Amber Beer Recommendations

The Sparrow

Anyone got any recommendations for a good Amber beer? Am cooking beer braised pork knuckles on Saturday and the recipe calls for "a 500ml bottle of good amber or dark beer (not stout)."

Ideally something that I can pick up in one of the major supermarkets or an off license like O'Briens.

Thanks in advance.

Heroditas

Clotworthy Dobbin in Tesco!
Brewdog's 5am Saint would be another good one - available in O'Briens

BeerNut

+1 for Clotworthy. Fuller's ESB, O'Hara's Red, even the O'Shea's Red that they sell in Aldi. Irish red ale always goes great with pork, I find.

I wouldn't recommend 5AM Saint for cooking. I've heard that very hoppy beers can spoil a dish because the water evaporates off concentrating the bitterness.

Son0vagun

Badgers Organic Stinger is the best beer I've cooked it. It gave a lovely sweetness to my stew that I'd imagine would do the same for pork.

I have heard cheap beer works best, but don't understand that.

Saruman

BeerNut wrote: »

I wouldn't recommend 5AM Saint for cooking. I've heard that very hoppy beers can spoil a dish because the water evaporates off concentrating the bitterness.

Hoppy stew? Sounds interesting.

Glebee

BeerNut wrote: »

+1 for Clotworthy. Fuller's ESB, O'Hara's Red, even the O'Shea's Red that they sell in Aldi. Irish red ale always goes great with pork, I find.

I wouldn't recommend 5AM Saint for cooking. I've heard that very hoppy beers can spoil a dish because the water evaporates off concentrating the bitterness.

Cooking with 5am Saint could produce strange results.. Cant imagine what it would taste like in a beef and ale stew/pie etc.

Saruman

Here is an option for cooking with hoppy beers.

Glebee

Saruman wrote: »

Here is an option for cooking with hoppy beers.

Christ, that looks horrid. lol . Poor chicken.

Heroditas

Never cooked beer-can chicken?
Good God, you haven't lived until you've tried it! :P

The Sparrow

Thanks lads. Ended up getting a bottle of Clotworthy Dobbin in Dunnes. Well actually two bottles... one for the dish and one to tase!