Sweet Scoville Sting
Settle Down Easy Brewing Company
- From:
- Settle Down Easy Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Chile Beer
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 2.32%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 28, 2024
- Added:
- Jan 03, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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This beer boasts a huge amount of honey added to the kettle. The incorporation of jalapenos help pull this beer together with a lovely balance of spicy and flavorful, while still sweet. Two worlds collide in harmony.
20 IBU
20 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by VABA from Virginia
4/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a dark amber color with a nice head and lacing
Aroma has malt and Chili pepper hints
Taste has a malt and Chili pepper flavor
A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
A good Chile beer
Jun 28, 2024Aroma has malt and Chili pepper hints
Taste has a malt and Chili pepper flavor
A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
A good Chile beer
Rated by IMFletcher from Kentucky
3.94/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.94/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Can pour - very deep color, almost like a brown ale. Pepper notes on the nose that translate nicely to the palate. Not too spicy, not too bland.
Jun 26, 2022
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.79/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Note: the most recent batch included habanero peppers which moved the heat up front, increased it a bit, and added a little fruit note to the beer.
On tap at brewery:
A deep amber beer is placed before me at the taproom bar, with a whisper of a head and a medium collar of white foam. Through a slight chill haze, bubbles continue to be freed from their liquid prison.
Revisit: it’s leaning more like a lighter brown ale color.
A slow swirl leaves a little bit of the white on the glass, but it slips back. The aromas from the swirl are heavy with pepper flesh - green pepper with a shadow of that specific jalapeño spicy note. There’s a slightly sweet impression that mostly gets beaten back, yet some sneaks through: honey, caramel, and floral flirtations.
Revisit: little more honey and pop of jalapeño
A clean, nearing watery but it a way that isn’t diluting. A hint of honey and the slight tang it can produce for me hit up front. A toasted biscuit with a hint of honey and orange marmalade is but a fleeting impression. The pepper that ruled the nose with an iron fist is more benevolent on the palate. It still makes up a major portion of the taste, but seems to share better.
Revisit: honey a little more prevalent with its sweetness, pepper pops with flesh and a little late and light sting.
Every time I think I might be getting a little sting from the peppers, it subsides quickly. I wish there was some bite - even if it took time to grow. That in itself could knock the feel up a couple notches for me. I’d also maybe like a little bit of a vegetal bitterness in back to bring it all home. Tasty, but a bit tame in a style where I’d like a little more aggression.
Revisit: the malt leans a tad towards a brown, but the flavors are fresh and crisp. The beer did just go back on tap yesterday, so freshness may be key.
Mar 17, 2019On tap at brewery:
A deep amber beer is placed before me at the taproom bar, with a whisper of a head and a medium collar of white foam. Through a slight chill haze, bubbles continue to be freed from their liquid prison.
Revisit: it’s leaning more like a lighter brown ale color.
A slow swirl leaves a little bit of the white on the glass, but it slips back. The aromas from the swirl are heavy with pepper flesh - green pepper with a shadow of that specific jalapeño spicy note. There’s a slightly sweet impression that mostly gets beaten back, yet some sneaks through: honey, caramel, and floral flirtations.
Revisit: little more honey and pop of jalapeño
A clean, nearing watery but it a way that isn’t diluting. A hint of honey and the slight tang it can produce for me hit up front. A toasted biscuit with a hint of honey and orange marmalade is but a fleeting impression. The pepper that ruled the nose with an iron fist is more benevolent on the palate. It still makes up a major portion of the taste, but seems to share better.
Revisit: honey a little more prevalent with its sweetness, pepper pops with flesh and a little late and light sting.
Every time I think I might be getting a little sting from the peppers, it subsides quickly. I wish there was some bite - even if it took time to grow. That in itself could knock the feel up a couple notches for me. I’d also maybe like a little bit of a vegetal bitterness in back to bring it all home. Tasty, but a bit tame in a style where I’d like a little more aggression.
Revisit: the malt leans a tad towards a brown, but the flavors are fresh and crisp. The beer did just go back on tap yesterday, so freshness may be key.
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