Oktoberfest Dinner & Brew Cruise on MI Princess

Here's a quick and easy beer-cheese bread recipe. It's great for weeknights after work when you want some fresh bread that doesn't take hours of rising, and it is literally idiot-proof to put together. T'was a cold and blustery winter's eve when I made this bread and wanted something earthy & soul warming, so I dug out a bottle of Short's Imperial Spruce Pilsner from the cellar.

In the quest to combine beer with all the suits and trappings of my life I thought, why not meatloaf? Meat, beer, bread, cheese. I can only think of a few other things a man needs in life....well, there are some other things but for now let's just stick to those four. You can find a vast number of meat loaf recipes on the world wide websiphere (and probably a few in your Aunt Geraldine's cookbook), but I would wager that not a great many of them include beer. I found a recipe I could work with and make a few changes to and set to work...