Best beer for curry?

[AlDaviz]

I like a normal flavour-less lager ! Cobra etc
leaves the flavour of the curry

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Here you go:

4.5kg Pale Malt
15g Admiral @ 60
25g Saaz @ 5
1 teaspoon coriander seeds @ 5
3 green cardamoms @ 5
25g Saaz @ 80 degrees for around 10-15 minutes
1 pack of Danstar Saison yeast

OG 1.052
FG 1.00

ABV 7%
IBU 26

Next weekend, I start this brew so have some questions for you:

What volume did you have in your FV?
Coriander seeds - heaped or level spoon?
Cardamom pods - split open or whole?

Ta!

 

[dwhite60]

I know! Neighbour drinks my Citra IPA, daughter drinks my plum porter, wife drinks my cider. At least they leave me with my brown ales, Belgian ales, and stout.

Always good when no one else likes what you like!

All the Best,
D. White

 

[foxy]

Personally I think NZ hops go best with a curry and I usually have anything in the medium hot range nearly always a lamb tikka dish.

I would go with not a heavy hopped beer, Motueka single hop less than 30 IBU works fine with a curry.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Although I'm not normally a big spirits drinker, I think a dilute G&T is a really good match, and by analogy a beer with a bit more bitterness than the usual lagery suspects. Plus keg beers tend to be too gassy for curry IMO.

Bombay Dazzler, the Bundobust house beer, is a wheat beer spiced with ginger, cardamom and coriander, so that could be another route to go down.

 

[ClownPrince]

Although I'm not normally a big spirits drinker, I think a dilute G&T is a really good match, and by analogy a beer with a bit more bitterness than the usual lagery suspects. Plus keg beers tend to be too gassy for curry IMO.

Bombay Dazzler, the Bundobust house beer, is a wheat beer spiced with ginger, cardamom and coriander, so that could be another route to go down.

Bombay Dazzler is a very nice beer and Bundobust is a mighty fine curry.

I normally go with a Lager when drinking a curry, as someone said earlier, too much flavour can detract from the meal.
Don't mind a citrus-y IPA, but no hop bombs. A sour can be a nice counterbalance to the spice too.

 

[Keats]

Next weekend, I start this brew so have some questions for you:

What volume did you have in your FV?
Coriander seeds - heaped or level spoon?
Cardamom pods - split open or whole?

Ta!

It was 20 litres in the FV.
I’ve got measuring spoons and it was a flattish teaspoon, around 5ml.
I crushed the cardamom pods slightly.

Hope the brew goes well but just let me know if you have any more questions.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

It was 20 litres in the FV.
I’ve got measuring spoons and it was a flattish teaspoon, around 5ml.
I crushed the cardamom pods slightly.

Hope the brew goes well but just let me know if you have any more questions.

Thanks. When it’s done I’ll be happy to send a bottle if you’re interested to see how close (or how different!) it is.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

It was 20 litres in the FV.
I’ve got measuring spoons and it was a flattish teaspoon, around 5ml.
I crushed the cardamom pods slightly.

Hope the brew goes well but just let me know if you have any more questions.

I made it today.

Looking forward to trying it!

 

[bobukbrewer]

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[Hazelwood Brewery]

come on you are supposed to be avoiding unnecessary contact - do not put the rest of us at additional risk, please...

 

[PJL]

I think I'd go with a very malt forward type with a bit more body to offset the curry.
Hmmmm a porter with low roast characteristics perhaps.