Sticking a red hot poker into your favorite brew yields "the beer equivalent of s'mores."
MINNEAPOLIS — Combining red hot metal and alcoholic beverages may sound like a bad idea, but fans of "beer poking" say the results are delicious, not dangerous.
Beer poking basically involves heating a metal poker in a fire until it's glowing red and then plunging the tip into a glass of beer for a few seconds. The poker flash heats and instantly caramelizes the residual malt sugars abundant in certain types of beer.
