Finally Got My Beer Can Chicken

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You see, a couple of weeks ago I was going to make a beer can chicken, but it didn't work out. We had been out running some errands, and we were having my mom stay overnight with us. I pulled into the Aldi parking lot. "What are we doing here?" my wife asked. "I have to get a chicken," I told her. She gave me a crazed look. "Wait. You planned on making beer can chicken and you don't even have a chicken? Who does that?" "Me, apparently," I said with a chuckle, and she just shook her head. I went inside and all they had were organic chickens, $4 a pound. Get the hell out of here, I thought. I returned to the truck with no chicken and said I'd check the other Aldi up the street. Just organic chickens there too, so that's when I just picked up a pack of boneless, skinless chicken breasts, marinated those, and cooked them on the grill instead. Move ahead to Saturday, I'd picked up a chicken to cook when I was out on Thursday. We ran our errands and had mom with us. Around 4pm we dropped mom off (she lives with my sister) and the fam was out by their pool. That turned out to be a four beer impromptu visit—and there went my beer can chicken again. When I got home, I just threw some Stonie's brats on the grill and whipped up a couple of quick sides. Luckily on Sunday we had the day to ourselves. We did some yard work and spent some time in our own pool, and voila! I made my beer can chicken. Luckily it was not a disappointment. Now I plan to remove the rest of the meat from the carcass today and I will make soup with some of the meat and of course the carcass.