Mostly Irish Stew

Ingredients

• Beef [any roast cut ]-a few pounds
• Thyme- like 4tbps
• Tomato sauce- like 3/4 cup
• Beer [very bitter and dark]-one bottle
• Wine [very sweet and red]-one cup, or = amount
• Brown sugar-to balance the flavor like 3 tbs
• Honey- a little also to balance the flavor like 4 tbs
• White and black pepper- A LOT ^^ maybe 1/4 cup
• Sage-= to the thyme
• Apple cider [for the beef broth ] make the beef broth using bullion and the cider. Approx 6 cups
• Basil [2 leaves]
• Onions- 1 or 2 it depends on the day and the particular of the cook cut in chunks
• Carrots-little less than the amount of potatoes
• Potatoes- like 5lbs or 10 med sized potatoes