Bill's Sweet Beer Marinade

Marinades

1/4 cup tamari
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tablespoon chopped garlic
1/4 cup beer; (use darker beer)
1 tablespoon fresh chopped basil
1 teaspoon red savina or habanero powder
(or cayenne powder for any lightweight

This is absolutely wonderful when used on a rib eye or shell steak, marinated at room temperature for about an hour, then seared and cooked to rare over hot coals. It also makes a great basting sauce for smoked chickens. For that, I reserve the marinade, basting during smoking and then reduce it by 1/2 to serve as a sauce for the chickens. Halve or quarter the bird and serve with the sauce drizzled over the pieces of chicken and ears of grilled corn-on-the-cob.