My latest article for The Bulletin is out and timely for the holiday weekend: Pairing barbecue courses with beer. (That’s not the title I would have used.)

This year, I thought it would be fun to suggest beers to pair with classic Fourth of July food. With the number of craft breweries available there are a wide variety of styles to choose from.

Let’s look at several traditional holiday foods and what local beers to pair with them.

Hot dogs: While there is a wide variation in preparation, a hot dog is essentially a sausage. Brewmaster Garrett Oliver, the author of “The Brewmaster’s Table,” suggests several Belgian styles to pair with sausage, including Belgian pale ale and saison. Monkless Belgian Ales’ Brothers Bier fits the bill: a clean, easy-drinking ale with spicy hops and a dry finish to cut through the fat.

I suggest pairings for hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, baked beans, and apple pie—you know, traditional Independence Day dishes, and all I really had room in the article for. I used The Brewmaster’s Table (first edition!) as my reference for suggested pairings. Click through to see what (local) beers I picked.