Spicy Beer

All I can say is, wow. This is not what you'd expect. It's difficult to describe. The best I've come up with so far is spicy carbonated bread. I used Dos Equis Amber.

From FronteraFoods.com

Michelada Cubana

Serves 1

A lime and a small plateful of coarse (Kosher) salt
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
About 1/8 teaspoon Maggi Sauce (Jugo Maggi)
About 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce (or Mexican salsa inglesa), or to taste
About 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce (such as Tabasco Pepper Sauce, Tamazula or Valentina), or to taste
1 12-ounce beer (such as Bohemia for lighter beer lovers, Dos Equis or Negra Modelo for darker beer lovers)

Cut the lime in half. Rub one half over the rim of a large (16-ounce) beer mug to moisten it. Invert the mug and dip lightly in the salt.

Fill the mug half full with ice, then add the lime juice, Maggi Sauce, Worcestershire and hot sauce. Fill the mug with beer, stir just enough to combine everything, then enjoy.

Peppered Rib Eye Roast

Delish. Served for dinner on Dec 25, 2006. Mashed potatoes with green onions, brocolini sautéed in white wine, butter, and scallion. For appetizers, roasted red & yellow peppers with shredded mozzarella on toasted slices of baguette, and oriental shrimp in philo dough.

Recipe for the roast:

PEPPERED BEEF
Original from COOKS.COM

2 tsp. coarse ground black pepper
1 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. rosemary
1/4 tsp. ground thyme
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. poultry seasoning
1 tbsp. olive oil
3 lbs. eye or round beef roast, rump, or rib eye roast

In a small bowl combine spices, mix well. Rub meat with olive oil and spices until well coated with spice mixture. Place roast on a rack, bake at 500 degrees for 15 minutes, reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Bake an additional 45 minutes.

(NOTE: We didn't serve this sauce with our roast). Garlic mayonnaise sauce: In a small bowl combine 1/2 cup mayonnaise and 1/2 cup sour cream, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder and 1/2 teaspoon oregano, mix well. Chill and serve with peppered beef.