Cave Creek Chili Beer

Brewed by Cervecería Mexicana
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Tecate, Mexico

had to try it with my house reknowned fajitas...Pours a pale golden with white head; aromas of chili pepper, tastes of chili pepper, light bodied chili pepper. Mix water, bud light, and powder chili pepper; garnish with actual chili pepper. Don’t try it anytime, anywhere, or with any meal. As a novelty its fun, otherwise don’t bother.

I can’t believe I’m finally seeing a bottle of this, thanks to Derek. Pours clear gold with a small fizzy white head. Aroma is chili pepper, straw, and pepper. Flavor has straw and metal early, but my goodness, does chili pepper hit you in the face. I didn’t actually think this was all that bad, until I started using my head. Not only is this just plain unpleasant with its prickly hotness, but it tastes JUST like a cheap Mexican pale lager with a jalapeno thrown in it. Really? You want to insult beer drinkers with cheap novelty like this? Just mix Koch’s golden anniversary with a Serrano.

Intensive chili aroma. Pale golden color. Flavor is sharp, but not too sharp. Intensive chili notes. Good chili beer, but one is enough.

1-18-09....Looks like a ginger ale... no head at all...smells like a watered down chili pepper....extremely watery body...the spice here is foul....its a little hot, but mostly foul...instant heartburn in a bottle...down the sink you go foul beast.......diarrhea!!

Poured a hazy piss yellow color, aroma of chili peppers. Hit the mouth with heat, thin body, finish with a gag reflex. I want my money back...it is what it is...

Wow. Pale gold, no head. Spicy chili peppers in the aroma and flavor. I honestly could only stomach one sip. Awful awful stuff.

Probably not the most original name for a beer, but I gave it high scores for flavor, aroma, and palate primarily based on quantity not quality. Would I drink it again? No. Would I switch it with a friend’s beer when he’s not looking? Definitely.

Bottle enjoyed with a fish po’ boy at Sweet Mothers in Wellington NZ; clear bottle housing a pale straw coloured beer and big fat dong of a jalapeno pepper floating in the neck! I’ve had a few chili lagers in my time, ranging from pretty good to bland (Alley Kat’s Aiiiieeeee Carumba falls into the latter category). This version has the usual non-descript lager foundation, but it is the chilli character that really makes or breaks a beer like this. The chilli in this brew is exactly right—fresh jalapeno flavour with some capsicum notes, and enough heat to warm your throat but not put you off. I quite liked it actually.