Beef & Beer Brisket

Here is an excellent recipe I found several years ago and have made in my slow cooker. The simple ingredients go in the crock in the morning. Come home from work to the delicious savory aromas.

Warning - dogs do drool over this!
It's nice to serve with some boiled new potatoes or mashed.

Beef & Beer Brisket

1 (4 pound) beef brisket

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 large onion, sliced and separated into rings

1/2 cup chili sauce

3 tablespoons brown sugar

2 cloves garlic, pressed

1 cup (a full-bodied Pale Ale, like Sierra Nevada)

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Pepper

DIRECTIONS

Trim fat from brisket, and cut brisket in half. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon pepper.PLACE onion rings in bottom of a slow cooker; top with brisket.STIR together chili sauce and next 3 ingredients; pour over brisket.COVER and cook on HIGH 4 to 6 hours, or on LOW 8 to 12 hours. Remove brisket, and set aside, reserving liquid in slow cooker.REMOVE1 cup reserved liquid from slow cooker; whisk in flour, and pour into slow cooker, whisking constantly. Cook, whisking constantly, 5 minutes or until thickened. Serve over brisket; sprinkle with pepper.