12 Homemade Beer BBQ Sauce Recipe

I am crazy excited to be among 9 other fabulous bloggers throwing down our favorite barbecue techniques. Today I’m showing off my sassy Homemade BBQ Beer Sauce, and let me tell you, it’s nothing short of Lip-Smackin’!

So the beau is OBSESSED with barbecue sauce. We’ve tried almost every flavor our grocery stores have to offer, including the odd yet equally delicious ones, like Mango BBQ?! One time, we came across this clearance sale on Budweiser BBQ sauce, we bought a bottle, gave it a try, and were hooked. We could hardly make it back to the store quick enough to clear them out. 

And seriously, my guy puts BBQ sauce on everything! I really mean e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. You’d think he’d get sick of it by now but with all the varieties out there… I guess the opportunities are endless to him. As such, we always seem to be down to the last couple drops.

With our dwindling stash in mind, I took matters into my own hands and experimented with making our own Beer barbecue sauce. Armed with the beau and the MIL as the official taste testers, the Budweiser BBQ sauce taste as motivation and the contents of our cupboard, I set out into some uncharted territories (for me anyway). Ok maybe it wasn’t so scary when I found Life Food and Beer’s recipe as a base.

So as a good little experimental cook, I altered it giving it my own little twist:

Homemade Beer BBQ Sauce

Recipe yield: about 2 3/4 cups

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Ketchup
• 1 1/4 cup Beer (we had miller lite on hand)
• 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
• 1/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
• 1/4 cup Onion, chopped
• 1/8 cup Honey (feel free to rough measure)
• 1 tablespoon + 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients.
2. Heat on medium-low or 250°F in an electric skillet, constantly stirring for 35 minutes.
3. Let cool for 2-3 minutes, then transfer the sauce to the blender. Blend until desired consistency (we like ours pretty smooth).
4. Using a funnel, pour into a *sterilized bottle (we reused a glass Ketchup bottle).

*be sure to properly sterilize your bottle to avoid cross-contamination. Simply fully submerge the glass and cap into room temperature water, then let boil for approx. 5 minutes.

The original recipe from Life Food and Beer called for molasses and since we generally don’t carry it in our cupboard I substituted (less) honey with great results. I also played with the quantities *cough more beer cough* to taste. #badtothebone

To say beau approved is an understatement. He pretty much demanded (very unlike him) 3 bottles on-hand at all times. And the MIL- well the look on her face said it all. She was impressed. I even asked at least three separate occasions just to be sure.

We’ve added this sweet yet malty barbecue sauce on everything from Meatballs, to Sloppy Joes, to Mini-Smokies, to Grilled Chicken. We’ve even substituted it in our BBQ Chicken Pizza. Yumm!

I had so much fun experimenting in the kitchen and I know you’ll just LOVE this recipe! If you try it, or even add your own flair, I’d love to hear alllll about it!

And now, kick back and enjoy a virtual cocktail with the rest of my fancy co-hosts as they reveal their biggest barbecue secrets... just click on the image or the links below!

1. Paper and Fox  2. I Want Crazy  3. Tell Love and Chocolate  4. Just a Girl and Her Blog

5. Elizabeth Joan Designs  6. Tried and True  7. Persia Lou  8. Black and White Obsession

9. Club Narwhal  10. For My Love Of

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