SF Beer Week -- Beer-unch

Here's a culinary conundrum.  What do you do when you have 2-3 pounds of fresh oranges and some leftover brown ale that didn't quite make it into the conditioning tank?  Make a beer-unch.

With some other ingredients on hand, we whipped together some beer-mosas with the freshly squeezed orange juice and our pseudo-lager.  We saved a bit of the brown ale that we put into the conditioning tank yesterday to sample and we added that to the pancake batter in place of milk.

The beer-mosa were light and refreshing.  Just as good as the mimosas.  We would definitely do this again in a pinch if we don't have a bottle of bubbly on hand.

As for the pancakes, there was some great nutty flavor due to the brown ale.  The batter was thicker than usual, but that was probably due to the ale reacting with the baking powder in the Bisquick.  But the pancakes turned out fluffy and light.

Give it a shot and try it on a Sunday brunch -- you'll be surprised that beer's a great addition to your breakfast favorites!

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Beer-mosa

1/2 beer of your choice

1/2 OJ, freshly squeezed preferred

Brown Ale Pancakes

1 c. Bisquick

1 egg

3/4 c. brown ale

1 tbsp. agave syrup

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