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Trying to make the most of my current state of underemployment.

Wife suggested corned beef simmered in beer last night.

Bought a 4 1/2 pound shrink wrapped packaged corned beef from Costco and rinsed it off and patted it dry. The package says to retain the excess liquid from the pacakge, but I dumped it. It will soak for 1 hour per pound simmering in 6 bottles of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I added some whole peppercorns (2 Tbs) and a bit of salt (1 Tbs) to make up for the discarded picking spices. Last half hour add a whole white cabbage cut into 4 wedges and some cubed Yukon Gold potatoes and some carrots.

2 hours into it and the house smells like beer. Good dinner for the rainy Hawaiian winter night.

Edit: Found the pickling spice mix - added 1 1/2 Tsp of that an hour ago. The beef swells up, so another beer was added as well, for a total of 7 so far. 3 hours down, 1 1/2 or so to go. flipping it every hour so the small part that is floating doe not get too dried out.

What time are you eating? I'll bring some Irish Red to wash down the grub!

6 pm ish.

If you can't make it in time there should be plenty left over for sandwiches later this week.

Dinner came out great. Next time I would cut the Yukon Golds into only 4 pieces instead of 8 since they were a little soft. Potato addition was at 40, all the other veggies dropped in at 30. Also would put the pickling spice in a hop bag - great flavor, but a few chunks were stuck in the cabbage. Added 2 small Maui onions (like Walla Walla or Vidalia) cut in half and 2 small Hawaiian Sweet Potatoes (the purple kind) cut in 1/2" rounds.

bcmaui wrote:Dinner came out great. Next time I would cut the Yukon Golds into only 4 pieces instead of 8 since they were a little soft. Potato addition was at 40, all the other veggies dropped in at 30. Also would put the pickling spice in a hop bag - great flavor, but a few chunks were stuck in the cabbage. Added 2 small Maui onions (like Walla Walla or Vidalia) cut in half and 2 small Hawaiian Sweet Potatoes (the purple kind) cut in 1/2" rounds.

Can you find the brewer???

Who other than a brewer would have a 'Potato Addition at 40'

That is classic brewology!

Still laughing at the 40 minute potato addition.

Now, was that more for flavor or aroma? Did you calculate the ISU's (International Starch Units)?

After a couple days in the "chill chest", we sliced the remaining beered beef really thin for sandwich meat.

It was excellent with a beer and the Mrs. enjoyed it as well.

I would think a Yukon Gold is more of aroma spud and the purple Hawaiian sweet potato is for flavor