Since the fall is right around the corner many people change their diet and go with warmer foods instead of the crisp and refreshing.  That’s a no brainer, how many hot chocolates do you drink in July?  I always change my menus based on the seasons and the fall is definitely one of the greatest times to have an appetite. 

Soup is definitely an easy crowd pleaser and it suppresses the cold.  The greatest thing about soup is that anything can be made into a soup; leftovers, scraps and of course beer.

I prefer to look at soups in two ways; cream (ex. New England clam chowder, cream of broccoli) or broth (chicken soup, French onion).  Cream soups have cream or milk and are generally thicker where as broth soups tend to be an enhanced stock.  Well any way here is a recipe for one of the easiest soups.

French Onion Soup:

5 white onions thinly sliced

3 qts.  Half beef and chicken stock

3 cups Bass ale

French bread cut into disks

Gruyere or Swiss cheese

Slat and Pepper to taste

Sautee the onions in butter over medium heat or slowly not to brown to quick.  Add beer and stock and bring to a boil and simmer from a half hour and season.  Next toast bread disks then pour soup in a bowl with a bread disk and cheese and broil to the cheese is bubbling. Eat!!!