Here's the first podcast! Okay, it's actually about the second or third, but they're in pieces. This is our first completed podcast where we cook some Hefeweizen, discuss barbecue grills and smokers (and what your wife will let you buy), provide some rib cooking tips, and take a trip to Belgium with the Chimay samplers. It's beer and barbecue on your iPod.

Beers we sampled on this show...

• Chimay Rouge (Red), 7% ABV dubbel. In the 75 cl bottle, it is known as Première.
• Chimay Blanc (White), or Chimay Triple, 8% ABV golden tripel.
• Chimay Bleu (Blue), 9% ABV darker vintage ale. In the 75 cl bottle, it is known as Grande Réserve.

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This is a show that was actually recorded before the first two, but I've only just now gotten it put together. Smoked Riblets and Smoked Beer Can Chicken with a spicy rub! We do a test cook to try out the Basic Rub recipe and it turns out great. Plus we have a few excellent Belgian-style beers from Unibroue, a French-Canadian brewery. They make light flavorful beers that are full of alcohol. This may have had an effect on my sense of timing...

Beers sampled during this show...

• Unibroue La Fin du Monde
• Unibroue Don de Dieu

For info, recipes and pictures, read page 2 of «The Big Cook».

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