Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  24            ounces  lager beer -- (I used a new Sam
                        Adams dark lager)
  2               cups  vegetable stock -- (or more to cover0
  1               head  green cabbage
  1              pound  carrots
  2             pounds  new potatoes
  4              large  leeks -- white part only,
                        sliced
  3                     yellow onions -- sliced
  3                     bay leaves
  15                    black peppercorns
     1/2           cup  chopped parsley
  6             cloves  garlic

Preparation:

Place an 8-10 qt stock pot or casserole on the stove. Add the beer, 2 cups of stock, onions, leeks, bay leaves, peppercorns, parsley, garlic and salt. Boil for 10 minutes. Cut the cabbage into sixths and secure with toothpicks. Add potatoes and carrots to the pot and add enough more stock to cover. Cook 10 minutes. Add the cabbage. Cook 15 minutes more. Serve with a hearty bread

Nutritional Information:

1599 Calories (kcal); 11g Total Fat; (6% calories from fat); 46g Protein; 344g Carbohydrate; 5mg Cholesterol; 3549mg Sodium