Twisted Pine Billys Chilies

Brewed by Twisted Pine Brewing
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Boulder, Colorado USA

(bottle). Pours a yellow color. Small white head. Strong chili pepper aroma. Strong pepper taste with light hops. Smooth finish, with chili pepper flavor that lasts in the back of the throat. Soft carbonation.

[Feb 22, 2009]
On tap at the brewpub then again in bottles. Score of 24? No way. This is the single best vegetable beer I have ever had by a large margin. The pour is hazy gold with a small white head. The aroma is absolutely delightful. We’re talking real, true, genuine fresh pepper aromas. Deep hints at the sweetness of green pepper with the heat and bitterness of habaneros and jalapenos. It’s strong and sharp, almost like an IPA except with peppers instead of hops. The flavor is fantastic. Deep, complex bouquet of all kinds of pepper flavors make a crisply stinging profile which I welcome heartily. Yeah, it’s fairly spicy, it burns mostly in the back of my palate and down the throat, but it never gets out of hand. I had two bottles back to back and never thought the heat was overbearing. What I like about this is the amazing depth and genuine feel captured from the peppers. The palate is medium light and works very, very well on this beer. I bought a four pack to go from the brewery because of the uniquely delicious experience. This is easily the best chili beer I have ever tasted. I love it. What a well made, refreshing departure from the norm.

Had this brew at the All Colorado Beer Festival on 11/08/08. Color is a bright gold with good carbonation and head. Aroma is like fresh roasted chilies. Taste comes on a light body with a bold fresh chili taste and a spicy bite on the end. This is the best chili brew I have ever had.

Draft. An unclear golden beer with a medium light orangey head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of chili, that tears in the nose. The flavor is sweet malty with a nice medium strong chili note - not too much, but it still leaves a slight chili burn on the palate and tongue.

(12oz bottle, thanks acrdz) Medium white head atop clear straw body. Aroma is medium sweet, sweet and spicy chili pepper. Taste is medium sweet, juicy chili peppers, "hot" but not overpowering. Light-medium body. A tasty fulfillment of what the label promises.

12oz bottle, courtesy of acrdz. Thanks, Mike! Pours a hazy, golden color; white head with patchy, fine-bubbled lacing. Huge amounts of fresh peppers in the aroma; spicy, authentic, hugely vegetal; this is actually surprisingly nice; like fresh roasted green and red peppers. Lots of heat / spiciness in the mouth; medium mouthfeel, with a huge pepper presence; light carbonation; green peppers, habaneros, and pepper seeds; lots of solid warmth and legitimate pepper presence. Actually quite nice overall. Medium finish: touches of wheatiness and loads of lasting fresh pepper hotness.

Clear straw yellow colored body. Huge, instant nose of pickled jalapeno peppers, like sticking your nose into a jar… the jalapeno/pickle juice note is raw, intense and true to the character of the chiles, though there’s little in the way of wheat beer behind the peppers, aroma-wise. For flavor, it’s mostly mild up front for the first second, becoming peppery (black pepper) and tangy and prickly on the middle and back of the tongue, but never really getting hot. Comes across as acidic heart-burn at times, but again, never really gets hot. For what it is, it’s actually a pretty nice representation of the flavor of the chiles, but tends more towards pickled jalapenos rather than a more pulp/fruit flavor of the others. Biting and sharp towards the end, not terrible by any means, but ultimately simple.

Courtesy of arcdz. Clear pale straw body with a small white head. The nose is fresh chopped peppers. The flavor is mostly chili peppers, but a bit watery otherwise. Meidum/light body is a bit thin with moderate carbonation.