This Short Rib Chili recipe is overflowing with tender chunks of fall-apart beef, rich chocolate beer, and smoky, spicy Tex-Mex flavors for a delectably hearty bowl of wintertime goodness. This super simple beef chili with beer is outrageously delicious and only requires 15 minutes of hands-on preparation — the slow cooker or crockpot takes care of the rest!

Update: This post was originally published in January 2016. I made updates to the post below to include more information about making beer chili with short ribs in the slow cooker. 
About this short rib chili with beer
Spoiler alert — if you like beans if your chili, this beef short rib chili isn’t for you, my friend. This is the type of stick to your ribs (HA!), bodaciously beefy chili that makes Boy’s heart go pitter patter. He is a beef only, chili purist. And he gave this crockpot beer chili rave reviews. Which was expected, because I made this slow cooker short rib chili specifically for him… and for all the “beef, it’s what’s for dinner” readers out there. Aside from being magnificently meaty with chunks of tender, juicy and succulent boneless beef short rib, this chili is smoky, slightly spicy, and fabulously flavorful.
Consider me Chili Goldilocks because the broth isn’t too thick or too thin, it is velvety smooth with a hint of tortilla-y corn flavor, thanks to the addition of masa harina. The chocolate stout adds a certain je ne sais quoi...