Six Rivers Chile Pepper Ale

Brewed by Six Rivers Brewery
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
McKinleyville, California USA

(Tasting Notes Fall 2000): Jalapeno smell and taste. All I taste are the peppers, so I have no idea if there's any quality underneath.

Tap@6 Rivers, McKinleyville, California. Had it under the name ’Chilli Wheat Ale’. This wasn’t so good, quite a hot chilli flavour, i never thought i’d drink a beer that made want to drink a bucket of water. Capsicum flavour, green, can’t notcied th beer coz the chilli is too dominant, a bit on the offensive side, but better than other Chilli beers i’ve had.

Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a slightly hazy pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity spicy chile pepper aroma. Very hot spicy chile pepper flavor. Long warming hot spicy chile pepper finish.

on tap at the brewpub. aroma reminded me of green tabasco sauce. pretty spicy, hard to notice much else about the beer

(Draft: Six Rivers Brewery in McKinleyville, CA) Oh boy, here we go. My only other chili beer that I can recall drinking was totally undrinkable, a beer for macho guys trying to outdo each other. The nose on this chili beer says, "Drinker beware!" I can smell the chili peppers before the glass gets within a foot of my nose, and a more detailed attempt at discerning the aroma yields only bushels of chilis. One small sip, and I’m instantly afraid that drinking any more will totally kill my palate. It’s very spicy and hot, and while not totally unpleasant, I don’t think I can drink this beer. I like hot and spicy food, but not hot and spicy beer. It doesn’t burn while I hold the beer in my mouth, but as soon as I swallow, my mouth is on fire. Medium straw in color, slightly hazy, but I think the chili killed the head, which is non-existent. This may be a GABF silver medal winner, but you have to like chili beers to enjoy this one. I guess as chili beers go, this is pretty good, but I find it undrinkable and unpleasant.

On tap GABF 02: Yellow/amber color with a small head. Aroma of fresh jalapinoes. Hot, thick heat flavor with a good taste. Not for everyone.

GABF ’09.
On the advice of Dasilky, I tried this beer, finding it to be a pleasant surprise, especially when one considers the difficulty of melding beer with pepper heat. Pours an average yellow with a nose of subtle yet assertive pepper and jalapeno. Flavor is slightly hot pepper with a stinging hot sauce finish. Average mouthfeel but the pepper is the highlight anyway so let’s not dwell on small details. Muy kinda delicioso; one of the only well-made and tasty pepper beers I’ve had. I’d drink more of this.

Tap @ brewpub. It was a mistake to start with this one. This stuff could kill you. Golden yellow. Massive chile aroma and flavor. Not even a hint that beer might be in this liquid. Overwhelming chile flavor actually made my mouth feel hot. An interesting concept beer.