Wings Playoffs: Best beers to pair with chicken wings

We love wings. We love beer. When the two of them combine, it can be a beautiful combination, but are we making the perfect connection between the right type of wing and the right type of beer? We have found a great article on www.cleveland.com that breaks down the various options we have when choosing the right beer and wing combination. You can check out the article here or begin reading below.

"Wings Playoffs: Best beers to pair with chicken wings." 

By Marc Bona

You're in your favorite sports bar with friends and everyone's craving chicken wings. The waitress takes your drink order as you mull your options: How spicy do we want them? What flavor? How many? 

Maybe it's time wings-and-beer lovers order wings first, then beer. So instead of asking for a mindless light lager, ask yourself what beer goes with what style of wings. We went to local folks who know their beer to help us here. Our wing-beer experts: 

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It's a big thing, the chicken wing. Might as well pick the best beer

We know that beer and wings are quite the combination and we have found an interesting article on eatocracy.cnn.com title, "It's a big thing, the chicken wing. Might as well pick the best beer." The article breaks down the various types of wings and suggests the perfect beer to accompany each type of wings. You can check out the article here or begin reading below.

"It's a big thing, the chicken wing. Might as well pick the best beer." 

By Ray Isle

My secret theory about why chicken wings and football go so well together can be demonstrated by a very simple experiment. First, go to the store and buy a chicken. Next, remove its wings. Next, truss its little feet together. Now paint it brown. What does it look like? Exactly: a football. Chickens are footballs, except for the wings. And that’s why when we watch football, we eat chicken wings.

Some people might question the logic of the above theory, but they, of course, have not been drinking enough beer. Because that is the other thing that goes perfectly with chicken wings: beer, and enough of it...

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Wing Zone featured in Colorado Springs Business Journal

Wing Zone was recently featured in the Colorado Springs Business Journal in an article titled, "Wing Zone to open restaurant on Fort Carson."  The article focused on the Wing Zone opening that happened on Monday, May 14th. Further, both Matt and Janice expanded on Wing Zone’s connection with the Army & Air Force Exchange Services. Matt talked about the partnership and how AAFES has helped plans to open up 15 more restaurants on military installations by the end of the year. Click here for the entire article or see below.

Wing Zone to open restaurant on Fort Carson
By: Monica Mendoza

Wing Zone restaurant will open Monday in Fort Carson’s mini-mall.

The sit-down restaurant offers 17 buffalo chicken wing flavors and will serve draft beer.

Wing Zone CEO and founder Matt Friedman has partnered with the Army & Air Force Exchange Services to open Wing Zone restaurants on four military bases. The company has plans to open 15 more restaurants on military installations by the end of the year, Friedman said.

Landing a partnership with AAFES is big, he said. AAFES operates restaurants and commissary services for all branches of the military in the U.S. and in 30 countries worldwide.


“They’ve said to me, they have big plans for us, domestically and internationally,” Friedman said. “Why Wing Zone fits with AAFES is that we can get into a small footprint, which is important to them.”

In this case, AAFES is the franchise owner. Fort Carson Wing Zone store manager Janice Loundagin said this restaurant is unique among the others offered on base because it has its own sit-down area, instead of the more typical cafeteria, food-court style.

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