Beef Stew with Ale without coffee sauce

2 cups flour, all-purpose 1 tablespoon thyme leaves dried * 1 teaspoon salt plus extra to taste 1/2 teaspoon black pepper freshly ground, plus extra to taste[...]

2 poblano chiles 1 tablespoon olive oil , divided 2 cups onions , chopped 1/3 cup flour 2 lbs beef stew meat , in bite sized pieces 1 teaspoon salt , divided[...]

1 lb beef chuck , boneless cut into 1 inch pieces 2 -3 garlic cloves , minced (I didn't have any so I used 1 tsp of granulated garlic instead) 1 -2 teaspoon[...]