Recipe

Rauch’s Smoke on the Water Beer-B-Que Sauce

Rauch’s Smoke on the Water Beer-B-Que Sauce

Ingredients:

  • 6 oz. homebrewed rauchbier
  • 24 oz. ketchup
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/8 molasses
  • 1.5 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 tsp. black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/8 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 tsp. ginger
  • 3 tbsp. pineapple juice

Step-by-step:

1. Combine all ingredients into a sauce pan. Cook on medium heat for 30–45 minutes. Sauce should be well blended.
2. Let cool for 20 minutes. Ladle into a bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
3. Use with your favorite meat and try it as a dip. Pour the rest of your rauchbier into a glass and enjoy!

Issue: May-June 2004

When the worlds of beer and food collide, the results can be enough
to make your mouth water. With the keen eye of Amy Chamberlain,
chef/owner of Manchester, Vermont’s Perfect Wife Restaurant and Tavern,
we managed to select this winning recipe sent in to us by BYO
readers for our first annual Beer & BBQ Recipe Contest. We
encourage you to enjoy the weather, get out and brew up some of this
great BBQ cuisine!

FIRST PLACE

Jack Castro
Fort Collins, Colorado