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| By Gary Where's the hops? Randall on Mar 13th 2006, 10:58 pm | Permalink |
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A quick follow up on the chili beer. Props to Vance Barnes and his help in considering the recipe. Another of the reasons that I love Tastybrew... members like Vance that are so willing to help another brewer. A high five also to Carlos from Six Rivers Brewing in McKinleyville California for his input. After agonizing over how to go about brewing this beer. I opted to put some serrano's in the boil and add habaneras to the secondary. I had some reserve about cooking the chili's as I was unsure if there will be a negative effect on head retention due to oils in the chili's. I'm glad to report that head retention seems to be fine, helped out by the dextrin me thinks. The flavor of the beer seems to quite nice. It's a pale brewed with Willamette hops. Looking past the hop and malt profile, it has a slight cooked bell pepper flavor, and a much milder heat than anticipated... I will add more habaneras next time, although I was told that the habaneras will vary in capsicum content, and so some will be hotter than others. This will be considered in the next batch. I have about four gallons in the keg and just for shit's and grins, I will be adding dried chili peppers to the keg just to see what it will do. This is the experimental batch after all, and so experimentation is ongoing. Another note. I had a pint with a Mexican meal and it was great. It should a perfect pairing with Mexican food. Prosit... Gary |
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