Crisp Beers5:06
  • Pairing Hop Beers6:26
  • Pairing Malt Beers2:46
  • Pairing Roasty Beers6:11
  • Pairing Smoked Beers3:21
  • Pairing Fruit & Spice Beers5:01
  • Pairing Tart & Funky Beers6:56

Chapter 4

Pairing Examples

  • Walking Through Some Specific Pairings at Rustico11:02

Chapter 5

Thank You

  • Wrap Up1:49

Chapter 6

Appendix: Supplementary Materials

  • More Perspectives: Contrasting vs. Complementing
  • More Perpectives: Jamie Bogner’s Tips on Pairing Beer & Cheese
  • More Perspectives: Jamie Bogner's Cheese & Beer Quick Pairing Chart

What students say

4.5 from 2 reviews
  • The course did a very good job covering the many beer types and the foods they would pair well with.
    Zachary Eves
  • This video was great! It really opened up our eyes to different beers that we can pair with food! Thank you Greg!
    John Castellani