Discussion Thread -> "BEER!" Throwdown (Entries and Quality ON TOPIC *CLEAN* Discussion Only)

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Please accept this as my entry;

Grilled, Beer Braised Pork Steaks, delicious!

Found these in the freezer, needed to be used;

All seasoned up with SPOG, let those sit in the fridge for 2-3 hours;

I had never seen the Honey Chipotle Sweet Baby Rays before, thought I would give it a try for this.
Cooked up some caramelized onions to throw in too;
Sauce for the steaks, about a 50/50 mix of beer and BBQ sauce;


Grilled up the pork steaks;

In the pan with the onions and sauce;



wrapped and back on the Kettle;

Let this go for about 1.5-2 hours at ~ 350. Finished up the rice;

Steaks are done braising;

Back on the grill for a few minutes;


A few plate shots


Fork tender and absolutely delicious, enjoyed it very much, hadn't made these in some time, YUM.
Please use the following shot for my entry please;

You can see more of the cook here;http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=211362

Thanks for the look see!

Keep on Qing all!

KC

That plate looks perfect

Please accept this as my official entry to the "BEER!" Throwdown!

So, with the biblical flood upon the State of Texas, our Bash locale was closed. I opened up the peeps patio to our fellow North Texas Brethren for the Spring North Texas Gullywasher Brethren Bash!

Fired up Earl nice and early with some post oak and pecan wood and threw 2 choice chuckies on rubbed with a mix of Oakridge Black Ops and Coopers Old Time BBQ Rub!





Once they got to 165-ish IT, I chopped up some bell peppers, a red onion, and 3 serrano peppers. I chopped up the first serrano, seeds and all with the plan to de-seed the 2nd and 3rd. While chopping the 2nd, the pepper squirted into my eye, and I immediately thought, "oh, this is gonna be bad!". However, it didn't sting but for a few seconds, so I figured the peppers weren't really hot after all and dumped all 3 in, seeds and all!



For the braising liquid, I opted to use some of the Rabbit Hole Rapture Brown Ale from the local Justin, TX brewery, Rabbit Hole Brewing. I poured in what I figured was about 12 oz from the growler, put the chuckies in the pan, and foiled it tight. Back on the smoker until it was pull tender.





While it was cooking, we passed the bottle of Cabo!





And when I wasn't drinking the Rabbit Hole Rapture, I was drinking this...



A few hours later, it pulled beautifully!



After it was pulled, I mixed it all up and put it back on Earl uncovered until most of the liquid was reduced...this is the key, IMO! Don't get antsy and serve this up while soupy, or else all your flavor stays in the soup!

When it had reduced to my satisfaction, I took it off the heat and served it up on French dinner rolls with sliced american cheese from the deli.



Please use the above as my entry photo.

I have made this before with different beers and have always been a fan! However, doing this for the bash and having this posted by a fellow brethren about the pulled beef really made my day!

erbeman said:

Peeps stole the show with his pepper stout beef. It was amazing! I can't wait to attempt to make it myself. Thanks again for opening your home to all of us.

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If you would like to see more about the bash, see the thread linked below!

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=211364

Thanks for following along!

Official Entry

Lost Grapefruit Wings.

Cute Dog Crutch



Cute Kid Crutch



Cook Thread

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=211481

Official Entry Pic

Beer Bump

Rats, I missed this one.
Just been busy

official entry

Mmmm beer. Sweet nectar of life. This throwdown is right up my alley..................whats that? In the food? I have to cook with it?................ok i can make this happen.

Two words.

BEER CHEESE.

Lets get this party started with a 90 minute ipa.



Poured a little in the foil to beer braise one of yesterdays smoked sausages back to life.

While that was getting happy i started on the rue, and the shiner bock ruby red



Added some aour cream and milk to the mix, this is the same way i start my mac and cheese



velveeta and cheddar cheese



"Is it beer cheese yet dad?"



"no bear, it still needs the most important ingredient"
Trippel ale, one for me, one for the dip



Stir, stir some more. A dash of cayenne. Thats about right.



Entry pic:



Final tally:

1 90 minute ipa
1 shiner bock ruby red
2 new Belgium tripplel ales (one for me one for the cheese)
1 shiner bock (my first, where have you been all my life)
1 rebel ipa.

Best throwdown ever.................. Hic

Pepper Stout Beef

This is my beer entry
This was so tender you could cut it with a plastic fork, a must try for anyone.

We have some fine looking entry's here folks, but I think peeps probably had more fun than the rest of us, I could be wrong, but lookin' at the pictorial, it looks like fun was had by all at that cook :-D.

KC

And that's a wrap!

Great entries, folks-this will be a tough on to decide, for sure. Poll to follow shortly...

Oldyote said:

Cute Dog Crutch

Cute Kid Crutch

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You had me at beautiful location crutch. What a great looking spot. Food looks good too.