How to use beer in cooking

As a rule of the thumb, use the beer which you'd normally drink (Shutterstock)

Beer is not only for drinking and can be used in the kitchen too. Fun, right? If you're a beer lover, incorporating it in your cooking is bound to make your life so much better for its earthy, fruity or nutty flavor in your meals.

There are two categories of beers, ales and lagers. For the ales, there is wheat beer, pale ale, porter and stout.