Beer Cheese Dip Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is beer cheese dip made of? ›

Beer cheese dip is typically made by heating beer with ingredients like garlic, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce in a saucepan until the beer reduces, mixing in cheese and milk, and continuing to cook until the cheese is melted. The resulting mixture is a cheesy spread that can be served warm or cool.

I used Fat Tire because that what I had on hand, but Budweiser, Bud Light, Coors Light, and Miller Lite are all good options. No need to use anything fancy! What brands of cheese do you recommend? For the Cheddar, you can use a good supermarket brand, like Cabot or Tillamook.

While the beer heating up, combine 1 tablespoon of cornstarch and 1 tablespoon of warm water in a small bowl. Add the cornstarch slurry to the boiling beer, whisking constantly to fully incorporate it. Bring the beer back up to a boil, at which point the cornstarch slurry will slightly thicken the beer.

Roughly speaking: Beer cheese sauce, bourbon caramel and other sauces brought to a boil and then removed from the heat typically retain about 85 percent of the alcohol. Diane, cherries jubilee and other recipes that flame the alcohol may still have 75 percent of the alcohol.

The sauce is gritty because you overcooked it and the cheese broke. Cheese is an emulsion and if it is overheated the emulsion breaks, separating it into oil and milk solids, which is the grit you taste in your mouth. You can't fix it. Either live with the grit or throw it out and start over.

This warm cheddar beer dip is fantastic paired with soft or hard pretzels. It also goes great with vegetables like celery, cauliflower or broccoli florets as well as toasted baguette slices or crackers. If possible, use a brick of cheddar cheese and grate the cheese yourself.

Kentucky Beer Cheese can easily be stored in an airtight container and refrigerated for up to two days. Due to its high dairy content, you'll want to avoid any type of freezing (or any attempt, really) to prolong its shelf life. After one taste, we doubt this will be too much of an issue.

Adding Liquid: If your cheese sauce has started to curdle, the first thing to do is immediately take it off the heat. Adding a splash of the sauce's base liquid, such as cold milk for a milk-based sauce, can help minimize the damage. You can also try adding a splash of wine, beer, or cream.

For dips, you'll want to use a tablespoon of cornstarch per pound of cheese, then add at least five ounces of evaporated milk. After that, you can use more evaporated milk to thin out your dip as much as you need.

How do you keep cheese sauce creamy? ›

Starch (such as all-purpose flour, cornstarch, or potato flour) will keep the cheese from curdling. If using all-purpose flour, add it to the mixture before the cheese; it needs to be cooked for a few minutes to remove the starchy taste.

Cheddar cheese commonly comes in 8-ounce blocks. This will be equivalent to about 2 cups when grated.

Can I serve beer cheese dip to kids? It's a little tricky. Most of the alcohol cooks off, leaving just the beer's flavor behind. While some residual alcohol could remain, it's a very minor amount.

Restrictions on the sale, consumption, and possession of alcoholic beverages do not apply to cheese because cheese is not a beverage.

Can children eat food cooked with beer or wine? Yes, because the alcohol evaporates from the heat of cooking. Therefore, a child is not getting any alcohol in their systems.

Is there any alcohol in Hall's Beer Cheese? Yes. There is less alcohol content in beer cheese than there is in a non-alcohol beer.

The boozy difference gives them their distinct character, texture, and flavor profile. As one can easily guess, beer cheese is made by combining soft, spreadable cheese with some kind of beer.

generally a cook/chef will add the beer in then heat the dip to cook off the alcohol, but leave the flavour. Or they will add the beer without cooking it off, but it's not going to be enough to even give you a beer-high, only the taste.

It's made with just 5 ingredients, and it only takes about 10 minutes to whip up. Beer cheese dip tastes sharp and cheesy, yet creamy at the same time. There's a noticeable beer flavor. Depending upon the kind of beer you use, it might taste a little bitter and hoppy, or it might be more roasty, sweet, and malty.