I made this today and it was really good and it doesn't taste like beer, I did add a can of beef broth, added some flour to the beef broth just to thicken the liquid a bit. I will be making this again. I sent the recipe to my friend in NM and she also is making it today but using wine instead of beer. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
I forgot I did brown my chunks of meat before putting in crock pot and cooked on high for 5 1/2 hours, meat was so tender.