Community Picks Recipe Testing
Community Picks Recipe Testing -- Beer
It's that time again -- help us pick the contest finalists for Your Best Beer!
Any Food52 member is welcome to help us test our Community Pick candidates, so go call dibs on the recipe you'd like to test that is in the list below! We'd love to see some new testers in the mix -- remember, we're accepting up to 3 testers per recipe. And, if the recipe is worthy of a Community Pick, we'll publish the best headnote, so make your notes count! Don't forget to email us your headnote (no more than 100 words) to editors@food52.com by next Wednesday at 5pm (EST).
When you’ve figured out which recipes are calling your name, in order to sign up, all you have to do is follow the link to that recipe’s page, and on the left-hand side, you’ll see a “Test This Recipe” button. Your job is easy: just click the button, and you’ll receive a confirmation email that officially crowns you a Food52 community tester. If for some reason you decide you cannot test, simply press the button again, and your name will be removed from the list.
We'll collect your comments, name the finalists and official Community Picks and publish the best headnote for each Community Pick (with credit, of course!). If the recipe you test isn't chosen as a Community Pick, please feel free to leave your testing notes in the recipe's comments section. Constructive criticism is always encouraged!
Happy Testing!
A Lighter Lamb Stew
(Testers needed!)
Aged Cheddar and Pilsner Fondue
(Testers needed!)
Barley, Beer and Dark Chocolate Artisan Bread
(Testers needed!)
Beef and Stout Pot Pie
(Testers needed!)
Bouef Carbonade Louisianne
(Testers needed!)
Brown Butter Spiced Ale
(Testers needed!)
Brussels Sprout and Chorizo Beer Hash
(Testers needed!)
Celeriac-Potato Mash with Beer-Molasses Reduction
(Testers needed!)
Chili Gumbo
(Testers needed!)
Chocolate Covered Beer Marshmallows
(Testers needed!)
Chocolate Stout Pudding
(Testers needed!)
Coq à la Stella
(Testers needed!)
Creamy Mushroom and Swiss Soup
(Testers needed!)
Fennel and Orange Breadsticks
(Testers needed!)
Gingerbread Beer Bundt Cake with Chocolate Glaze
(Testers needed!)
Guinness Chocolate Cream Pie
(Testers needed!)
Mussels with IPA, Fennel and Apple
(Testers needed!)
Spiced Stout Waffles
(Testers needed!)
White Bean and Quinoa Chili
(Testers needed!)
Winter Ale Chocolate Sorbet
(Testers needed!)
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Comments (8)
5 months ago pdagnes1
I have been having a similar issue as sdebrango - I don't even have a "test" button to click on!
5 months ago Kristen Miglore
Kristen is the Senior Editor of Food52
Hi Pilar, this is because the testing period has passed (notes were due yesterday at 5pm ET). Hopefully you can test a recipe in our next contest! The dibs-calling post for Your Best Leeks will go up next Friday morning (1/11).
5 months ago pierino
pierino is a trusted source on General Cooking and Tough Love.
Wow, I see a couple of recipes I would like to test and may yet volunteer. I work through the weekend including New Year's Eve so I would have to test on Jan to meet deadline. I may still be able to pull that off. At least I'll try.
5 months ago cookinginvictoria
It looks like MrsL's Chocolate Stout Pudding already has been awarded CP status. Should it be tested again?
5 months ago Kristen Miglore
Kristen is the Senior Editor of Food52
Yes, we sometimes nominate CPs again so they have a shot at becoming finalists!
5 months ago sdebrango
Suzanne is a trusted source on General Cooking.
I have tried to test a recipe and clicking the test button doesn't work.
5 months ago Kristen Miglore
Kristen is the Senior Editor of Food52
Thanks for letting us know, sdebrango -- we're looking into it!
5 months ago Kristen Miglore
Kristen is the Senior Editor of Food52
Sdebrango, this should be fixed now -- let us know if it still doesn't work for you!