The Best Craft Beers to Pair with Food

A lot of people just think of beer as a way to wash down their meals, but with all of its varieties and complexities, beer can be paired with food much in the same way that a sommelier pairs wine with food. In fact, beer often makes an even better complement to foods that are traditionally difficult wine pairings. For example, spicy and ethnic foods, rich chocolate, and earthy asparagus, mushrooms and artichokes have long given wine sommeliers a challenge, but there is a beer out there that works with all of those flavors -- and more.