Beer Cheese Fondue

“Ate a pot of this without much help from anybody. I didn’t feel very well afterwards.”

“very good fondue!if I were to make it again, I think I would tweak the cheese and use more swiss/less cheddar.also, I added a dash of worchestire sauce and a bit of fresh ground pepper…”

“I followed the directions to a ‘t,’ and mine was still quite stringy.That does NOT mean that we didn’t eat the heck out of it, anyway!I did add i chopped green onion to the pot, as well as a few tsps of worcestershire sauce, as well as the hot sauce.I used fat tire beer and served with toasted rosemary seasalt bread cubes, pretezels, and sundried tomato wheat thins sticks.all were very tasty, and next time I think I’ll even try apples!”

“This dip had a great flavor. I read the other review about it being soupy. I just whisked everything together while it was on the stove and all the textures melded together very well. It was gone in just a few minutes! We will make this one again!”

“We LOVED this! My husband just returned from several business trips for a few weeks so I wanted to make a romantic dinner for him. This was low-key and great. I used low fat sharp cheddar to cut down the calories a bit, but regular swiss. I followed the rest of it exactly. It did not get stringy for us, it was nice and melted through – I have a cuisuinart fondue pot that I left on heat setting 3. That worked great. I just heated the beer in there and everything – didn’t even have to do the stove-top part. 🙂 Very easy and made for a great dinner for us! Thanks for sharing – can’t wait to serve this one to company!”

“I think this turned out great.It melted just find (use a really low heat) and was a good consistency for dipping.I followed the recipe exactly except for the hot sauce since my toddler would be eatling it.He really liked the “cheesy bread” as a result.I would make it again.I saved the leftovers and reheated it with some milk the next day and added it to some macaroni for Mac-n-cheese.Yum!”

“This did not turn out well at all. Which was too bad since I had a house full of guests to serve…Followed all the directions to a ‘T’ and the fondue ended up separating with a mass of stringy cheese floating in a mostly beer soup. The cheese was too stringy to stick to the bread and the soupy part just made the bread soggy…not to mention the flavor wasn’t very good. I was disappointed that it didn’t turn out well at all for us.”

“Other than the hot sauce, we followed the directions exactly and this turned out great! Others have complained about the liquid separating from the cheese. We didn’t have that problem. We did use whole fat cheese which I believe made a big difference. We will make this again. Wonderful recipe! Thank you so much for sharing this.”

“This is soooo good! Great flavor and easy to make. i used a local micro brew for the beer and the taste was great. i had no problem getting the cheese to melt.Yummy!!!!!”

“This recipe did not come out well at ALL! The cheese sunk to the bottom of the pot and there for when you dipped your bread into the pot you got a weird mixture of a bit of melted cheese and beer! If you dug down into the cheese at the bottom it was a stringy mess! The cheese mixture was good, but I definitely will not make this again.”

“Really good dip! I took another chef’s advice and added a little worcestershire. I used Tillamook cheddar and fresh swiss and it was fabulous! Full fat melts best. I also used an idea from another chef to serve it in a bread bowl- I used pumpernickel and served with pumpernickel cubes and pretzel bites! Awesome!”

“I had a hard time getting the cheese to melt, and once it did it was very difficult to eat because it was so stringy.The issues with the melting could have been the type of cheese I used (2% milk cheddar cheese, and regular swiss), but I probably would not make this again.I definitely wouldn’t make it for guests because it was a mess to eat.It’s too bad because I had such high hopes for this recipe!”

“Very good.Tried to make with a crock pot and the cheese wouldn’t melt.Had to do a double boiler in order to melt but very good once it did!”

“I made this for Boxing day at my parents using Great West Honey Wheat Ale(Saskatchewan’s own).Most of us really liked it but my brothers didnt…though they have enjoyed their share of beer, I think its more the idea that they are too tough to eat bread dipped in cheese.I thought the flavor was great, I could have added a few more drops of hot sauce but my mom doesnt like things spicy…next time.I didnt use the flour, corn starch instead because I couldnt find her flour container.I will make this again with more hot sauce.We get together a couple times a year with friends for fondue parties and this will be on my list then.Thanks a bunch.”

“Needed a little somethng extra so I added about 1tpsp. of cdried chopped onion, extra hot sauce and some cayenne pepper. Also, it needed just a touch more Guinness. Also made it with different cheeses and was equally wonderful!”

“This was a SUPER EASY recipe!!My husband and I really enjoyed.We are giving it only four stars because we think the consistency could be improved upon.Next time we will substitue Velveeta for the cheddar.”

“excellent! as much as a hit as my swiss fondue (I served two side-by-side)! I was entertaining and found it much easier to melt the cheese on the stovetop and then, once totally melted, pour it into the fondue pot and allowing the candle to simply keep it melted and warm. I attempted cooking over the candle but had very little success.as a hint for reducing time grating cheese, I got my cheese at the deli counter and then just sliced in the opposite direction, creating a sort-of shredded effect. very easy and time-efficient.”

“The taste was ok, but it separated (cheese lumped at bottom and liquid floating on top).I don’t think I’ll make this again.”

“I liked the taste but im not sure I know how to use a fondue pot.The cheese burned to the bottom and the liquid seem to stay on top. but thank you for sharing this recipe.It was a learning experince for my entire family..”

“I have to agree with Kirstin, this was wonderful, although I will definitely also go with more swiss than cheddar next time (which will be soon). Thank you.”