Beer-Brined Turkey | Poultry Recipes

Ingredients

• bottles (each 360 milliliters) lager
• 200 grams packed light brown sugar
• 105 grams kosher salt
• smoked paprika
• dried thyme
• coarsely cracked black peppercorns
• granulated garlic
• granulated onion
• ground cayenne pepper
• 2.8 liters ice water
• 1 whole turkey, 5.4 to 6.3 kilograms
• yellow onions, about 800 grams total, coarsely chopped, divided
• sprigs fresh thyme
• unsalted butter, melted
• 960 milliliters low-sodium chicken broth
• Low-sodium chicken broth, as needed
• Melted unsalted butter, as needed
• 70 grams all-purpose flour
• 120 milliliters lager
• chopped fresh thyme leaves
• Kosher salt
• Freshly ground black pepper