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3 Ingredient Beer Cheese Dip Recipe

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This 3 Ingredient Beer Cheese Dip is made with just a few ingredients – beer and 2 types of cheese! It’s a perfect warm, cheesy dip to serve on game day or anytime your beer lover’s get together!  (scroll down to the bottom for the recipe and short how-to video.)

3 Ingredient Beer Cheese Dip Recipe

Easy 3 Ingredient Beer Cheese Dip Recipe

You’ll love this creamy, cheesy flavorful dip!  It’s a nice departure from the standard queso and made with only 3 ingredients.  Even better, you can make the beer chees dip in less than 15 minutes on the stovetop!

It might sound a little strange, but the flavor of the cheese and heartiness of the beer combine to bring out the best flavors of both ingredients and make a fabulous warm cheesy dip that’s perfect for dipping soft pretzels, crusty bread, chips and yes, even veggies!

The spice level is easily customizable. 

Like a bit of kick? Add some optional cayenne, like a milder dip, use less (or none at all).

Just give it a taste and adjust the cayenne. It is completely up to you!

Easy Beer Cheese Dip Recipe

What Beer Should I use in this Beer Cheese Dip?

The stoutness of the beer will have an effect on the final taste, so use the type of beer you like.  If you don’t like drinking stout/heavy/bitter beer, definitely don’t use it in this recipe.

I used Shiner Bock (which to me is not terribly stout) and even though it’s not my fave to drink, I enjoyed it in the dip! (OK, I’m a baby and when I drink beer, I only choose to drink lite tasting beers like Miller Lite or Michelob Ultra.)

Ingredients in Beer Cheese Dip

You will love how easy this dip is to make.  It uses only 3 ingredients and I bet you already have them on hand:

  • 1 cup Beer
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 3.5 cups shredded cheddar or Monterey Jack Cheese (set aside 1/4 cup cheese for garnish)
  • optional: pinch (or more) of cayenne pepper

How to Make Beer Cheese Dip

Making the Beer Cheese Dip is actually very easy.  (scroll to the bottom for the printable recipe card and how to-video)

  1. Add Beer to the saucepan over medium heat, bring to simmer.
  2. Add cream cheese, whisking until melted and completely combined.
  3. Turn heat to low and add shredded cheese to the beer mixture, a cup at a time, stirring until the cheese melts and is smooth.
  4. Give the dip a taste and add a pinch or more of cayenne for an extra kick.
  5. Serve with soft pretzels, crusty bread, chips or veggies. 

Beer Cheese Dip Recipe

Is This Cheese Dip Low Carb?

Beer Cheese Dip is actually on the low carb side when it comes to dips, especially if you use a low carb beer as the only ingredients are Beer, cream cheese, shredded cheese and possibly a bit of cayenne. 

My aim was for this cheese dip was to be low carb and that is why it is a bit on the thinner side. (More like queso.)

If you prefer a thicker cheese dip, you can mix about two tablespoons of flour into about 1/8 cup of beer. Stir till the flour is completely dissolved and then add the flour/beer mixture to the dip right after the cheese has melted.  Continue cooking over medium heat, stirring constantly until the dip has thickened. 

What to Serve with Beer Cheese Dip

This particular Beer Cheese Dip Recipe is served warm and has the consistency of a queso dip.  It’s perfect for dipping chips, pretzels, breadsticks and yes, even celery for you dieters/low carbers out there!

3 ingredient Beer Cheese Dip Recipe

BTW if you are looking for a few new storage containers, I am loving my new Hefty Clip Fresh containers I picked up at Wal-mart!  Perfect for storing cheese, soup, onions – just about anything you can think of. 

They are air tight and definitely keep food fresh for longer.

Hefty Clip Fresh Container

Are you a dip fan? Here are a few more party dips to enjoy:

 

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Beer Cheese Dip Recipe

3 Ingredient Beer Cheese Dip Recipe

  • Author: jamie sanders
  • Prep Time: 5
  • Cook Time: 10
  • Total Time: 15
  • Category: appetizer
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Description

This Beer Cheese Dip is made with just a few ingredients (beer and cheese!) and is the perfect hot dip to serve on game day or anytime your beer lover’s get together!

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup Beer
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 3.5 cups shredded cheddar or Monterey Jack Cheese (set aside 1/4 cup cheese for garnish)
  • pinch (or more) of cayenne pepper

Instructions

  • Add Beer to saucepan over medium heat, bring to simmer.
  • Add cream cheese, whisking until melted and completely combined.
  • Turn heat to low and add shredded cheese to the beer mixture, a cup at a time, stirring until the cheese melts and is smooth.
  • Add a pinch or more of cayenne to taste.
  • Serve with soft pretzels, crusty bread, chips or veggies.  Enjoy!

Notes

Make sure to use a beer that you like the taste of!

Keywords: appetizer, stove top, dip, cheese, low carb

Hamilton Beach Food Processor Review

One of my guilty pleasures is to kick back on the couch after the kids are in bed with a warm blanket and the remote and binge watch old Martha Stewart cooking shows.  

I just love to watch Martha on tv and daydream all of the amazing dishes and desserts I could be making.  Martha uses is top-notch equipment and I’ve been eying a professional food processor for a while.  She uses it in almost every episode making flaky crusts from scratch and chopping, dicing and shredding all of her ingredients.

Last month, Hamilton Beach reached out to ask if I wanted to try their new 14 Cup Dicing Food Processor. I immediately clicked over to check out the food processor and watch the demo video.  

When I saw them dropping whole potatoes into the processor and getting perfectly diced, square chunks of potatoes, I emailed them back as quickly as my little fingers could type, said YES, and could I please have a 2nd food processor to give away to one of my readers!

