st. patrick's day recipe 3 of 3: guinness cooked corned beef

this corned beef recipe i had cooked once before and really liked. i'm not into the boiling of corned beef, or the cooking of massive amounts of cabbage, but beer and sugar really speak to me. i used the Guinness Corned Beef recipe from allrecipes.com, adapted for the slow cooker. 

ingredients list:

- 2 & 1/2 lbs corned beef brisket

- 1 cup brown sugar

- 1 & 1/2 cans Guinness or bottle of Irish stout beer

to make: pour beer into the pot of a slow cooker. rub the beef with brown sugar, add the beef (and any extra sugar) to the slow cooker, and cook on low for 4-6 hours. flip periodically to make sure the top of the meat doesn't dry out.

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love this. some of the folks that reviewed it said it came out fall-apart tender - that is not the case here (and i find it hard to believe it could get that way with this type of meat), but the flavor is still very good. it's just a little tougher than a lot of slow cooked meats. definitely my go-to corned beef recipe, i don't feel the need to snag another. rating... 6******.