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

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Which Guinness is best to cook with? ›

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.

Guinness is a great beer to drink at the pub, but it's also a fantastic cooking ingredient. Known as "The Black Stuff," Guinness Stout is a very dark beer with an unmistakable taste. When that rich, roasted wheat flavor finds its way into food, it lends a new dimension to the dish.

Guinness' unique flavour means it can be used to make amazing sauces for all kinds of meals. Steak and Guinness stews, for example, will be richer and have a darker taste than if you used a lighter ale.

"When you cook a Guinness, the alcohol tones down to a sweet sugar, but then you have the bitterness of the hops, so it's a sweet and sharp balance. The best of both worlds, but not too overpowering," he said. "When you're cooking with any other beer, the lingering taste just doesn't last with an ale.

At home, you should let the can chill for at least 24 hours before pouring the contents of the can into a large glass in one smooth action. How should Guinness in bottles be poured?

Guinness Stout or Extra Stout produces a dark, rich, flavorful sauce for your marinade that is also an effective meat tenderizer.

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.

According to his research, stouts on average contain 12.8 micrograms of folate, or 3.2% of the recommended daily allowance. Because Guinness contains a lot of unmalted barley, which contains more fiber than malted grain, it is also one of the beers with the highest levels of fiber, according to Bamforth.

To start, brewers at Guinness suggest your beer be chilled to approximately 46 degrees Fahrenheit.

What does the ball in a Guinness can do? ›

It's essentially a small, white nitrogen filled ball that sits inside the can, and the second the can is opened, the widget does what it has so patiently been waiting to do. It releases the magic surge of bubbles, replicating the draught experience in a can.

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If you have leftover Guinness then you could freeze it and use it another time for cooking (it won't be good for drinking), such as for a half quantity of the Irish Oaten Rolls or to top up the amount of Guinness needed for the No-Knead Black Bread.

There are both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks that you can mix with Guinness. Mix champagne for a bubbly finish, rum for a deep richness, or ginger beer for some spice.

Guinness with blackcurrant is a classic combination. The blackcurrant flavour balances the bitterness of the stout and complements the natural dark fruit flavours. Guinness with blackcurrant is a classic combination.

Guinness Original can now be purchased in bottles or cans (I'm currently drinking a can of it right now). Original is highly carbonated (bubbly), whereas draught is not.

The science bit? Nitrogenation. Guinness Smooth is a bottled stout that's alive with bubbles of nitrogen. It takes all the taste of Guinness and gives it new verve.

Guinness is brewed in slightly different ways, depending on the market, so it may have been a slightly different beer from what you are used to. Another factor may be the way it was drawn from the Keg, pulling a pint of Guinness is an art, and can take two or three minutes to do right.

Extra Cold is a lighter, crisper version of the classic Guinness Draught, with a slightly sweeter taste and a smoother finish.