Brown Ale Glazed Ham Hock and Brussels Sprouts

Ingredients

• 8 ham hocks, skin on
• 9 Yukon gold potatoes, skinned, shredded and drained
• 6 onions (yellow or red), 2 chopped roughly and 4 cut into thick slices
• 2 stalks of Brussels sprouts (or two bunches)
• 3 carrots, chopped roughly
• 3 celery stalks, chopped roughly
• 2 bay leaves
• 16 oz. container of sour cream
• 3 thick slabs of bacon, diced
• 2 eggs
• 5 16 oz. bottles of brown ale
• canola oil
• whole pepper corns
• Kosher salt
• cracked black pepper