A beer with your curry?

Mike wrote on Wed, 05 Oct 2005 21:04:35 GMT:

MR> The people who brought you Cobra beer to drink with your MR> curry are now using Belgian (Rodenbach) brewing expertise MR> to produce an 8% abv, bottle-conditioned version of the MR> beer. It's called King Cobra, comes in a black, MR> Champagne-corked bottle, and retails at £3.99. It's brewed MR> in Poland, then bottled in Belgium, apparently.

MR> I can't wait to try one of those with a curry!

I like Carlsberg Elephant beer with curries. Even the wimpy Canadian version is 7.2% and I could buy a six-pack for the price of one of the Cobra beers you mention. Do you happen to know how much Elephant costs in Britain? James Silverton,

Potomac, Maryland..

It never used to be sold in the UK; they sold Carlsberg Special instead (which wasn't available in Denmark). This was back in Ye Olden Dayes, though, before Carlsberg bought Tetleys and established themselves in the UK market.

I don't know whether Elephant Beer is available in the UK these days; I don't recall noticing it in shops/supermarkets.

I'm sure it used to be available - I recall buying some in ~1993. But I also remember (most of) a trip to Copenhagen in '97, where a bar called "die elefant und muse" (Elephant and Mouse) had a big replica elephant head on the wall; one pressed down a tusk and elephant beer came out the trunk...

One of the top 10 worst hangovers of my life. Barely caught my flight home. The stewardesses spotted it and put me in a row by myself where I could lie down (and couldn't do any harm to anyone else...)

We had a Branch meeting which corresponded with a curry night.It was agreed (with one dissenter) that the best beer of the 8 available to go with the curry was the mild. It just slipped down alongside the curry , complementing it beautifully without either being dominant.An excellent match in our opinion.

Solihull CAMRA are specialists at beer and balti events. Their beer festival last weekend strangely enough didn't feature Asian cuisine though it was still a great little festival.

Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted, from the fridge.

Before you say "sacrilege!" -- try it, the flavour stands up brilliantly to being colder than normal.

Ian

I have also tried Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted with curry and it goes very well.

Another Scottish ale that goes well with curry is Arran Blonde.

RW.

White Beer - The only beer that seriously goes with a curry ! (Paulaner preferably but Erdinger would do)

-- Regards The Ale Fan

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Both excellent recommendations. Try Pinkus Alt Bier as well.

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Back to my posting about the mild - every now and then I see something like "XXX stands up to the spiciness of a curry" or "YYY cuts through the curry" We noticed with the mild that no such conflict arose,the food and drink were improved by having them both together,they just complemented each other like no other combination we've tried.

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 8:32:29 +0100, Steph Peters wrote (in message ):

Schneider is good also. I also like Brooklyn Lager, curry brings out the hops in it beautifully.

Interesting you should say that. Last week I met someone else who was raving about how well mild and curry go together.