For beers I don't like, I put them in chili. Winter ales and dark beers always good, light beers not bad. Fruity beers are OK depending on how sugary they are from the get go. ####ty sugary beers and ciders I'll turn into a simple syrup for other mixed drinks.
I was worried about using hoppy beer in chili a few months ago and it wasn't bad at all. Hoppy flavor kinda mellowed out and jived with the spices. An inexpensive light beer for beer batter is always great too.
I haven't tried, but someone looked at me with the most incredulous look of disappointment when he asked if I'd ever tried experimenting with dark beer in a gravy mix (I said I had not tried that yet). A dark ale/porter gravy added to Shepard's pie sounds awesome. I'll give him that.
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