That late St. Patrick's Day recipe.. Cheddar Chive Beer Bread

I had a hankering for beer bread when St. Patrick's Day rolled around last month, and I happened to find this recipe on the Kitchn blog. Now, clearly because I was doing the beer shopping the day before St. Patrick's there was no Guinness to be found. The nice man at the LCBO recommended a Jamaican stout, Dragon Ale. Since I don't really drink beer, ever, I figured it was as good as anything and went with it. It turned out great, I was eating this bread for days! It doesn't keep more than about four though, when it hit that mark the beer taste started to do some funny things.

Cheddar & Chive Guinness Bread
makes one 8 1/2-inch loaf

Ingredients
2 3/4 cups sifted all purpose flour
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 (12-ounce) bottle Irish stout beer (Dragon Stout works too, however the bottles are not the right size, you need one and a bit.)
1 cup grated Irish cheddar cheese (about 4 ounces)
1/4 cup chopped chives
1/4 cup Irish butter, melted

Preheat oven to 375° F. Line 8 1/2- x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan with parchment paper, or coat with butter.

In a mixing bowl, thoroughly whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Pour in the beer and mix until the dry ingredients are evenly moistened. Fold in 3/4 cup of the cheese and the chives.

Transfer the batter to prepared pan. Pour the melted butter evenly over top of the dough. Bake about 30 minutes then scatter the remaining 1/4 cup of cheese over the top. Return the loaf to the oven and bake 15 to 20 minutes longer or until a tester inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes.

Turn out and serve warm, sliced.