Substitute For Beer In A Collards Recipe?

[eleep]

I've got an excellent collard greens recipe that calls for a bottle of beer -- obviously, I need a substitute and there's no gluten-free beer on hand at the market that usually sells it (they have trouble keeping it in stock). Any ideas about what I could use instead?

[Guhlia]

I've got an excellent collard greens recipe that calls for a bottle of beer -- obviously, I need a substitute and there's no gluten-free beer on hand at the market that usually sells it (they have trouble keeping it in stock). Any ideas about what I could use instead?

eleep

Perhaps a woodchuck cider would work??? Or perhaps a water/vinegar/yeast combo????

[frenchiemama]

I have used a hard cider to sub for beer in recipes.

[Cheri A]

I tried the cider in a couple recipes and didn't care for it. Now I just use chicken broth.

[awesomeame]

i usually use a hard cider, (normally blackthorn) for a beer sub. i've also used low sodium club soda as a beer sub in some recipes, it seems to work just fine. club soda is great if you just need the texture of the liquid, but if you're using the beer to add flavor, then you need to use something like blackthorn or other more beery sub.

--matt

[miles2go]

I've got an excellent collard greens recipe that calls for a bottle of beer -- obviously, I need a substitute and there's no gluten-free beer on hand at the market that usually sells it (they have trouble keeping it in stock). Any ideas about what I could use instead?

My The Food Substitutions Bible by David Joachim recommends equivalent amounts of beer with chicken or beef stock + 2 dashes of Angosura bitters (optional) or red wine or sake. If you need the bubbly parts in a recipe, which probably isn't the case here, I'd recommend club soda, like for beer batters.

Totally recommend the above-mentioned book.