Article: Craft Brewing’s Hot New Style? Beer Made With Spicy Chili Peppers

[ryanmetcalf]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... li-peppers

While craft beer heads might measure a brew in IBUs (International Bitterness Units, which are used to approximately quantify the hop bitterness of beer) what about a beer’s SHUs (Scoville Heat Units, a measurement of the heat of chili peppers)? Beers with heat are hot at the moment as craft brewers experiment with exciting new flavor combinations. Whether they’re made via the addition of hot pepper juice, oils, or whole peppers, ales and lagers brewed with chili peppers are common enough for “Chile Beer” to be a recognized style on BeerAdvocate.com. Ranging in heat on the palate from subtle to fiery, here are seven eclectic examples of Scoville-scoring, great brews.

[Ace]

These sound wonderful, especially the Mexican Cake. Are any of these available nearby without driving more than 10 hours?

[Ace]

I know the Sculpin is available here..

[johnpepin]

I've brewed with peppers in the past. My only advise is keep the O2 out as much as possible. The peppers seemed to oxidize, much like hops. But the peppers oxidized quickly.