Preheat the oven to 375F. In a medium mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients. Add the beer all at once, mixing gently. The batter should be a little lumpy.
Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray. Pour beer batter into loaf pan. Brush the top with the melted butter. Bake on the oven rack 1/3 from the bottom of the oven for 35 – 40 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the loaf comes out clean.
Remove from pan and cool on a rack.
Notes
You can use a light beer for a lighter loaf or a darker beer for more flavor, but you don't taste the beer in this bread. Add nuts, seeds or dried fruits. The pictured beer bread has toasted walnuts added.