Green Chile Beer additions

[martyjhuebs]

I have seen several posts about using green chile in beer recipes. I have recently made a Green Chile Pale ale and the technique is quite simple. My wife and I purchased 50 lbs of fres green Chile and had it roasted on the spot. Part of the proess involves bagging the chile immediately and letting it sweat for a few hours. When then chile was removed, there was a magnificant smelling and flavorful juice left before. I collected these juices and added to my secondary. What came of that was a great tasting chile flavor with no spice.

 

[Flakk]

What hops did you use to pair with the chili juice?

 

[martyjhuebs]

Here my recipe:

6.50 gal Purified Water
2 lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine (1.5 SRM)
2.3 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM)
10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (3.5 SRM)
1 lbs Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM)
2.0 oz Citra [12.0%] - Boil 60 min
1.0 oz Nugget [13.0%] - Boil 45 min
1.0 oz Centennial [10.0%] - Boil 20 min
0.5 oz Nugget [13.0%] - Boil 15 min
1.0 oz Centennial [10.0%] - Boil 10 min
2 pkgs California Ale V (White Labs #WLP051)
2.00 cup Roasted Green Chile Juice (Secondary 10 days)
4.0 oz Zeus [14.0%] - Dry Hop 7 days
4.0 oz Cascade [5.5%] - Dry Hop 7 days