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06-25-2011, 10:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Tannersville, PA
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Best beer for chili?
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I was wondering, what kind of beer do you put in your chili?
I never actually put beer into my chili, then today, totally on a whim, I decided to give it a shot. Most recipes I've read call for a dark beer, but all I had on hand were Cherry wheat, Belgian white, and a single bottle of Belgian tripel.
I went with the tripel. I hoped the sweet, fruity body would pair well with the sweet tomato and spices. I thought it came pretty damn good, but I'm not sure I'll ever use that style of beer for chili again.
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06-29-2011, 05:49 AM
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Lets Brewering With Enjoy
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Great Falls, MT.
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based on those choices, the Wit would have been the better choice.
Unless the cherry wheat had a very subtle, dark cherry flavor -- then I would have gone with that to add depth to the chili.
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06-29-2011, 12:42 PM
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SlapShot Brewing
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Willowbrook, IL
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I use Guinness in mine.
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06-29-2011, 12:46 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Downingtown, PA
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I usually use a Yeungling.
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06-29-2011, 12:48 PM
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Señor Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 1,405
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I drink beer with my chili.
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06-30-2011, 10:58 AM
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Midwest
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Below is one of my favorite chili recipes and I'd guess that a chocolate stout would work quite well as the recipe calls for coffee and cocoa.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chili-i-2/detail.aspx |
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06-30-2011, 12:05 PM
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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: "Detroitish" Michigan
Posts: 36,054
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I use my own chocolate mole porter in my chilli, it's made with mexican hot chocolate and dried chilies.
Any chilie beer would be great in it.
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06-30-2011, 12:49 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: conway SC., South Carolina
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care to share a recipe revvy? sounds delicious!
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06-30-2011, 01:03 PM
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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: "Detroitish" Michigan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rycov
care to share a recipe revvy? sounds delicious!
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There's several version of my recipe posted on here. I'll try to find the ost recent version. I mashed the grain in the instant cocco.
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06-30-2011, 01:06 PM
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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: "Detroitish" Michigan
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This is a version....I've upped the chocolate several times for better results.
with a combination of my own chile powder (ancho, pasillo, dry chipotles, cayenne, mexican chocolate, cumin and cinnamon.) Finished with cayenne in the last 5 minutes of the boil...
It needed a lot of time to mellow the flavors, and to bring the heat down to a drinkable level (but as I have posted in the tap room, very recently...too many of them and it burns both coming in and going out...)
Type: All Grain
Date: 1/31/2009
Batch Size: 2.50 gal
Boil Size: 2.93 gal
Boil Time: 75 min
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
4 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 60.33 %
1 lbs Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 15.08 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 7.54 %
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 7.54 %
8.0 oz Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 7.54 %
0.50 oz Williamette [4.60 %] (60 min) Hops 14.4 IBU
0.25 oz Williamette [4.60 %] (30 min) Hops 5.5 IBU
0.50 oz Williamette [4.60 %] (2 min) Hops 1.2 IBU
0.50 cup Malto-Dextrine (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
2.1 oz Milk Sugar (Lactose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 1.96 %
2.5 disks Abualita Mexican Hot cocco + 1 tsp my chili powder in Mash tun. 1/4 disk @ 40 and 1/4 disk + 1 tsp Cayene pepper @ 2 minutes.
The last time I did it I just used dried peppers in the boil. A combination of all the above peppers, 2 or 3 each in the last 10 minutes of the boil.
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I gotta tell ya, just between us girls, that Revvy is HOT. Very tall, gorgeous grey hair and a terrific smile. He's very good looking in person, with a charismatic personality... he drives like a ****ing maniac! - YooperBrew
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