22 Cheers-Worthy Recipes to Cook (and Bake) With Guinness (2024)

FAQs

Is Guinness good for cooking? ›

There's no greater comfort food than a hearty stew. And Irish Beef and Guinness Stew might be the king of them all! Guinness gives the sauce an incredible rich, deep flavour, and the beef is fall-apart tender. Stove, oven, slow cooker or pressure cooker – directions provided for all.

How should Guinness in bottles be poured? Start by ensuring that your bottle is perfectly chilled, we would recommend refrigerating it at 8 degrees Celsius for at least 24 hours before you serve.

Freeze leftover beer for future cooking

Beer that's been frozen isn't great for drinking, but it will work just fine for cooking. While you can't freeze whole cans of beer (spoiler: they'll explode), you can pour it into an ice cube tray without a lid, which will give it room to expand slightly.

For the past two centuries years, an obscure bit of fish product has been hiding in Guinness. Isinglass is a gelatin derived of fish bladders, usually taken from the sturgeon, that is used to filter and clarify the ale. It ensures the yeast separates from the liquid.

The flavors of beer intensify as the liquid reduces, so a hoppy beer will taste even hoppier if it's cooked for a long period of time, but because Guinness Draught is actually low in hops, it is ideal for reducing into sauces and glazes.

To start, brewers at Guinness suggest your beer be chilled to approximately 46 degrees Fahrenheit. Then, similar to how a Guinness Draught is poured, tilt your glass — which is ideally also chilled — at a 45-degree angle before slowly pouring the beer from the can into the glass until it is three-quarters full.

Some believe it's all about the classic 45-degree angle, pouring into a glass in one go before leaving to settle. However, others believe the magic lies in the hard pour, also known as “the flip”. Using a clean can, flip the can upside down into the glass lifting out slowly as the liquid rises to meet it.

Temperature - Best Served Cold

Guinness beer should always be served cold. Beer is a food product and needs to be treated as one. The longer and more consistently you keep your beer at the correct temperature, the slower the aging process of that beer will be.

Can Guinness beer be frozen? ›

For beers, such as Guinness, you will find that the liquid looses its fizz on freezing. So when using up the frozen Guinness you will need to consider the individual recipe.

Yes, expired beer can be used for cooking.

Especially in recipes where the beer's unique qualities might complement the dish.

While Guinness from a bottle should be drunk from the bottle, Guinness from a can should be poured into a glass prior to the first sip. To start, brewers at Guinness suggest your beer be chilled to approximately 46 degrees Fahrenheit.

CLEAN WITH IT

The acidity of Guinness means that it can be a great cleaner for pots and pans — simply leave them to soak and the beer will do the rest.