What beer is in your fridge and what charcoal/wood do you grill/smoke with?

[Saltyag2010]

Guys,
I'm unemployed. I've been very busy putting in applications and doing interviews all week. Today is Thursday and I'm focused on the beach, beer, BBQ, and winding down.

So being a Texan, you gotta have beer in your fridge and grilling consumables at the ready at any time. Post pics and give descriptions/excuses.

 

[Saltyag2010]

Here's my picture


Edit- yes, that is a dirty 30. Yes, I started using charcoal to start the fire before I put on the wood.

 

[TheDan]

I've got I think one bottle of Shiner and a few cans of Modello Negro at the moment. They are both old; I don't drink often

I BBQ with oak or pecan pieces I find. Either big limbs I pick up from my own place or free pieces I find elsewhere. I've got a pretty good sized pile just from asking people if I can have what they put on the curb.

Store bought charcoal is nasty and costs too damn much. Don't waste money on it.

 

[Vaquero]

Miller lite
mesquite

no compromise.

 

[BIGPAPIGREG]

Lone Star Light & Pecan or Mesquite wood

 

[TheDan]

I started using charcoal to start the fire before I put on the wood.

I start my pit with some small pieces of dry wood and a blow torch Once the dry wood is burning good you can put the greener stuff on. I don't like using fresh green wood, tho. It needs to be a little weathered to be just right.

 

[robertc1024]

Shiner Bock
Pecan, post oak, mesquite


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[Saltyag2010]

I've got this drying out. Had it since March. It's a mix of mesquite and scrub oak.

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

What I have on hand today...

Beer: Shiner Prickly Pear, Dos Equis, Shiner Bock, and Pacifico Claro.

Liquor: Bookers, Jack Daniels, BellMeade, Glenmorangie, Titos, Cointreau, Bacardi, Captain Morgan, and a few others I can't think of.

Charcoal: Royal Oak Lump (works well in egg)

Funny thing is I don't drink much. I can work an offset smoker (don't have one now) but the wife runs the egg and does quite well.

 

[Vec]

Shiner Bock, Negra Modelo, and Lone Star

 

[JohnnyLoco]

Southern Star Blonde or something from Real Ale out in Blanco.

Post oak, live oak, and mesquite. Sometimes pecan. Royal Oak briquettes.

 

[AustinN4]

The Real Ale blonde ale (Fireman's 4) isn't bad. RA also brews and bottles a golden ale which is pretty good for Alamo Beer Company:
http://realalebrewing.com/beers/firemans-4/?age-verified=b6b6c11d17

http://alamobeer.com/about-us/


But what's in my fridge is the Milk Stout Nitro by Left Hand Brewing out of Longmont, CO.
Milk Stout Nitro - Left Hand Brewing

Also have some Wake Up Dead Imperial Stout by Left Hand in there.
Wake Up Dead Imperial Stout - Left Hand Brewing

 

[grasshopperglock]

Miller Lite

 

[ROGER4314]

Boy, am I out of this loop! There are no alcoholic beverages in my fridge, only cold, fresh water (my favorite drink). Our community well water has high salt content so I buy drinking water in gallon jugs.

Wood? None. I use a gas grill.

Flash

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

Malt liquor 211, 8.5% bull 8.1% but when I'm feeling civilized. .
Shiner
Dos
Guinness

 

[SA_Steve]

I like all the common Canadian brands except the "Blue" brand.

 

[Mike1234567]

I buy whatever charcoal is on sale... but without the starter fluid soaked in because you can never completely burn that away. This time it was Kingsford in a double-package special at Walmart.

I use starter fluid but I don't let it sit and soak in for very long. I buy whatever is the cheapest starting fluid (per ounce) I can find. The last three bottles I bought were also a Walmart special.

For smoking I use whatever nice pieces of oak I have on hand from trimming my trees so that costs nothing.

I never cheap out on beer. I like Mackeson's Triple XXX Stout but I can't find it here so I settle for Modelo Negro.

 

[AustinN4]

I like Mackeson's Triple XXX Stout but I can't find it here so I settle for Modelo Negro.

Never settle! Negro Modelo is not even close to a good stout, of which there are lots of. Surely you have a HEB nearby. Most of their stores have a really good beer selection.

 

[TheDan]

I use starter fluid but I don't let it sit and soak in for very long. I buy whatever is the cheapest starting fluid (per ounce) I can find.

Get a cheapy blow torch and try it out. I find it works a heck of a lot faster than other methods and you don't have to mess with nasty lighter fluid anymore.

 

[peeps]

I use one of those charcoal chimney starters. Newspaper for fuel to start, takes waaay less time to get coals hot and you avoid the lighter fluid.