What is the best beer to use in a beer batter or does it really matter what is used?

Answer 1

doesn't really matter - the cheap stuff is as good as the expensive stuff. Just make sure it is at room temperture unless the recipe calls for it cold.

Answer 2

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What is the best beer to use in a beer batter or does it really matter what is used?

Answer 5

From past experience, a dark beer (lager or ale) would work fine in a beer batter. Lighter beers have less yeast to work with, and it is the yeast in beer that makes it compatible as a cooking ingredient.

Also - make sure the beer is at room temperature. Don't use ice-cold beer straight from the fridge because yeast needs warmth to work, like when making bread.

Let the bottle of beer sit out at least a day or so before using it. If possible, buy it on the day you will use it and keep it in a warm, dry place.

Whether you use a cheapo beer or not is really irrelevant. If it is something you would drink with your meal, then cook with it. The best beers are the ones you would drink, and if your taste runs to cheap beer, go for it.

Just make sure it is dark, warm and rich. You won't go wrong.

Answer 6

Don't bother buying anything special or expensive for deep-frying. The high heat (and other flavors) will just mask the flavor of the beer. But if you buy really cheap beer that you wouldn't ordinarily drink by itself, you might be stuck with leftover beer that you have no use for.

So, do what I do: just use whatever beer you'd normally drink, in your beer batter. If there are leftover cans or bottles, just put it in the fridge, and drink it at your convenience.

Answer 7

Like anything else, quality ingredients make a better tasting product. You wouldn't DRINK cooking wine, but many people put this in their fare. Horrible!!!

The batter will taste of the beer so use a good quality, not a lite beer for heavens sake.

I would use Killian's red or equivalent. Not a dark beer, not a light beer just right inbetween.\

You definitely can NOT use wine. The idea of the lightness of the batter comes from the "fizz" of the beer. Wine just wont make it.

Good Luck

Answer 8

Use the lightest cheapest beer you can get your hands on. Seriously! I used to make mine with Old Mill or Busch Light at the restaurant. Now I make it with Miller or Coors Light. Don't use wine, the carbonation of the beer makes the flour/batter mix so light and fluffy and crispy.

Answer 9

Onion Rings (beer batter for this) Micholobe Beer
My husband I do alot of beer batter for all kinds of food
he says Malt Beer for vegies and regular beer like ( Busch,Budwieser,etc.) So malted for vegie batters and regular for meat.

Answer 10

Use what ever is on sale.The beer can also be used to make drunk chickens on the grill.Hope this helps.