Chele's Beer Cheese

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) sharp cheddar cheese, grated
• 1 (32 ounce) box velveeta cheese, cubed
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (at room temperature)
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle beer
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 (16 ounce) hawaiian sweet bread

Recipe

• 1 place velveeta and cheddar in a microwave safe bowl, and on medium power microwave 1 minute. take out and stir. continue at 30 second intervals until cheese is completely melted.
• 2 add cream cheese and mix together well.
• 3 add beer a bit at a time while continuing to stir until the mixture is creamy. it will look lumpy at first, like it is curdling or separating but it's fine. keep stirring and it will get creamy. you can reheat in small intervals if necessary if the cheese thickens up too much before all of the beer is incorporated.
• 4 after the beer is incorporated and the mixture is creamy, add the garlic powder, worcestershire sauce and tabasco. of course spice is personal, so feel free to add more or less to suite your personal taste.
• 5 to serve, cut a hole in the middle of the hawaiian bread to make a "bowl" for the cheese. keep the center of the bread and cut it into about 2" cubes to dip or put a spoon in the cheese, to encourage folks to spoon the cheese over the bread. if it's a large gathering, i usually cube the bread in a basket, and put the cheese on the side in a bowl or crock.