Easter brunch is fully loaded, everything from fresh fruit and scrumptious egg dishes, to honey-baked ham and bacon and pork belly. It calls for a beer that can be shared and can easily pair with any number of foods. Here are five beers to bring to the Easter brunch table.
Jester King Brewery Le Petit Prince
The lightest of our Easter picks, Le Petit Prince is a dry, unspiced beer brewed with pilsner malt and organic wheat; hopped with Golding, Fuggle, and Perle hops (all organic); and fermented with wild yeast. It comes in at 2.9% ABV. This people-pleasing beer was brewed to embody the hoppy, low-alcohol beers found in Northern Europe. Its effervescence cuts through rich dishes such as Eggs Benedict.
Ommegang Rare Vos Belgian-style Amber Ale
Here’s an atypical amber ale brewed with grains of paradise, coriander, and orange peel that, along with the beer’s house yeast, make for a spicy, fruity take on the style. With caramel malt up front and balance from Styrian Golding hops, this beer is mellow and easy to pair with just about anything. The brewery website says it best: “Rare Vos . . . [is] one of the most food friendly of all of Brewery Ommegang's ales. Its aromatics of citrus and caramel lead the culinary minded to pair it with cheese of all styles or even a rich fig bread pudding.”