I`ve been chatting a lot with the Head Brewer at Iron Fist Brewery in Vista, CA, about brewing beers with chilis. He grew Bhuts this year and had already tried a couple of Bhut-laced beers only available at the Tasting Room so far. One called "Death of a Blonde" which was vanilla and Bhut-laced Blonde (Renegade Blonde) and "Death of a Brunette" which was vanilla and Bhut-laced Stout (Velvet Glove).
http://ironfistbrewing.com/
Anyway, I dropped off a variety pack of peppers a couple of weeks ago and on tuesday I tried, for the first time, their Stout (Velvet Glove) that had been treated to a bath with vanilla pods and one 7-pot douglah! The Head Brewer tried it for the first time with me. Holy crap, was it good. The flavor of the Douglah was so much better than the Bhut they`d used previously with the vanilla and stout. It was a little too hot to be useful, but he`s now working on that. He also has some Manzanos, Aji lemon, Scotch bonnets and Douglahs to play with.
The beers aren`t ready yet, but when they are I hope to do a few reviews
http://ironfistbrewing.com/
Anyway, I dropped off a variety pack of peppers a couple of weeks ago and on tuesday I tried, for the first time, their Stout (Velvet Glove) that had been treated to a bath with vanilla pods and one 7-pot douglah! The Head Brewer tried it for the first time with me. Holy crap, was it good. The flavor of the Douglah was so much better than the Bhut they`d used previously with the vanilla and stout. It was a little too hot to be useful, but he`s now working on that. He also has some Manzanos, Aji lemon, Scotch bonnets and Douglahs to play with.
The beers aren`t ready yet, but when they are I hope to do a few reviews