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'''Beer jam''', also known as '''beer jelly''',<ref name="mirror 2015"/> is a jam prepared with beer as a primary ingredient.<ref name="Dodd 2015"/> It may be a sweet or savory jam, and some have a syrupy consistency. It may be used to glaze meats and vegetables or as a condiment. Some companies produce beer jam commercially.
==Overview== The primary ingredient of beer jam is beer. As a result of evaporation of the alcohol during the cooking process,<ref name="mirror 2015"/> beer jam may be non-alcoholic.<ref name="Chubb 2015"/> Various types of beer, such as ale, dark beer and stout<ref name="Dodd 2015"/><ref name="Leahy Virant 2012"/> are used.
Some types are syrupy in consistency, rather than jam- or jelly-like,<ref name="Leahy Virant 2012"/> and syrupy versions are used in mixed drinks and cocktails, such as a beer jam Manhattan.<ref name="Leahy Virant 2012"/>
Simple versions may consist of only beer and pectin,<ref name="mirror 2015"/> but other types, both sweet and savory, are more complex. Sweet varieties can include sugar, allspice, cloves, orange zest, star anise, lemon and vanilla bean,<ref name="Leahy Virant 2012"/> while savory types may use tomato, shallots, grated Parmesan cheese, olive oil, rosemary, balsamic vinegar and sugar or brown sugar as ingredients.<ref name="Dodd 2015"/>
==Uses== Beer jam may be used as a filling inside baked goods such as biscuits,<ref name="Dodd 2015"/> as a glaze atop meat and vegetable dishes,<ref name="mirror 2015"/> and to accompany foods such as cheese, charcuterie and crackers,<ref name="mirror 2015"/><ref name="Chubb 2015"/><ref name="Leahy Virant 2012"/><ref name="Quirk 2014"/> among others.
<gallery class="center" caption="" widths="220px" heights="160px"> Rogue Creamery's Caveman Blue with raspberry-vanilla jam beer flatbread.jpg|Raspberry-vanilla beer jam with flatbread and blue cheese Bacon pate with beer jam aspic - Perennial Virant - Baconfest 2013.jpg|A globule of beer jam aspic prepared with bacon pâté ''(at bottom)'' Lake Meadow Naturals maple braised pork belly on french toast with beer jam.jpg|French toast and pork belly served with beer jam </gallery>
==Commercial varieties== Some commercial varieties of beer jam are produced. Al’s Backwoods Berrie Co. in Plymouth, Massachusetts, produces beer jam prepared with Samuel Adams' spicy Cold Snap winter brew.<ref name="Arrington"/> Cleveland Jam of Cleveland, Ohio manufactures and markets beer jams and wine jams.<ref name="Connelly 2015"/><ref name="Miller 2015"/> As of July 2015, Cleveland Jam is prepared in James Conti's home, and the company has plans to open a store.<ref name="Miller 2015"/> The Potlicker Kitchen in Stowe, Vermont, prepares all-beer beer jams using only citrus fruit pectin, which thickens it, and cane sugar to sweeten the product.<ref name="mirror 2015"/><ref name="Realty Today 2015"/> Potlicker Kitchen beer jams include flavors such as porter, oatmeal stout, IPA and Hefeweizen,<ref name="mirror 2015"/><ref name="Chubb 2015"/> and have an alcohol content of 0.5%.<ref name="Quirk 2014"/> Potlicker Kitchen's products are all produced with locally made beer, and most of the alcohol evaporates during the cooking process.<ref name="Quirk 2014"/> Birra Spalmabile is a brand of chocolate beer jam in the United Kingdom that was invented in a collaboration between an Italian brewer and an Italian chocolatier.<ref name="Chubb 2015"/> It has been described as being similar to Nutella, with a beer flavor.<ref name="Chubb 2015"/>
==See also== * List of spreads
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="Dodd 2015">{{cite book | last=Dodd | first=J. | title=The Craft Beer Bites Cookbook | publisher=Adams Media Corporation | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-4405-8167-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xgzjCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA109 | pages=109–110 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> <ref name="Leahy Virant 2012">{{cite book | last1=Leahy | first1=K. | last2=Virant | first2=P. | title=The Preservation Kitchen | publisher=Ten Speed Press | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-60774-100-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJfHZ8umKqEC&pg=PA60 | pages=60–61}}</ref> <ref name="mirror 2015">{{cite web | title=Do you fancy an IPA or oatmeal stout jam on your toast? You're in luck | website=Daily Mirror | date=August 20, 2015 | url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/beer-jam-you-fancy-ipa-6289549 | access-date=December 18, 2015}}</ref> <ref name="Realty Today 2015">{{cite web | title=Beer Jam: New Food Trend You Should Try | website=Realty Today | date=August 25, 2015 | url=http://www.realtytoday.com/articles/29473/20150825/beer-jam-new-jelly-trend-try.htm | access-date=December 18, 2015}}</ref> <ref name="Connelly 2015">{{cite web | last=Connelly | first=Karin | title=Cleveland Jam's sweet new creations made from local wine and beer | website=Cleveland – Freshwater Media | date=September 29, 2015 | url=http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/innovationnews/clejam092915.aspx | access-date=December 18, 2015}}</ref> <ref name="Chubb 2015">{{cite web | last=Chubb | first=Christabel | title=Would you try spreadable beer? | website=The Telegraph | date=August 14, 2015 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/11803554/Would-you-try-spreadable-beer.html | access-date=December 18, 2015}}</ref> <ref name="Quirk 2014">{{cite web | last=Quirk | first=Mary Beth | title=Someone Made Craft Beer Jelly Because That Is Clearly What Peanut Butter Has Been Missing | website=Consumerist | date=September 24, 2014 | url=http://consumerist.com/2014/09/24/someone-made-craft-beer-jelly-because-that-is-clearly-what-peanut-butter-has-been-missing/ | access-date=December 18, 2015 | archive-date=December 22, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222085743/http://consumerist.com/2014/09/24/someone-made-craft-beer-jelly-because-that-is-clearly-what-peanut-butter-has-been-missing/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="Miller 2015">{{cite web | last=Miller | first=Jay | title=Crain's Cleveland Business | website=Crain's Cleveland Business | date=July 12, 2015 | url=http://www.crainscleveland.com/print/article/20150712/NEWS/307129967/small-businesses-get-big-help-from-microloans | access-date=December 18, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> <ref name="Arrington">{{cite web | last=Arrington | first=Debbie | title=Beer: It's for breakfast, too | website=The Sacramento Bee | date=March 17, 2015 | url=https://www.sacbee.com/food-drink/appetizers/article15071465.html | access-date=December 18, 2015}}</ref> }}
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