Beer can chicken and bourbon

[gassy]

So I'm hotter than !! in Illinois...93 and sunny...and I have a beer can chicken grilling as I type. Maker's Mark in my glass. It's my fave chicken recipe...what's your favorite chicken recipe? Or, the more important question, what's your favorite drink? mmm...drinkahol

[Shuie]

The heat has gone to your head, man. Put down the Makers Mark and find a bottle of this stuff.



I think my current favorite chicken is from Lorie Morgan's resturant outside of Nashville.

[gassy]

I'll have to try that...good luck with your mini. Mac since '88.
Christian.

[Shuie]

thanks! Im enjoying it so far.

kidding about the Makers Mark. Its good stuff. If you really like Bourbon, give the Single Barrel Evan Williams a try. Its won Bourbon of the Year the last three years in a row. No other label has ever won it consecutively. Its priced about the same as a bottle of Maker's Mark also.

[Tim Walsh]

My current favorite for sipping(and mixing) is bush mills single malt, but that's not to say I'd pass up a finger or two of Makers, glennfidich(sp?)

[azasadny]

My neighbor and I shared a glass of Red Breast 12 year old Irish whiskey after installing a concrete sidewalk in my backyard...

[Westy]

Sorry, I've had them all, and nothing does me like JD. I love the stuff. As far as chicken, I smoke mine using apple wood. EVERYONE should have a smoker. Yummmm

[vash]

i pulled off oven baked fried chicken on my BBQ a few weeks ago. the beauty of indirect heat. crispy, smoky fried chicken! it was good. i chased it with my regular beer, sierra nevada pale ale. i need to try shuie's bourbon recomendation soon. so far, my regular drink is johnny walker black. on ice.

[Shuie]

You should be able to find the Evan Williams in a regular liqour store for $25 or less a bottle. Bourbon is harsh by nature, but this stuff is smoother than any blended scotch or sub $40 single malt scotch you can buy. IMO, its better than any Scotch you can buy, period.

Vash, if you like Johnny Walker Black, try a bottle of Dewars or J&B rare.

[artplumber]

Basil Haydens isn't bad either (Bourbon) and Balvenie Doublewood has been a recent find (scotch)

[targa911S]

My dumba$$ drummer forgot to open the beer can once and it fired his bird over the neighbors fence like a mortar. We all laughed till we cried!....drummers.

[tabs]

Best Irish I've tasted is Knappogue Castle 1994 Singlemalt ....nice smoooooth taste

I also am fond of Old Weller Antique...7 yr old, 107 proof....

I just marinade the chicken, and stick it on the Beer Can holdr (sans Beer can) and put in my Big Green Egg for about 2 hrs...

[gassy]

How do you like your Big Green Egg? I've heard good things about them

[tabs]

The Big Greenie is GREAT for Roasts and Chicken

I've used it for Burgers, Steaks and Fish...but find it is a bit time consuming to light...for those items...a Weber works just as well...for direct high heat items...

I find the Greenie to be a GREAT additional BBQ...

I alos have a New Braunfels ....Bandera..whcih looks like a filing cabinet with the fire box on the side...thats for ribs and smoking fish etc....


I keep on experimenting with different BBQ's...

[asphaltgambler]

My high end Bourbon choice is Bookers (JimBeam) small batch, ave 127 proof, smooth as water. $65 a fifth.

My 'reg' choice is Wild Turkey 101 / Rare bread. Very very good. I prefer my birds on the OUTSIDE of the bottle!!

[Shuie]

Bookers is good stuff. $10 for a 2oz lowball (when you can actually find it) is absurd, buts its good bourbon. Rare Bread is good stuff also.

[craigster59]

Im a "Bookers" fan myself. Something with a little taste. But Oban ( Single Malt Scotch) and "Evan Williams" is SMOOOOOVE........... Oh ,and as for "Barnyard Pimp", on a spit basted in beer and butter.

[gassy]

Here's the recipe. It's really good...
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/102216

[craigster59]

Sometimes referred to as "Up the A$$" chicken

[targa911S]

Best damn chicken there is.