Spicy Beer

I, too, am interested in this brew, because my love for beer and my love for spice often come together in the same room. I'm wondering if they can come together in the same GLASS.

What are the spices? Or, has anyone successfully brewed a beer with a cayenne or cracked red pepper? And by "successful," i mean "good," not "novelty."

-changey I never left, and I still hate the law firm of Douchenozzle, Cockstain and Fuckwit

Don't know what ou're referring to with spicy... but try dry hopping with some Saaz.

I might, with my next batch. Have you?

I remember buying a "chilli beer" from the Salamanca Markets in Hobart Tasmania. I drank it while we were in Port Arthur. Somewhere along the way they forgot to add the beer. It was very spicy but that's about all I could say about it. It was thin and flavourless. I'd suggest having a fairly full bodied beer if you're looking at chilli spiced beer.

Yeah, I quite liked it in my Pilsener.

If its a 'hot' flavour you're looking for, you could do worse than trying fresh root ginger. If you add it at the start of the boil, the more aromatic ginger flavours will be driven off, leaving the 'hot' component. Assuming that a ginger ale is not what you're after, of course.

There was a chile beer thread here earlier. Quite a few commercial examples now, there is the horrid Cave Creek Chili Beer - an insipid light lager with a pickled serrano in the bottle. Not really hot, maybe for the unintiated to spice, but not good either. There is also Rogue Chipotle Ale - a nice smokey, balanced malty reddish ale. Still it's a bit of a novelty though and I was glad I only bought one bottle.

work best was making a kind of chile tea from dried red or green chiles until you get it where you want and then adding it to the secondary fermenter. Lots of flavor but keep in mind this doesn't tend to be a style you sit back and quaff, more of a one-off novelty.

_Randal

Hell put 1 sliced open jalapeno in it with the final hops. That's seed, pith and all. If you feel that's not enough put in 2 next time around.

I love spice and would never do this to beer myself but if you want to, yattehey.

I do Cloves, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Allspice in my Pumpkin Ale. Comes out great.

Mr Jack-O-Lantern never tasted so good.