I love cooking with wine, sometimes I put food in it.
 

I usually have a 64oz. bottle of Sake in my cupboard for specific reason being I cook with it a lot. I'll even reach for my special reserve Shochu (Iichiko is my personal favorite) if I'm out.

Some of my favorite recipes I default to seem to rely heavily on the use of alcohol, but I'm not sure if that's just the way I grew up or if there's some exact schience to booze making food tasting good other than influencing your brain to want to eat.

What are some dishes you've had that actually featured a special type of booze?

A few years ago Niekon made a Guinness-soaked/basted Boar Rib roast that was absolutely divine. I'm guessing the recipe called for just plain old beer but the only beer the man had available was a keggerator with Guinness Stout in it, so that was what he used. Results? Well, you have me, a non-fan of red-meat raving about boar ribs. I can assure you it's probably not the beer talking.

So now I know how many ounces your head is.

Cooking with beer is p easy. Maybe somebody with more cooking expertise can correct me, but in my experience it doesn't really matter what beer you use when cooking. Crappy beer, or a beer style you don't like, will still make a good dish. I've tried a few different kinds with sausages and I never disliked the results.

I don't agree with that "don't use good beer/rum/wine when cooking" concept. I cook with beers I like the taste of. If you like the taste when you drink it, you'll like the taste of it when it's cooked down and concentrated.

Myself, I use Guinness with steaks and ribs all the time. The flavour just can't be beat.

To me, that all depends on how tender the meat is. I've noted that cheap lagers like Natural Light are great when marinating carne asada skirt steaks because you don't really end up with the taste of it. After all, most of the taste comes from the spices I make to season my meats anyway so using cheap beers for thin steaks is a good compromise.

Now, do I have a few New York cuts that I want to take care of? Well then, now a proper stout like Guinness or Beamish will be mighty good. I've noted that pale ales like Fat Tire, Sierra Nevada or Killian's are good depending on what side dish I serve with them.

Harp makes a scary good roast chicken.