A new brew (for me anyway)

[davekermito]

Tonight saw my most experimental couple of brews yet...

DJ1

4 litres of el cheapo apple juice
0.5l of strong tea
2 cinnamon sticks
Half a 'Handful' of crushed cloves
5 scotch bonnet chillis
Mounded spoonful of ginger powder
All campdened before...
T58 yeast slurry



DJ2

4.5 litres of the same apple juice
1 tin of pears
Crushed cherrys off garden tree (type unknown)
Rind of 3 lemons (the missus using them for cooking)
S04 - half pack


Absolutely no idea how they'll turn out.


Fingers crossed

[Matt24]

You put Scotch Bonnets in a TC recipe

[ECW]

You may well laugh, but I've just been to a Brew Fest here in Denver and there was chilli beer there. A bit like eating a kebab and drinking beer at the same time...so that saves on calories, right?

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/style/163

The one I tried was "Billy's Chilies" but as you can see it isn't unusual to put such things in beer over here.

Good luck with your brews, we'd all appreciate tasting notes once they're ready.

[moobli]

dave
i did something similar
i used 4 fruit t bags
blackcurrent bursters
made as a cup of tea then dowsed in the pot whilst melting the honey into the juice
going to bottle and prime with 1/2 tsp of dem sugar
after clearing into dj,s twice


the green stuff tasted like jaques
just see if i can put a bit of fizz in it with the dem sugar

[davekermito]

You put Scotch Bonnets in a TC recipe

Yep! I like the idea of a spicy cider and had some left over and thought what the hell!

Probably be utterly disgusting, or I could have struck gold.

I'm going for the former.

[DREADSKIN]

i like your style!

[fatbloke]

You just have remember that the capsaicin in the chillies is a "fatty alkaloid" and is dissolved by the alcohol - though whether the chilli brew will have enough alcohol in it to dissolve the capsaicin is another matter.

If you want a chilli extract to add to a brew though, just mince the chillies in a food processor (trim the green tops off first) and then soak the rest of it in vodka - it works, very well.........

I know that, because that's how I extracted the capsaicin from last years chilli crop and made it into sauce about 2 weeks ago - it's very hot, very very hot.......

regards

fatbloke

[davekermito]

Cheers for the advice 'fatbloke'

Had a sample last night and it hasn't retained much of the heat.