Interactive Beer Tasting Worksheets

These five beer tasting worksheets help you explore three pairing interactions: complement, contrast and cut. Your palate will react to the combination of food and craft beer by recognizing flavors that match each other (compliment), flavors that intensify each other (contrast), and flavors that cleanse the palate (cut).

You could argue that all three interactions happen to some extent with each bite and sip; they become more or less noticeable depending on the dominant characteristics of the food and craft beer in the pairing. Start with these simple pairings and hone your beer and food tasting skills!