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Billy's Chilies Beer (Timberline Series)
Twisted Pine Brewing Company
- From:
- Twisted Pine Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Chile Beer
Ranked #37 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 77
Ranked #27,109 - Avg:
- 3.36 | pDev: 22.02%
- Reviews:
- 84
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 12, 2024
- Added:
- Feb 14, 2006
- Wants:
- 18
- Gots:
- 48
Our chili beer is made with five different kinds of fresh chili peppers. Rich pepper aroma greets you when the bottle is opened, followed by its satisfying beer taste and then subtle spiciness.
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Reviewed by smbslt from Illinois
3.61/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Don’t know if it’s the altitude or a flat lander being in the mountains but the pepper aroma and taste followed by a nice burn is well done. It deserves more love.
Jan 12, 2024Reviewed by hoptheology from California
4.01/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
My first time trying a chile beer, poured into a tumbler glass.
Appearance : First thing I notice is lots of sediment, suspended in a 80% opaque golden haze of a body. The head pours 2 fingers and recedes to a small ring leaving hilly lace on the sides. The sediment could be finely ground pepper seeds, or tons of yeast and carbonation bubbles. Either way it's unique and exciting.
Smell : Eyes watering from the smell already. Fresh cut green bell pepper, Serrano, Jalapeno, Banana Pepper. Some malty character behind that. It's a very spicy aroma. It could be louder, though.
Taste : This is a hot beer. Woo! Nice blonde ale character sits behind waves of green pepper skins - namely jalapeno and Serrano, crushed seeds of that variety, and it finishes on mild green bell pepper flavor with the lingering heat of the hotter peppers. It actually ends up tasting like a mouthful of red pizza peppers from the shaker.
Feel : Medium bodied. Ends semi-dry with natural heat generated from the spices. Fits the beer well.
Overall : A unique experience. I'd recommend it to anybody who likes peppers and who likes beer. Drink up!
Sep 21, 2015Appearance : First thing I notice is lots of sediment, suspended in a 80% opaque golden haze of a body. The head pours 2 fingers and recedes to a small ring leaving hilly lace on the sides. The sediment could be finely ground pepper seeds, or tons of yeast and carbonation bubbles. Either way it's unique and exciting.
Smell : Eyes watering from the smell already. Fresh cut green bell pepper, Serrano, Jalapeno, Banana Pepper. Some malty character behind that. It's a very spicy aroma. It could be louder, though.
Taste : This is a hot beer. Woo! Nice blonde ale character sits behind waves of green pepper skins - namely jalapeno and Serrano, crushed seeds of that variety, and it finishes on mild green bell pepper flavor with the lingering heat of the hotter peppers. It actually ends up tasting like a mouthful of red pizza peppers from the shaker.
Feel : Medium bodied. Ends semi-dry with natural heat generated from the spices. Fits the beer well.
Overall : A unique experience. I'd recommend it to anybody who likes peppers and who likes beer. Drink up!
Reviewed by ClavisAurea from New York
3/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pale color with almost no head. Pepper skin and plano on the nose, taste has a very mild chili taste with a subtle IPA backbone. Drinkable but not too impressive.
Sep 05, 2015Rated by jwall76 from Wyoming
3.35/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.35/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Had some nice heat. Better than drinking a crappy Bud or Coors any day.
Jun 20, 2015Reviewed by JerzDevl2000 from New Jersey
3.52/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Picked this up in Totowa recently, having never had this before. I'm not a huge fan of this style of beer as I always feel that I need something to eat to accompany a brew of this sort but in this case, there was enough here that I didn't need to pair it with any food. The only question I had was whether I would still be feeling this hours after I got the last sip down
Out of the nearly 1,000 beers that I've reviewed on here, none of them have ever had a sound quite like this one as I poured it out. The head sounded like receding sea foam as it bubbled up and popped, attempting to jump out of my glass. Lots of habanero and jalapeno in the nose which the latter coming out strongly in the taste. I almost felt like this was jalapeno cheese that had somehow been liquified and fermented, powerfully enough to cut the wheat that I could see but not taste. It looked like it should have been there, given the subdued golden hue and cloudiness of this beer, but the heat just seemed to smother everything else out. Not hoppy, this still had a good body to it and enough carbonation to keep this light in spite of my lips still burning well after finishing this off.
While weak enough to be a session beer, having more than one in a sitting would be a bit gutsy. This wasn't enough to change my mind about what I think of these beers but if I was bit rebellious and wanted to push the envelope, I'd have another one of these just to liven things up. This was about as good as it could get for the style with just a hint of bread to keep it relatively even-keel. Surprisingly fun stuff!
Jun 18, 2015Out of the nearly 1,000 beers that I've reviewed on here, none of them have ever had a sound quite like this one as I poured it out. The head sounded like receding sea foam as it bubbled up and popped, attempting to jump out of my glass. Lots of habanero and jalapeno in the nose which the latter coming out strongly in the taste. I almost felt like this was jalapeno cheese that had somehow been liquified and fermented, powerfully enough to cut the wheat that I could see but not taste. It looked like it should have been there, given the subdued golden hue and cloudiness of this beer, but the heat just seemed to smother everything else out. Not hoppy, this still had a good body to it and enough carbonation to keep this light in spite of my lips still burning well after finishing this off.
While weak enough to be a session beer, having more than one in a sitting would be a bit gutsy. This wasn't enough to change my mind about what I think of these beers but if I was bit rebellious and wanted to push the envelope, I'd have another one of these just to liven things up. This was about as good as it could get for the style with just a hint of bread to keep it relatively even-keel. Surprisingly fun stuff!
Billy's Chilies Beer (Timberline Series) from Twisted Pine Brewing Company
Beer rating:
77 out of
100 with
259 ratings
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