I modified this recipe a little bit. I took the advice of the other reviewers. First of all I dont have a spring form pan, so I made my crust in a pan first. And taking into concideration the fact that people said the crust wouldnt cook properly with that amount of butter/cookie ratio I used slightly less butter then called for. I cooked the crust in the pan for about 15 min on 350. I also made the cheese cake filling without sour cream. This happened to be an accident. I had extra cheese cake filling left over after pouring the first pan, so I went ahead and made a second crust. The first cheesecake I put into the oven I did not put a pan of water underneath it. I cooked it for 60 min on 350. Then turned off the heat for 30 min with the door closed. And then 15 more min with the door open. Then I put in the refrigerator for 4 hours. The first cheesecake turned out dry and cracked on top, but the texture and taste turned out just fine. So the 2nd cake I put a pan of water underneath and cooked the same amount of time. This cake turned out very pretty and not cracked. As far as this cheese cake goes, the cooking time and texture turned out great. It wasnt soggy or undercooked or over-wet at all. I dont think its the best cheese cake I've ever had or made. It does have a wonderful hint of the beer flavor that makes it different. I think its a nice manly cheesecake!

This was fantastic! I served it for a large group near St. Patrick's Day and got rave reviews. It is incredibly creamy with a delicious chocolate flavor. I did not change anything in the recipe. It did not look done when I was supposed to turn the oven off, but if you used the water bath, you'll be good to go! Fantastic! Thanks for a great recipe.

Made this for myself and my husband (a guiness fanatic) and we loved it. He is a big guiness drinker and he says he will never have his guiness another way. While I don't believe that, it is really good. This was my first time making a cheesecake and I made a couple of errors but it still turned out great. I forgot to put the pan of water in around it, it took an extra 20 min to cook but did turn out well.

Wonderfully delish.

This recipe definitely has the POTENTIAL to be a 5 star recipe. I have made it twice just to see if I could make it work. One MAJOR item that was missed in the instructions is to wrap the bottom of your springform pan in foil before allowing the water to touch it. The first time I made this, the water seeped into the pan, causing the crust to get soggy. In addition to this, here are the modifications I made: I didn't add any sugar or cocoa to the crust, as I thought it was chocolaty enough with crushed oreos. I used exact measurements for everything else & used approx. a 1/3 semisweet chips and 2/3 giradelli bittersweet chips mixture. I baked about 60 minutes & turned off the oven with the door closed for about 15 minutes, then cracked the door for another 45 minutes. Once the cake is chilled in the refrigerator, it firms up nicely. So, don't be afraid to make it. It's incredibly rich tasting and a great St. Patrick's Day dessert!

what a dissapointment! it looked good, but fell apart when i tried to removed the bottom of the pan. It tasted good though, but looked like a big pile of blah. I will not make this again!

For the love of God & the Holy Mother, drink the Guinness while you're looking for a DIFFERENT recipe. Seriously. This one is horrible. I cook cheesecakes all the time. (DH loves cheesecake almost as much as Guinness.) So I should have trusted my instincts on this one & skipped the beer as the recipe was already too loose. The person even got the crust part wrong: cookie crusts need 2 cups crumbs, 2 TB butter (hello, the stuff in the middle is already fat & sweet & chocolate); graham cracker crusts need 1-1/2 cups crumbs, 1/4 cup butter, 1/4 cup sugar. Too much butter leaves cookie crusts tasting like lard & cracker crusts hard. It's not necessary to reinvent the wheel just because you're going to post your recipe. No idea what the 1/4 tsp cocoa was for...I've never seen 1/4 tsp of anything called for in a recipe. Why bother? The eggs, sour cream, cream cheese is all a normal cheesecake recipe...so, it's either the 3/4 cup beer puts the liquidity over the top or its the water bath cooking method. (I didn't immerse my springform by the way, a pan of water underneath in an oven would be sufficient in a recipe that NEEDS moisture, UNLIKE this one.) Finally, 90 minutes on 350, I take it out as the perimeter is starting to pull & crust, center looks iffy. (Left in the oven, turned off, door ajar for another hour.) & oh surprise, surprise crust is soggy, cake completely raw. I'm so mad at myself because I fell for all the hocus pocus thinking it might be interesting b

Mmmmmmmmmm! I made this for my annual St. Patrick's Day party and there wasn't a crumb left at the end of the night! The cheesecake is easy and delicious. I used chocolate teddy grahams because I couldn't find chocolate cookies for the crust and they worked great. I also increased the cooking time to 70 minutes, and it still needed to be cooked longer. Will definitely save for next year!

I made this recipe for St Patty's Day and it came out looking beautiful. I added an extra 1/2 cup of cookie crumbs and two extra tbls of butter for the crust. The flavor of the cheesecake itself isn't as chocolatey as I'd like but it wasn't bad. I'll probably not make this again. I don't think it's a bad recipe just not for me.

So I just made this cake, I found it took a really long time to bake, but my oven isn't the best either, and I also found it rose up a lot. If I hadn't of lined my cake pan with parchment paper it would have overflowed. I figure it rose up due to the yeast in the beer but I could be wrong about that. I haven't eaten the actual cake yet, it's for a St Patricks day party tomorrow, but the batter was heavenly. I just hope the cake tastes just as good.

I love Guinness so I was really excited about this recipe. I followed the directions exactly but after waiting forever for the cheesecake to be ready, it was completely raw inside. I am really upset that this recipe didn't work because I really wanted to try it, but I would have no idea how much longer to bake it for. I think it might have something to do with altitude? Who knows, I don't know what else might have went wrong.

I came across this recipe while browsing for a fun new cheesecake recipe to make for Valentine's day. My husband loves Guinness, so I knew I had to try it. I'm not a huge fan of cheesecake, but we both LOVED it!! So delicious and not too difficult to make. I didn't have a springform pan, so I used a regular pan, and after the cheesecake cooled, I flipped it onto a piece of parchment paper, and then back to a regular plate. I made chocolate hearts instead of clovers (because of Valentine's day)- so the presentation was *almost* as wonderful as the taste. I admit, at first I thought it'd be weird to try beer in cheesecake, but I'm so glad I did!!

I used crushed chocolate graham crackers, which I increased to 1 1/2 cups, and I used 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa for the crust, not 1/4 teaspoon. I used Ghiradelli 60% cocoa chocolate chips. I also cooked at 325 for about 70 min., then let sit in oven with the door cracked for another hour. Instead of a water bath, I just put a tray of water underneath the cheesecake. After all that, this was the most decadent chocolate cheesecake I have had for some time. It was picture perfect, and had such a wonderfully rich dark chocolate flavor, I was showered with compliments!