CHILLI!!!!

[wigwamheed]

Hi everyone, just had some Durham brewery, hellfire a fantastic imperial Russian stout flavoured with chilli. Oh my god this is incredible. Just wondering if anyone has brewed with chilli before? Don't know when to add it and how much?? Any help would be massively appreciated, thanks. Matt

Just had to edit this, it really is an amazingly fantastic brew. Still tingling away in the back of my nose, but a truly delicious imperial stout, find some buy it and drink it all!!!

 

[BREWMCROFT]

I think it could be time to experiment. Never done this but my suggestion would be to add them to last 5 min of boil. Alternative would be to add them to secondary for a few days but you would have to boil them first to avoid infection. I suppose quantity would be the hard part to work out because all chillies are different.

 

[alawlor66430]

I'd love to try chillis in a strong fizzy lager type beer, I could picture guzzling one in the garden whilst flipping quality burgers on the BBQ on a red hot day, more chance ill be flipping horse meat burgers on a dank miserable day, but at least the beer will be right lol

 

[Hawks]

I've done ginger beers with chilli with mixed results..

version 1 had a couple of homegrown Jalapenos in for 15 min boil and then removed - this was by far the best

version 2 had naga chilli in the boil and left in the fermenter.. this was liked by psychotic people only :twisted:

Brewery near here adds a birds eye chilli just when they bottle ( guess it gets boiled for a few minutes first ) :thumb:

 

[wigwamheed]

Was thinking of making a chilli syrup for priming with, so I can get an idea of the heat intensity before hand. Any thoughts on this?

Naga's??? Bet that was interesting (painful)

 

[alawlor66430]

Was thinking of making a chilli syrup for priming with, so I can get an idea of the heat intensity before hand. Any thoughts on this?

Naga's??? Bet that was interesting (painful)

That's a very good idea, well done that man

 

[WelshPaul]

What about the hot pepper jelly that can be bought in some delis? It already contains sugar so can be added to the boil and they come in a range of intensities.

 

[wigwamheed]

I'll have to have a look about, might have to buy a few bottles of beer in to check quantities, I know it sounds awful but I suppose I'll just have to suck it up a d drink some beer, all in the name of research though, doubt I'll enjoy it

 

[alawlor66430]

I'll have to have a look about, might have to buy a few bottles of beer in to check quantities, I know it sounds awful but I suppose I'll just have to suck it up a d drink some beer, all in the name of research though, doubt I'll enjoy it

The sacrifices we need to make in this game are terrible lol

 

[Kinleycat]

Or maybe some of this:
http://www.verylazy.com/chopped-ingredi ... -115g.html
either in the fermenter so it bottoms out or in sugar sloution for priming, may affect clarity i think??

 

[Stone Cold]

i wouldnt use easy chilli it has oil in it i think. dry chilli flakes at the end of the boil i think. make different strength teas half a pint at a time then try them when they cool, then upscale the amount according to brew length.
what u think?

 

[wigwamheed]

I had the same thought about the easy chilli, was thinking much the same regarding making a large batch of chilli tea and adding into about a dozen half pints of an imperial stout to get the intensity right, spouse I should try dry and fresh chilli too, trip to the market I think. I guess first thing is to come up with a decent imperial stout recipe, is that with a large grain bill and just ferment first runnings?

 

[Kinleycat]

i wouldnt use easy chilli it has oil in it i think. dry chilli flakes at the end of the boil i think. make different strength teas half a pint at a time then try them when they cool, then upscale the amount according to brew length.
what u think?

No oil mentioned in the ingredients.

 

[wigwamheed]

i wouldnt use easy chilli it has oil in it i think. dry chilli flakes at the end of the boil i think. make different strength teas half a pint at a time then try them when they cool, then upscale the amount according to brew length.
what u think?

No oil mentioned in the ingredients.

Think I'll be off to get some then, what is it they say about presumption??

 

[Hawks]

i wouldnt use easy chilli it has oil in it i think. dry chilli flakes at the end of the boil i think. make different strength teas half a pint at a time then try them when they cool, then upscale the amount according to brew length.
what u think?

No oil mentioned in the ingredients.

rehydrated with vinegar though :wha: .. would it not be better just to use dried chilli flakes

 

[Kinleycat]

The amount of vinegar will be less than minimal in the quantity used so i dont think it will do anything to spoil the flavour but a Chilli tea may well be the way forward on this one.

 

[alawlor66430]

I personally wouldn't put anything with vinegar in my beer but the dried chilies would be good I think!!

 

[wigwamheed]

I agree totally with the chilli tea thing, I'll have to try with dried, fresh and easy and see what's what dispose. I'll repost when I've done spoke experiments

 

[winelight]

"Crazy Ed's Chilli Beer"

I have drunk this but it must have been, oh, about 20 years ago.

"a Serrano Chili Pepper is dropped by hand into every bottle"

That's as much sanitisation trouble as you need to go to. If it's worked for them for 20+ years, it will work for you.

 

[Vossy1]

There have been some brews with Chilli on the forum from time to time, this one always made me laugh :lol: