Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2013

NO flavor! Like eating a can of tomato paste. I have added so many ingredients to this stew to try to give it flavor that I've lost track of what I've added! And it still tastes like a can of tomato paste! Reading the other reviews, I see I'm not alone. Wish I would have read them first. I gave it two stars for concept only. This recipe is bland, bland, bland!

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PAMJENKINSON

Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2012

This was superb. The only change I made was to add two teaspoons of sugar to counteract the bitterness of the stout and put it over mashed potatoes, because I don't care for potatoes in my stew. I gave the other half bottle of stout to my friend after she tasted mine and gave her my printed recipe. This is in my permanent collection.

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Greylady 3

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Tucson, Arizona, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2012

I am not a big stew fan and this was only my second attempt but it proved very successful. Doubled the meat and vegatablles adding in some parsnips and a 14oz can of guinness and fed it to 12 with rave reviews

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fran

Home Town: Briarcliff Manor, New York, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2012

I was freaking out a little because I hadn't planned anything for St Patrick's Day dinner and I decided to find a recipe today. FYI, you cannot make corned beef in a few hours if your beef isn't already corned. This recipe was a life saver and my husband loved it. My son didn't like it very much but he doesn't like very many things. The only changes that I made was I only used half of the beef, 1 cup of carrots and Leinenkugel Creamy Dark instead of the Guiness because the liquor store was out of it. I know that it is German instead of Irish but it really made it taste great. I was just ready the reviews that some other people left and they said that the beer made it taste bad, this beer is dark and has body but it isn't sharp in a bad way. I served it with a Soda Bread recipe that I found on her along with my German beer and it was great.

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Laurie

Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2012

I used Killians. Big hit!

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lauraellen225

Cooking Level: Professional

Home Town: Kinsman, Ohio, USA

Living In: San Diego, California, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2012

This recipe was bland. If you notice there isn't even a call for simple salt and pepper (which I added myself), but it still did not save the dish. I searched the net and found a recipe that added Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, thyme, and red wine. Now that is what saved the stew! This is a good base recipe, just has no flavor at all! I'm going to be going off the other recipe I found if I want Irish Stew again...this wasn't special it was just disappointing.

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JTREEGIRL

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2012

extremely yummy, but I found that it needed to cook MUCH longer than the 1 hour stated on the recipe for the veggies to soften. (and I diced them quite small actually!)

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Dnksmommy

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 6, 2011

A friend and myself made this stew for St. Patties Day this year, and we had added some steak seasoning as well as half and half. The half and half made it so smooth and creamy, and yet the steak seasonings give it a good kick. I will definitely be making this again!

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Jstutz13

Reviewed: Mar. 8, 2011

Perfect as is.

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sierra21

Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2010

My husband and I love this recipe! The recipe is perfect the way it is, but I don't add an entire bottle of Guiness. I start with half of a bottle and then add more as needed after the stew has had time to cook. I've done this on the stove and in the crockpot. The only reason I'm giving it 4 stars instead of 5 is that my potatoes and carrots seem to always be hard even though I cook it at least twice as long as the recipe calls for. Next time I'll boil the potatoes and carrots for a bit before adding them to the stew. We also serve it over a bit of white rice. A yummy Irish stew!

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