The Best Beer Turkey Recipes for Large Dinners
Turkey’s great for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and for large dinners; if you love beer and are looking for a Turkey recipe, we have a list of our favourites – from beer-can turkey, smoked, basted, roasted and more…
By The Beer Community on Nov. 21, 2017

Turkey is a popular dinner choice for feasts like Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. It’s also a great food item for when you’re trying to feed a lot of people. However, plain roasted turkey can often be a little bland, which is why you can spice it up with some beer!
We’ve compiled a list of some of the best beer can / beer-basted turkey recipes that are bound to win over your guests and provide some extra flavour to your turkey. Whether you prefer your turkey smoked, roasted, grilled or fried – these beer turkey recipes are bound to be a crowd favourite.
The Best Beer Recipes for Smoked, Basted, Roasted, Grilled and Fried Turkey
Smoked Beer Can Turkey Recipe
Serious Eats has nailed some serious meats with this delicious smoked turkey recipe. Covered in spices and smoked to perfection this is a great change from your usual turkey recipe and a great reason to bring out the smoker!

Beer-Basted Roast Turkey Recipe
Spruce up your standard roast turkey recipe with the Spruce’s Beer-Basted Roast Turkey. Adding your favourite ale will make your bird so tender and juicy you’ll wonder why you never did it before.

Need beer pairings for your turkey dinner?
Check out the best beer pairings for Turkey
Fried Turkey Recipes
Fried turkey is so good we couldn’t pick just one recipe that we loved, so here we give you 15 different recipes for fried turkey from Brit + Co.

Grilled Turkey Recipe
We went to the experts for this delicious doozy. Butterball teaches us the right way to grill turkey.

How do you grill a turkey?
Looking for the best grill to cook your turkey on?
Check out the awesome Gas Propane Grill Blog for all your grilling information!
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