[Sca-cooks] Biersuppen

[Susan Fox]

Malkin wrote:

> OK ... if one were going to try making this for a friend who enjoys beer,
> but one does not necessarily enjoy beer one's self, what beer would the
> experts recomend?
> 
> I am pretty much a non-drinker, and definitely not a beer drinker when I do
> drink.  My companion, on the other hand, does enjoy his beer.  He drinks
> American light beers mostly, though he states he enjoys Foster's when he can
> get it.
>

The beer snob solution:  German beer using pre-1600 recipe and procedures.
The sensible, frugal answer is:  whatever beer you have.  Nasty light
American beer is a much better cooking fluid than it is a beverage.

Selene, not a beer drinker either