Read more: 14 Sausage Brands, Ranked From Worst To Best When choosing beef for your steak-and-ale pie, it's best to avoid anything you'd put on the grill or lovingly sear on the stovetop.

If you're working with limited options, look for a flavorful dark or caramel-colored ale with a complex taste. Basically, if the beer has no flavor, neither will your pie. While Irish beef stew is ...

Roll out the pastry as thinly as you can and place in a pie tin, preferably with ... bottom of the frying pan. Add to beef and repeat with remaining beef and ale. Heat the butter in the pan ...

Tender beef in a rich sauce made with beer and bacon, topped with crisp, golden puff pastry – this superb steak, mushroom and ale pie is a perfect autumn warmer.