Ingredients

• 1 cup dark beer
• 2 jalapeno peppers, sliced, or more to taste
• 2 cups ketchup
• 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup minced onion
• 1/2 cup cooked pureed carrots
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard

Instructions

1. Stir beer and jalapenos together in a glass of ceramic bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
2. Stir beer mixture, ketchup, vinegar, honey, onion, carrots, lemon juice, black pepper, and mustard together in a saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until flavors combine, about 1 1/2 hours.
3. Blend ketchup mixture with an immersion blender until smooth. Sauce will thicken as it cools.