Photo courtesy of White Horse Pub.

Get ready for a racous weekend with the White Horse Pub's traditional British beer cheese soup, complete with cheesy bread for your dipping pleasure. Keep it simple: pair with a frothy Guinness and get dunking. 

Beer bread ingredients: 3 cups flour; 1 Tbsp. baking powder; 20 oz. beer grog; 6 oz. shredded cheddar; heavy pinch salt and pepper; ¾ cup sugar; heavy pinch garlic powder

Mix ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Pour into oiled or buttered mini loaf pans and cover each with a teaspoon melted butter and sprinkle with shredded cheese. Bake in preheated oven at 325 degrees for about 22 minutes.

Beer cheese soup ingredients: 2 qt. heavy cream; 1 ½ lb. shredded cheese; ½ tsp. each of salt & pepper; 4 ozs diced, caramelized onions ; 3 ozs chicken base ; 8 drops Tabasco; 2 oz. Worcestershire; 1 oz. of Coleman's mustard powder

Mix and heat in sauce pan at low heat.

Photo courtesy of White Horse Pub.

The White Horse Pub, 6240 North Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota, 941-358-1353.