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Five ideas for cooking with beer: chocolate cake, sweet potato soup, biscuits and more

 
Let’s toast some recipes that incorporate beer, including decadent Chocolate Guinness Cake.
Let’s toast some recipes that incorporate beer, including decadent Chocolate Guinness Cake.
Published Sept. 21, 2015

When it comes to cooking with beer, darker varieties like porters and stouts work best. And those brews are more versatile than you'd think, adding flavor and a little something special to dishes beyond beer cheese soup (beer and cheese are best buds) and beer can chicken. We found five recipes that use beer in surprising ways, so pick up an extra six-pack and get to work on these dishes.

When it comes to cooking with beer, darker varieties like porters and stouts work best. And those brews are more versatile than you'd think, adding flavor and a little something special to dishes beyond beer cheese soup (beer and cheese are best buds) and beer can chicken. We found five recipes that use beer in surprising ways, so pick up an extra six-pack and get to work on these dishes.