Chili Beer?

[Erik76]

I am looking for some advice on a chili beer. I am planning on using a belgian wit style as a base and then adding a bit of heat and some flavoring to it. Any thoughts on when the best time to add Chili's is for both heat and flavoring?

I am looking for a touch of heat, I am not interested in melting my tastebuds .

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[Captain Damage]

Go to www.basicbrewingradio.com and look in their video podcast archives for a show on chili beers. IIRC they found adding them to 2ndary to give the best result.

 

[Erik76]

Thank you very much I will give that a go.

 

[Scooby_Brew]

I used 2 oz. of cut chipotles in a 10 gal batch of smoked porter. 5 min to the end of boil. The heat is not overwhelming, it's a balanced beer. Not a session beer, but it's an awesome beer anyway.