Five Food Finds about Beer:

• Germany serves beer ice cream in popsicle form. Its alcoholic content is less than that found in “classic” beer.

• In 1962, Iron City beer was the brand used to test-market the concept of tab opening aluminum cans. By 1970, over 90% of all beer cans were self-opening.

• Prohibition, beginning on January 16, 1920, lasted 13 years, 10 months, 19 days, 17 hours, and 32-1/2 minutes, and was rescinded on December 5, 1933, at 3:32 p.m.

• Centuries ago in England, pub visitors used a novel innovation that enabled them to get their beer served quickly. They used mugs with a whistle baked into the rim, the whistle being used to summon the barmaid. It has been suggested this practice gave birth to the phrase “wet your whistle.”

• A beer lover or enthusiast is called a cerevisaphile.

Best Beer Brownies Recipe

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Prep                  Cook                    Yield
   15 min               25 min              4 Servings
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INGREDIENTS

• 6 weight ounce dark chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup stout beer
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

DIRECTIONS

1. Combine the Butter and Sugar Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large bowl whisk together the melted butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until well combined.

2. Whisk in the Eggs One at a time add the eggs, whisking until well combined before adding another (whisk more than you think necessary).

3. Melt the Chocolate with the Beer Add the chocolate and the beer to the top of a double boiler. Stir over medium heat until the chocolate is melted and well combined with the beer.

Tip Don't have a double boiler? No problem! Just put a large metal or glass bowl over a pot of simmering water. Just make sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water.

4. Whisk in the Chocolate Add the chocolate to the butter mixture, whisk until well combined.

Tip Don't have a double boiler? No problem! Just put a large metal or glass bowl over a pot of simmering water. Just make sure Wonder why there is no leavening agent (baking soda or baking powder)? Brownies don't need them -- eggs and beer are mild leaveners and are more than enough. A leavening agent would make them cake-like.

5. Stir in the Dry Ingredients Add the flour, salt and cocoa powder to the bowl, stir until just combined.

6. Bake Pour into an 8 X 8 pan that has been lined with parchment paper or sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 22 to 25 minutes (do not over-bake) or until the brownies do not jiggle when the pan is shaken and a tooth pick inserted into the center returns with moist crumbs attached (but not raw batter).

7. Cool, Then Cut Allow to cool completely before cutting. This may take several hours. Brownies will be soft and fudgy. Brownies are best the day after being made.