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Questions tagged [beer]

Use this tag for questions about techniques, equipment and ingredients used in serving beer, as well as non-alcoholic substitutes ("near-beer").

Beer is a fermented alcoholic drink which is made with yeast, sugar, grains and water. Use this tag for questions about techniques, equipment and ingredients used in serving beer, as well as non-alcoholic substitutes ("near-beer").

Questions about homebrew, beer-making, wine-making, distillation and fermentation are off-topic. Try Homebrew - Stack Exchange.

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Cooking with barleywine

Given that barleywine is a strong ale, is it suitable in recipes which call for ale, or does the extra alcohol and stronger flavor overwhelm the recipe? I realize the answer will be "it depends" if varies by recipe; I am more interested in whether…
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Do you need a stock for carbonade flamande

So there is this amazing Belgian/French dish called carbonade flamande and as I browse recipes I see one major difference in them: some recipes use (beef) stock while others don't (but then they have larger quantities for beer, or they add apple…
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I need a substitution for Parmesan cheese

I am doing bread in a jar for a gift basket. It calls for Parmesan cheese(beer bread) what can i use for replacement if i have no Parmesan cheese. Is it necessary to add this ingredient?
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How to do a beer-butt chicken?

A friend of mine told me how great Beer-Butt Chicken is. Apparently you take a chicken and beer flavors it in well, the butt. How can I cook the chicken like that while keeping the beer in the chicken?
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What I can use to replace black beer on roast recipe?

I have a "basic" recipe for roast beef that uses 1 bottle of black beer as an ingredient. I am looking for a non-alcoholic ingredient to replace it because my parents don't drink alcohol and I usually don't have alcohol on hand.
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Can I make ginger bug from existing ginger beer, or from ginger beer yeast?

I was having trouble getting a ginger bug started from wild cultures, so I went ahead and bought a small amount of 'Ginger Beer Yeast'. I was hoping to get a more successful Ginger Bug started, either directly from the yeast, or potentially by…
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Difference between Welsh rabbit and beer cheese dip

When I have looked at recipes for Welsh rabbit (rarebit), and beer cheese dip / soup, they seem very similar. Does one make a decent substitute for the other?
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High viscosity fermantation

I recently tried an experiment with using strong dandelion flower & stem infusion and malt syrup. I was unable to obtain or culture a yeast starter in sufficient time so the wort sat for approx a week and started to spontaneously ferment in that…
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What is more difficult to make: beer or wine?

I would like to know, in your opinion, what is harder to produce: wine or beer. I mean, including all the steps: planting grapes or barley, taking care of them, collecting, making, etc... the whole process :)
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Beer in Sourdough Starter

Would there be any benefit to feeding a sourdough starter with beer instead of or in addition to water?
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Uses for cheap beer?

Possible Duplicate: How does one find recipes given an ingredient rather than the recipe name? I have found myself saddled with a preponderance of cheap beer that I have no interest in drinking, but I don't wan to let it go to waste. What else…
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