Hamilton Beach® Professional 14 Cup Dicing Food Processor

To test out the food processor, I originally wanted to make shredded hash browns from scratch, but when I went to grab a couple of potatoes from the pantry, turns out we were growing little potato plants in there!

I’d just gotten back from the store and didn’t want to make a 2nd trip for potatoes, so hash browns were out.  Luckily, block cheese had been on sale, and I’d bought over 4 pounds; so shredding all this cheese was my first priority and the cheese would be perfect for my easy 3 Ingredient Beer Cheese Dip Recipe.

How to make Beer Cheese dip

I even made a short video demo- Watch the Hamilton Beach food processor in action.  (The only con I could come up with for this food processor is it IS big, so make sure you have the storage space for the processor and the accessory storage box.)

Verdict?  I love this food processor!     *Update:  after about a year, my hamilton beach food processor cracked on the handle and I couldn’t use it anymore. 

I probably could have contacted there customer service for a replacement, but it was around mother’s day and I asked hubby to get the Cuisinart 14 cup elite for me as a gift.  (yes, the one Martha uses, lol!) 

I had hubby buy it when it was on sale at Kohls with a coupon and quadruple kohls cash – it was a great deal!  As far as I can tell the Cuisinart does not do potatoes, as the Hamilton Beach one did, but it is very nice and seems incredibly sturdy.

Now… About That Beer Cheese Dip Recipe

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  1. Annie says

    OMG I didn’t realize you could shred cheese so easily in a food processor! We just have a crappy little 2 cup model, and it does not do the trick. So maybe the first thing I would make is homemade mac & cheese?

    Reply

    • Jamie says

      I had my mom’s old 2 cup processor for many years. I bet that thing is 30+ years old. It still works but isn’t much good for anything other than bread crumbs, lol.

      Reply

  2. April Decker says

    Wow, I would love to win this! This food processor looks like it could keep up with my large family. 🙂 I think it would be great for shredding cheese and chopping vegetables!

    Reply

    • Jamie says

      You have to go watch their demo video, when I saw them dropping whole potatoes into the feeding tube, I got so excited!

      Reply

  3. Rachel Martorano says

    The first thing I would make is German Potato Salad. This machine looks amazing!

    Reply

  7. Anne Haun says

    I would like to try making pie crust – heard the food processor works great for this.

    Reply

  9. Susan Jordan says

    I would have to try shredding cheese first, maybe Broccoli and Rice casserole! Would have to see how it would do on cutting butter into flour for biscuits and pie crusts too! Thanks!

    Reply

  10. Sarah C says

    Wow I guess I would shred some cheese first then I think I would like to try one of the cauliflower recipes that’s floating around

    Reply

  12. Tammy Catterton says

    I use to grate cheese for a Broccoli xcheddar soup great this time fo year love it

    Reply

  14. jan says

    Thank you for the opportunity to win this food processor!

    I just found your community and like it very much!

    Reply

  21. Dawn P says

    I have always wanted to make a breakfast casserole with hash brown base, would probably try grating potatoes for that!

    Reply

  22. Lindsay says

    Id make latkes! My kids have been asking to make them and it’s a challenge in our smaller (broken-ish) processor- but yummmm! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply

  29. Claire says

    Thanks for the giveaway. I’d be whipping up a triple batch of my lime cilantro dressing

    Reply

  33. Anne says

    You had me at shredded cheese, but homemade hash browns are my favorite. I’d spend a week just making anything that could be prepared with this! Lol

    Reply

  36. Jeffrey says

    The first thing I would make is Sriracha Hummus. It’s on my culinary bucket list! I love spicy foods and the hummus that’s available at the local market is just not hot enough. I”d also like to make my own nut butters.

    Reply

  42. Susan Christy says

    I’d make vegetable soup. I love it but never make it because I don’t enjoy cutting up all of the veggies.

    Reply

  44. Tamie says

    I’d love to learn to make the cheese biscuits that my father in law makes. You have to shred lots of cheese for them.

    Reply

  45. Janice Cooper says

    I would use this for shredding cheese when I make my homemade mac and cheese. I love using block Cheese because it’s moist and I get tired of using the metal hand grater.

    Reply

  46. Michelle Cobb says

    I have never owned a food processor and if I win this one, I am going I be shredding lots of cheese!

    Reply

  47. Angie says

    I want to use this to make cole slaw, and then try making valuer cauliflower pizza crust!! I’m sure I’ll come up with a ton more uses.

    Reply

  50. Tina says

    I may even start to like cooking – this processor looks easy to use and clean up. I would really love that!

    Reply

  55. Heather Pfingsten says

    Oh how I would love to add this Food Processor to my kitchen gadgets. We stopped buying pre-shredded cheese once I learned how much plastic is in it. The first thing I would do is use it to shred cheese instead of doing it by hand. Then I would move on to potatoes and other veggies and so much more!

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  77. Mary W says

    I would have a build your own taco/burrito buffet for the family and let the Hamilton Beach food processor do all the chopping. What a luxury that would be!

    Reply

  90. Sarah Axsom says

    Since hearing of sawdust in the shredded store cheese, I’ve been grating my own. My food processor is about worn out! I’d love to replace it with this one!

    Reply

  94. Stephanie Phelps says

    I would make the stuffing for my stuffed mushrooms and some cole slaw. Oh the things I could do with it!

    Reply

  96. Megan Sarclette says

    I would make this beer cheese before all else. I cook every day for my family of four and we try to stay healthy. The processor could help me to stay on track.

    Reply

  97. Maria Beas says

    If I get very lucky to win this amazing giveaway, I would definitely make this delicious recipe; BEER CHEESE DIP RECIPE. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply

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