Beer cheese has grown on menus as diners gravitated to comfort foods during the pandemic, and on the heels of the craft beer boom in recent years.

MAC: Beer cheese is in the Proliferation stage; it skews toward regional and casual dining restaurants.

Menu inspiration

Crooked Pint Ale House – Multiple locations

Mac N Cheese Skillet

Beer cheese sauce, garlic, ground beef, pepper jack and cheddar cheeses, toasted bread crumbs, topped with green onions.