question: What is a good beer pairing for Flaky pastry beef pie and sweet potato mash?
answer: A great choice for Flaky pastry beef pie and sweet potato mash is Clown King (US Style Barley Wine.). Here's the recipe:
  A heavy hitting combination of rich malt flavours and relentless, bitter hops. Aromas of caramel and toasted marshmallow, with raisin and dried fruit, alongside a spicy undercurrent of resin. With toasty malt and sweet dark fruit flavours, and a smooth, chewy mouthfeel, you’ll be lulled into a false sense of security, before the intense pine-sap resin draws out a huge bitter finish.
  ABV: 12% | IBU: 85
  Malts:
  - Extra Pale (9.5 kilograms)
  - Caramalt (0.5 kilograms)
  - Crystal 150 (0.13 kilograms)
  - Brown (0.25 kilograms)
  - Munich (0.88 kilograms)
  Hops:
  - Magnum (25grams @ start)
  - Simcoe (18.5grams @ middle)
  - Mosaic (12.5grams @ middle)
  - Ahtanum (18.5grams @ middle)
  - Ahtanum (18.5grams @ end)
  - Mosaic (12.5grams @ end)
  - Mosaic (62.5grams @ dry hop)
  - Ahtanum (62.5grams @ dry hop)
  - Simcoe (62.5grams @ dry hop)
  Yeast: Wyeast 1272 - American Ale II™
  Method: Mash: 65°celsius for 90min
  Tip: Leave this beer to chill in the cellar for a few months to round off the flavour profile.