Cheese dip is good. Cheese dip with pretzels even better. But this hot cheese and pretzel skillet infused with Sierra Nevada’s pungent Festbier is one of the best cooking with beer recipes we’ve ever showcased.

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t like hot, bratwurst sandwich especially when the pork sausage is poached with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious craft beer. And who doesn’t like grilled shrimp with the right IPA?

As we celebrate summer’s passing we thoght it might be a good time to revisit some of our favorite “blasts from the past” with Labor Day gatherings in mind.

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t like Irish soda bread muffins, especially when they’re made with beer?

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious craft beer. And who doesn’t like crab cakes?

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious craft beer. And Founders Brewing has a widely available IPA that’s a Jack-of-all-trades when it comes to cooking with beer.

Signaling summer’s eventual departure and the onset of the fall, Goose Island Beer has announced this year’s Bourbon County lineup.

With the growth of the recreational cannabis industry the once overlooked gummie candies are experiencing a popular resurgence for understandable reasons.

Founders All Day IPA is the ultimate “jack of all trades” especially when you’re looking for a beer flush with flavor yet light in body. And like many IPAs it’s a great beer to cook with that satisfies an array of palates and recipes.

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t like a New England Lobster Roll, especially when it’s made with the right India Pale Ale?

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t like fresh-from-the-oven Pizza Bread bursting with flavor and made with serious beer?

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t like a plateful of spicy beef sliders when they’re made with the perfect Hazy India Pale Ale?

For over two years we’ve been featuring our favorite “Cooking with Beer” recipes every weekend. And with most of us enjoying a long 4th of July holiday break we thought it might be time to showcase some party-friendly “blasts from the past.”

Festive treats take on new meaning, especially treats made with serious craft beer. And who doesn’t like brownies cooked with a rich Imperial Stout?

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t like classic pub fare like Scotch Eggs?

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t Polish sausage and sauerkraut made with a hearty brew?

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t like spicy habanero nachos, especially nachos made with serious beer?

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And for any Memorial Day gathering Beer Can Chicken is a classic that’s fun and easy to pull off!

You know when a major poultry producer starts brewing beer specially marinated for grilling beer can chicken, that the world will never be the same. We’ve that, Tina Turner and more.

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. Especially classics like macaroni & cheese with the right IPA.

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t like campfire food especially when it’s made with a classic pale ale.

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t like campfire food especially when it’s made with a classic pale ale.

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t like a light and creamy summertime dessert made with fruit marinated in a delicately crafted fruit-forward ale?

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t like grilled pork chops, especially when they’re marinated in the right India Pale Ale and topped with an “intoxicating” salsa?

We thought it might be time to showcase some sweet “blasts from the past” all of them made with some of our favorite craft Stouts and Porters.

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And Beer Can Chicken is a classic that’s easy to pull off and it’s especially delicious when made with the right beer.

Guinness Beef Stew is traditional Irish pub fare.  You’d be hard-pressed to visit a pub in Dublin and not find some variation of it on the menu

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious craft beer. And Founders Brewing has a widely available IPA that’s a Jack-of-all-trades when it comes to cooking with beer.

Festive foods take on new meaning when made with serious beer. And who doesn’t like hot, bratwurst sandwich especially when the pork sausage is poached in the right Pale Ale?