Beer Cheese Dip – Pub-Style {with Video}

Pub-style Beer Cheese Dip.  Serve warm or cold, everyone will love this dip recipe. It’s perfect for game day or anytime you need a cheesy snack.

We love to watch games while enjoying our favorites like Buffalo Chicken Meatballs, flavor-packed Spicy Tortilla Roll-Ups, Pizza Sliders that are always a hit, and a Meat and Cheese Board along with this beer cheese dip!

Why You’re Going to Love Our Favorite Beer Cheese Dip

Whether it’s post-season baseball, football Sunday, or March Madness this Pub-Style Beer Cheese Dip is the perfect appetizer recipe for game day or any time you’re having friends over.

• This beer cheese dip can be served cold as a spread or warm as a dip
• It’s always a crowd-pleaser
• You can use your favorite beer: pale for a light sweet flavor or a dark ale for a more robust flavor
• Make a kid-friendly version, and replace the beer with apple cider.
• Your favorite brew, sharp tangy cheddar with the perfect blend of seasonings…..what’s not to love about this beer cheese dip recipe.

Featured Review:

I doubled the recipe as I am making one for a party at work tomorrow- and I am so glad I did! This is the best beer dip I have ever made/had! I used fresh pressed garlic, dark lager beer and omitted the kosher salt – enough salt with the aged cheese and Worcester sauce. Going to serve with pretzel nuggets, crackers and carrots. 

—Cindy Nelson

Ingredients To Have On Hand For Pub-Style Beer Cheese Dip

For specific amounts, please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.

• sharp cheddar cheese, shredded or cubes (white cheddar would also be good)
• softened cream cheese
• Worcestershire Sauce
• Dijon mustard
• minced garlic
• paprika
• kosher salt
• your favorite beer

What Kind of Beer To Use In Cheese Dip

There’s one important thing to note about this cheese dip – and this might be obvious, but I’m going to say it anyway…… the flavor of Beer Cheese dip depends a LOT on the type/flavor of beer you choose.

If you want subtle beer flavor use a pale or lite beer for a sweeter dip.

For more intense flavor, use darker ale where you will enjoy the robust bitterness of the beer.

Either way, you go, choose a beer that lights up your taste buds and goes down so smoothly.  If you want to skip the beer completely, just replace it with apple cider.

Featured Review:

Easy! Fast! Delicious!
Just made this for a party tomorrow and if it gets better sitting overnight it’s gonna be terrific! Used a pale ale (Sierra Nevada) and going to serve cold with Snyder’s pretzel snaps. Thanks for a great recipe!

~schatzi

How To Serve Pub-Style Cheese Dip

You can serve beer cheese dip cold or warm with homemade soft pretzel bites, smeared on dilly cheese bread or baguette, your favorite crackers, hard pretzels, or even broccoli and cauliflower florets.!  

If you want to serve this dip warm, simply whisk constantly in a small saucepan over low heat, or microwave on high in 1-minute intervals, stirring between sessions until the cheese dip is warm and heated through.

If you are serving this dip warm, transfer it to a mini crockpot or fondue pot and keep it on the lowest setting.

While you’re at it, whip up a batch of Beergaritas and my favorite Boilermaker Cocktail. Bottoms up!

Beer Cheese FAQs

When one of the great snack food days of the year happens in February — tell me I’m not the only one more excited about the food and commercials than the game – you will want to start a game day party plan.

We are going to need football party ideas and football party food!  This Pub-Style Beer Cheese Dip is just begging to be devoured with friends and family!

We LOVE CHEESE at our house.  A lot. Too much, maybe. I’ve shared my favorite grilled cheese, over-the-top Buffalo Chicken Mac ‘n Cheese, I’ve even melted it over grapes when I made Grilled Grape Brie and Arugula Flatbread Pizza.

It might be a problem, but as far as problems go….it’s one I don’t mind having. 😉 It usually leads to delicious food. 

Originally posted in January 2022. UPDATED January 2025. We spiffed up this post with more information. No changes were made to the recipe.