Thanks for the football updates. Phone died, i go into detail on gardening thread, if you had some space (wish I did) you could go nuts. Honestly i am really wondering if the plentiful slow release osmocote is the true gardener.
Hard to believe but i actually dont like chilli in beer. I love almost every beer style though. Stopped growing jalopenos because since kids don't eat them i stopped cooking with them. I want to grow them next year to make hot sauce.
I made a jalapeño cream ale twice. First time I put a 1/4 pepper in each bottle and the heat was inconsistent between bottles but it was there. Second time I put all the jalapeños in the secondary and the heat was equal across the bottles but over time they lost the heat and I just had pepper beers.
I did stop in to the Tallgrass Taproom. Had a sampler flight of three stouts based on their Buffalo Sweat. One was "Reindeer Sweat" which was their Oatmeal Stout aged on cacao nibs, cherry puree, and bourbon-soaked oak spirals.
I think I convinced my dad to try a ghost pepper plant this year. Man, I hope he does it. It's hot as the blazes, but the flavor is incredible! I'd love to extract the flavor and temper the heat a little for a good Stout.