I could get really cheesy about this. I could even call it CranBEERy sauce. But I’m not going to do that, because, that would be lame.
And I respect you too much for obvious puns. Drunken cranberry sauce? Boozy? All of those overused descriptors miss the point, and the fact that high heat burns off alcohol.
A light ale, with a strong citrus note, like Buffalo Bill’s Orange Blossom Ale, lends a beautiful balance to the strong acid of cranberries that you usually see sitting around your Thanksgiving table. I won’t even speak to those of you whose only preparation for anything Cranberry related is the use of a can opener to dispense a hideously ridged gelatinous mass of phallic shaped berry-adjacent matter onto a crystal serving dish.
Other things we won’t be speaking of today: the sound that thing makes when it comes out of said can.
Clear your head of all thoughts tin related and focus on a sweet and tart taste of a cranberry sauce with back notes of an American Pale Ale. You’ll thank me for the reprieve.
Ingredients Directions
http://thebeeroness.com/2011/11/15/orange-blossom-ale-cranberry-sauce/
I’m making this for Thanksgiving. How long will it stay good in the refrigerator? I’d like to make it a day or two ahead if I can.
It should be good for two days without a problem.
I made this for Thanksgiving with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. It was a big hit. I think my cranberries may have been extra juicy though, because my sauce wasn’t thickening up. I added some cornstarch dissolved in water, and that did the trick.