Kentucky Beer Cheese

Legend has it that this addictive spread/dip was created about a century ago in a Louisville saloon and served with crackers to any customer ordering a five-cent lager. Today in Kentucky, there are as many varieties of beer cheese as hot browns, some spread on crusty bread, crackers, and rye rounds, others used as dips for raw vegetable sticks. It can be made with all cheddar or a combination of cheeses, and each host or hostess has his or her favorite (and secret) seasonings. Since beer ch