Cooking With Beer – Oskar Blues Memorial Day Beer Can Chicken

This tasty recipe comes from the Oskar Blues Brewery in Longmont, Colorado and it uses the brewery’s iconic Dale’s Pale Ale, an assertive yet balanced 6.5% ABV American Pale Ale and the first canned craft beer in the nation.

This easy Beer Can Chicken Recipe guarantees moist meat that falls off the bone and spicy-crisp, ultra flavorful skin.

So let’s do this!

Dale’s Pale Ale Beer Can Chicken

Ingredients

1 fresh chicken (2-3lbs)

1/4 cup chicken spice rub

1/2 12oz can of Dale’s Pale Ale

Directions

Step 1

Get your gas grill up to medium-high (about 375-400 degrees)

Step 2

Trim some from-under fat off the bottom of the chicken (helps prevent flare-ups)

Step 3

Dirty up that bird, inside and out, with your spice rub

Step 4

Drink half of the Dale’s Pale then insert the remaining 1/2 full can of into the chicken’s cavity and stand it upright on the grill

Step 5

Cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour, checking periodically for flare-ups until the internal temp reaches 165

Step 6

Gently lift chicken off the beer can, wiggling the chicken back and forth to prevent it from sticking. Cut chicken into pieces and serve immediately.

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(Image credits: Founders Brewing)