Ron at Hop Talk wrote up a solid description of Beer Butt Chicken, if you like grilling, beer and chicken but don’t know what its all about, hop over and take a read.

I’ve done this a number of times as well, but never on a gas grill. Since my new gas grill has a rotisserie, I don’t know if I’ll try it on the new one but I’m not getting rid of my little smokey joe, it holds one beer butt chicken perfectly. I like to stand it up in a pie tin, keeps the juices near by and like Ron’s foil, prevents flare ups.

One huge modification I did on the beer butt chicken was smoking a beer butt Turkey. In my stand up smoker it cut the cook time in half. I had to buy a sixer of cheap beer and a tall Beamish can. You guessed it, drink the good beer, pour the cheap beer in. The taller can kept the bird upright and stable.

One final add on to it, stick half an apple or onion in the neck to really seal in the steam and add some additional flavor!

Great post idea, guys!

Cheers!