Ingredients
½ lbs Great Northern beans
½ lbs Navy beans
4 strips thick cut bacon
1 sweet white onion, chopped
3 tbs molasses
¼ cup real maple syrup
2 cups smoked porter beer
1 ½ cups water
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp garlic powder
3 tbs balsamic vinegar
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp mustard powder
Preparation
Add the beans to a large bowl. Cover with water, refrigerate overnight (8 to 12 hours). Drain. (alternately, you can add the beans to a pot of water, bring to a boil, allow to boil for 3 minutes, turn off heat and allow to soak for 1 hour. Drain). Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium high heat, remove bacon from pan. Add the onions to the bacon grease, cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Chop the bacon. Add the bacon, onions, drained beans and remaining ingredients to a slow cooker. Cook for 8 hours on low, stirring once or twice during cooking. If beans are still firm after 8-10 hours, turn to high and cook for an additional 2 hours.
