chili pepper beer

jamest22 · 08-01-2009, 06:35 PM

when you guys brew with chilli peppers, do you slice the chillis, or just cut the stems off and add them whole?

I am following the recipe for Chili Beer in the book "The Homebrewers Garden" but the recipe does not say anything about slicing the chili peppers.

All of the chilis I am adding will be during the boil

vitoma · 08-01-2009, 07:40 PM

If you plan on boiling the chilis for an hour, they probably won't be in a solid enough form for it to matter.

jamest22 · 08-01-2009, 08:22 PM

good point. thanks

thats pretty much what I decided. Its boiling now!!

fineexampl · 08-01-2009, 08:40 PM

you might want to cut them in half. it'll just speed things along.

ramthebuffs · 08-01-2009, 09:13 PM

BYO had a chile beer recipe recently and they were saying to toss them in the boil at 10 mins.

Last night there was some left over chiles from a can after cooking. I took tsp worth and tossed it in my bitter. It was pretty good.

jamest22 · 08-01-2009, 11:05 PM

Its a 3 gallon extract lager recipe

Fermentables
3.6 lbs extra light DME
.3 lbs honey
.33 lbs toasted 2 row pale
.1 lb smoked malt

Additions:
Hallertauer Hops 1 oz 60 mins
Serano .25 oz 60 mins
Serano .4 oz 20 mins
Roasted Jalapenos 2.4 oz steeped

Yeast
Saflager 34/70

All the peppers stay in the primary during fermentation.

bsay · 08-02-2009, 12:26 AM

Personally, I would use something like this: Food Chopper after cutting off the stem and removing the seeds. Of course, you should do whatever you're most comfortable with.