re: Subject: [CH] chile beer
Snyder, Curt (CSnyder@ligand.com)
Mon, 14 May 2001 07:19:25 -0700
>I was reading through the tv guide when I saw a little article about chile
>beer. It is from 'Cave Creek' from Arizona. The motto is: 'Lime is for
>wimps.'The label is yellow with black letters and a green chile pepper. Has
>anybody heard about or tried this beer? It is beer with a whole chile
pepper
>stuffed in the bottle. I hope it'll be available in Holland soon so I can
>broaden my chile item collection which is still pretty small.
>
>For the moms out there...Happy Mothersday! (tomorrow)
>
>Miss Dewi
I was out in Phoenix several years ago on business and drove up to Crazy
Ed's in Cave Creek. It's a tiny little brewpub way out in the desert. I was
the only person in the bar at the time (a weeknight) and had a great chat
with the bartender and some of the serving crew. There's a big handwritten
sign in the window that sez "Don't even ASK about no Budweiser". And of
course, two guys come in and ask if they have Bud... Anyway, as a
homebrewer, I had to ask about the chile beer. It's a typical American lager
and the bartender said it wasn't a brew they were really proud of, but it
had it's purpose as a "novelty beer". OTOH, if you're ever out there, they
do a great stout (no peppers) and several others that are very good. The
foods not bad either, but not chilehead fare.
Curt