Wisconsin Beer Cheese Soup

"This soup uses a bottle of Michelob Amber Bock beer. Rich and creamy and perfect for those cold winter nights."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Open beer and let stand while dicing vegetables.
  • Saute bacon until crisp. Drain and crumble.
  • In large soup kettle, saute vegetables in two tablespoon of bacon grease until soft.
  • Add chicken broth.
  • Fill chicken can with beer and add to mixture.
  • Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low.
  • Pour remaining beer into a small mixing bowl and whisk in flour.
  • Gradually add to broth, stirring constantly, till thick.
  • Add half and half, bacon and cheese.
  • Heat until cheese melts.
  • Stir in sugar.
  • Add salt and pepper to taste.

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Reviews

  1. This recipe really let us down. It may be better had we left out the sugar. It was too sweet & left an after taste in our mouths. Really wanted it to be fabulous, but left us not wanting more. We made a double batch and are not eating the leftovers.
     
  2. Very tasty, and rich! I added a 1/2 tsp dry mustard and a sprinkling of cayenne pepper, and I purreed the entire soup in the blender to give it a smooth consistency (before adding bacon). Very tasty...I would cut down a bit on the sugar next time to make it a bit less sweet. Overall great!
     
  3. We didn’t hate it, but it tasted more like vegetable soup than cheese soup. I added a lot more cheese and seasoned it with Penzey’s Tsardust (Bavarian type seasoning) and that helped a lot.
     
  4. Eh. I've made much better in the past. It was a very bland recepie. I always make mine with potatos and no peppers. I also would have added sole Dijon mustard and some worcestershire to give it more flavor.
     
  5. we love this! great recipe.
     
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  1. This was delicious! I went to college in Wisconsin and have fond memories of great beer cheese soup. I made some changes that worked out well. I used an authentic German Hefe Weissen in stead of a Bock. I used extra sharp cheddar and ended up adding 3 cups at the end instead of 2. I used turkey bacon and fat free half and half to lighten it up. Because the turkey bacon didn't produce enough bacon grease I used vegetable oil instead. I added a cup of chopped broccoli florets with the other vegetables. I made some sourdough croutons and sprinkled them on top. We will definitely be making this again!
     

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