Style: Chili Beer IBU’S: 10 Hops – Willamette, Northern Brewer ABV 5%
Availability: Only 100 cases bottled: To be released Thursday, May 5, 2011, Cinco de Mayo
GFK is brewed with 6 zany peppers. Anaheim, Fresno, Jalapeno, Serrano, Habanero and Bhut Jolokia – Otherwise known as the Ghost Pepper. 200 times the heat of jalapenos, Bhut Jolokia are the hottest peppers in the world, a pepper so hot it can be weaponized. So hot that our brewers had to wear masks and gloves to cut them up. Aroma of smoked chillis fills the nose on first whiff, but don’t let it linger to long. Immediately on first taste GFK has a nice golden wheat flavor, but this is only for a fleeting moment before the temperature rises. Just hold on, the warmth of this beer will set in for a long spicy burn. There is only one finish on this beer – HEAT!
Food Pairing: Ice-cream or milk, because that is all that is going to help you with this brew.
Man, that pepper beer sounds harsh! Rogue makes a chipotle beer, but it’s weak sauce. I’m gonna have to find a bottle of this. Too bad the alcohol is only 5%.