There are some knowledgeable and experienced beer-drinkers here, and I'm afraid I'm an amateur ...

... but there is one time I really like a beer over anything else. It invovles a food pairing between spicy (such as an Indian curry dish) and an apricot weizen. I love that combination! There are a couple of breweries whose apricot weizens I have tried and greatly enjoyed - Pyramid's Apricot Weizen (out of Seattle) and St-Ambroise's bière de blé à l'abricot (out of Montréal).

Love that combo!