All barley light beer for Christmas Soup

[sgreene820]

My family has a Christmas tradition of a "Cheese Corn Soup" with a beer base. I'm finding light beers without a lot of hops are best for this purpose. Any recommendations for an all-barley malt light beer with low hops for cooking?

 

[VikeMan]

When you say "light" beer, do you mean beers in the same category as Bud Light, Coors Lite, and Miller Lite, i.e. low body, low-ish calorie? If so, I don't think you're going to find any that are all malt.

If by light you just mean "pale," then something like Kona Longboard or Moosehead might fit.

 

[DBhomebrew]

My wife makes beer cheese soup. Usually an easy going amber/alt like Alaskan. I think her mom used Amber Bock.

 

[Closet Fermenter]

Anyone care to share a good recipe? Just guessing; this sounds like an upper mid-west tradition, given the ingredients. As a lifelong resident of a southern coastal state, I’ve never even heard of it. By the way, a Christmas tradition over close to the coast is fried oysters for Christmas breakfast. I have had them when visiting the in-laws. It was not a tradition in my western piedmont/foothills home. I always liked fried oysters, but it’s a rich breakfast.