Twisted Pine Billys Chilies

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

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.

Barrel Draught from the jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 01/10/2005 Golden coloured with a slightly hazy appearance. Spicy chilli aroma and flavour. Lasting finish.

(Bottle) Pours a clear yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of warm roasted mixed pepper salsa that makes me hungry for some chips and salsa. Flavor is lightly sweet with corn, wheat, and light mixed chilly peppers. The finish provides a slight burn, although expected much more pepper flavor after the potent nose.

22oz bottle acquired in trade with Kevin (thanks!). Poured a lighter yellow color with a very small sized white head. Aromas of, you guessed it, peppers (lots of different kinds) and mexican food. Tastes of peppers but not as strong as the aromas. The peppers where there but not in an overly offensive way. Thin body. Hey Tom, because of that comment, I’m going through my top shelf beers tonight :)

on tap-pours a white head and hazy yellow color. Aroma is chile. Taste is chile with heat, wheat. A bit more heat than the other two I’ve had in Colorado (Shamrock and Steamworks), interesting. OK carbonation.

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.

Draught, Boulder, Twisted Pine tasting room. Head is mostly diminishing. Body is light yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), with note of chile peppers / vegetables. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter, moderate burning. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. It’s hard to get excited about chile beers, and this is no exception. Starts with their plain wheat beer, which doesn’t give it much behind the peppers of interest. Still, it’s better than Cave Creek.