Forget wine and cheese parties — the true soul mate for fromage isn’t made from grape juice

The following pairings are based on suggestions from beer experts Tom Dalldorf, Garrett Oliver, Lucy Saunders and Mark Todd and have been tested at the table..

With: Young, fresh, tart cheeses such as fresh chevre, mozzarella and crescenza

Try: Wheat beers such as hefeweizen, Bavarian-syle weissbier and Belgian- style witbier; pilsners.

With: Humboldt Fog and other goat cheeses with a little age

Try: A Belgian-style saison such as Ommegang Hennepin or Saison Dupont.

With: Garrotxa and other aged goat cheeses with some caramel notes

Try: Sierra Nevada Stout or similar dry, creamy stouts with coffee and chocolate aromas.

With: Lamb Chopper and other mild, medium-aged sheep’s milk cheeses with sweet, cooked-milk notes

Try: Fat Tire, Red Tail Ale or similar amber ales well balanced between malt and hops.

With: Ossau-Iraty, mature Pecorino Toscano and other aged sheep’s milk cheeses with pronounced salty, nutty flavors

Try: Lost Coast Brewery Downtown Brown or other brown ales.

With: Soft-ripened triple creme such as Seal Bay, Pierre Robert or Mt. Tam

Try: A Belgian-style saison such as Ommegang Hennepin or Saison Dupont; a dry kriek or other fruit beer.

With: Aged Gruyere, Comte or other aged Swiss-style mountain cheeses

Try: Anchor Porter, Rogue Shakespeare Stout or other sweet, mellow porters or stouts with chocolate, caramel and roasted coffee notes; brown ales.

With: Montgomery cheddar or other classic English-style cheddar

Try: McEwen’s IPA or other pale ales with abundant hopping; Anchor Steam.

With: Munster Gerome or other washed-rind cheeses with strong earthy aromas

Try: Chimay Grande Reserve (blue label), Red Tail Ale or French biere de garde, such as Jeanlain or La Choulette Ambree.

With: Saenkanter or other aged Gouda with pronounced caramel notes

Try: Anchor Porter or other gently sweet, mellow, rounded porters; or nut- brown ales or amber ales.

With: Stilton or other mild to moderately piquant blue cheeses

Try: Old Foghorn Barleywine Style Ale or Moylan’s Barleywine Style Ale. Serve barley wine at cellar temperature.