Ingredients

• 1 cup chopped garlic
• 1/4 cup ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons beef base
• 2 cans Irish stout beer
• 1 yellow onion, julienned
• One 8- to 10-pound beef brisket
• Red pepper cream cheese, for serving
• 10 to 12 buns

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.
2. Place the garlic, pepper, salt, beef base, beer, onions and brisket into a hotel pan. Fill with water until the beef is almost covered. Cover with foil and cook 6 to 8 hours.
3. Strain the liquid from the beef and reserve both the liquid and beef separately. Cool the liquid in the refrigerator.
4. When the beef is cool enough to handle, separate the fat from the beef and discard the fat, then pull the beef apart. When the liquid cools, skim the hardened fat from the top and discard the fat. Use an immersion blender to blend the remaining liquid, and then add the liquid back to the beef.
5. Spread some red pepper cream cheese on the buns and then divide the beef among the buns to serve.