Hot hot hot Chilli Beer?

[ac13]

Rising Sons had a beer with Carolina Reaper in it at the Great Irish Beer Fest last year. Hadn't been tapped when I was there so didn't get to taste it. IIRC they said they went easy on the chilli and there was little to no kick from it.

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

I called over to my mates tonight to collect the chilli for adding to secondary and it turned into an evening of sampling a few others too.
Those Italian ones were damn hot!

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Carolina Reaper got prepared and added to some whiskey to soak overnight.
I'll transfer to secondary tomorrow with the 3 small pieces of chilli.

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Seems I was over cautious with the chilli, must have been paying too much attention to the cautious people. 

Tasted it yesterday, after sitting on the chilli for 4 days and there was little to no heat at all.  I added another piece of chilli today and I plan on bottling early next week.

It has turned out to be a very nice malty ale, just aswell I used the "easier to add it in than take it out" approach.

[Leann ull]

You can always add, you can't take away

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

You can always add, you can't take away

Exactly.

[johnrm]

I tried Neon Overlord and really liked it.
Next beer is going to have lots of chilli.

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Good man!

I bottled mine tonight after tasting this evening.  The second addition of chilli made the difference - it leaves a nice warming heat on the back of your throat, not overpowering in anyway, just a nice heat. Even the missus agreed.

Suprisingly clear going into the bottle too, there was a compact yeast cake left behind in the FV.

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Another chilli 🌶 beer, 2nd attempt at this one.
First version was a cracker, hopefully this turns as good.

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

2 chipotles soaked overnight in Oaked Whiskey before adding to secondary.

[mcooney]

I just made an IPA with 2 Habenero chillis, very tasty but little or no heat.
I removed the seeds before adding with dry hops. Next time I'll either add more chillis or leave the seeds in.

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

how long did you leave the chilli in?

I'd aim for 2 chillis, seeds and all, for 2 days and then taste.

[mcooney]

Yeah I didn't taste it , left them in for a week with the hops and transferred to a kg.

[mick02]

Apologies for bumping an old thread but I got gifted two Naga chillies the other day and I'm contemplating making a chili stout. From the previous posts it looks like 2 chillies with the seeds into secondary is the way to go. Was there any other prep done (other than soaking in whiskey)?

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Double check how hot the naga chillis are, 1 or less might do.
Cut it up, remove the seeds if you wish, and soak overnight in whiskey/vodka.
Look at your malt bill to balance out the heat maybe with some sweetness? Some lactose sweetness might counteract the heat too.