Now THIS is awesome!!
We got the ingredients a few weeks ago, and I finally had the desire and opportunity to make some tonight. My phone just died, so I'll post the picture tomorrow. Even my wife, who usually tries a single bite of my experiments, seemed to genuinely enjoy it. She ate a whole slice!
Of course, I didn't realize we were out of butter, or that we had mustard powder in the spice cabinet.
I used
2 tsp dijon mustard
6 tbsp Boatswain Chocolate Stout (Only stout I could find ANYWHERE available as only a single bottle)
45 grams Olive Oil (substituting for 60 grams of butter... ended up a little oily, but not so bad.)
1 Tbsp Worcestershire (was supposed to use 2, but forgot I was doubling my recipe)
302 grams of an English Cheddar I found at Trader Joes
2 egg yolks
Sourdough bread from Trader Joes
I used the recipe from this site posted earlier in the thread. Because I wanted to make more than 2 pieces of toast, I roughly doubled it. It ended up making enough for about 8-10 pieces of toast!
My 6 year old son enthusiastically helped me! But he's not much of a cheese eater (weird-o!) and is a super picky eater, so he passed. 3 pieces for me, 2 for SWMBO (who is studying for an important career building exam tomorrow... some Medical Staff somesuch). While my son is super picky, I was impressed that he willingly tasted each of the ingredients except the cheese and egg yolks (he only got a wet fingertip's worth of the stout!)
This was a really fun experiment that WILL be repeated! I REALLY liked the stout in it, and I've only recented learned to enjoy beer, so I'm a little bit confused as to what I'm supposed to do with all the leftover. It's a whole pint, and there's no way I'll finish the whole thing (not for lack of trying though)!!
As a beer lover, it is hard to imagine not enjoying beer, or having to learn to enjoy beer. I have loved it since the first cool guzzle hit the back of my throat. Ah, so many beers ago... One thing you can do with beer that you aren't going to drink is use it in sauces, soups or marinades. It'll last for a while in the fridge and though it might become a bit flat to drink, you won't notice any flavor issues if used in a recipe. A quick search of the interwebs yielded this - 
