5 - Alarm
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Hoppin' Frog BrewerySpiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Special Out of Production
|
Score
6.60
|
|
Hoppin' Frog brewmaster Fred Karm has won multiple awards for his chilli cooking, and the Hoppin’ Frog Tasting Room has been voted one of the best in the US for its food, so we decided to collaborate on a chilli beer with a chilli con carne cook-off while we brewed it! Caramel sweetness from the malt balances the smoky heat in this one-off celebration of the glorious chilli pepper.
Sign up to add a tick or review
7.3/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home... Copper brown... Thick tan head... Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.... Dark roast... Spicy roast.. Dark soft sweet smoke roast malts.. Rich chocolate roast
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2016
at 16:05
7/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle from the brewery. An attractive reddish copper coloured pour with a large caramel coloured head that falls back quickly; the aroma is quite vegetal, with some toffee and spice; at first the taste is of toffee and malt, but the chilli heat kicks in quickly, giving a meaty note - like a good chilli con carne; the finish has more lingering heat, with residual treacle toffee. I’m not usually a fan of chilli beers, but this one is rather good - the chilli is hot without burning, and the toffee sweetness gives a good balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2016
at 08:30
4.8/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draught @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren, Aarhus. Pours dark brown with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, vegetables, chili. Flavor is light sweet, rather hot from chilli, malty, caramel, veggies, hot chilli. Thin to medium body, soft carbonation, burning hot chilli. 300816
Tried
on 31 Aug 2016
at 12:47
7.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at ushers. Pours deep brown, nose is tomato soup, caramel, chilli, taste is sweet, toffee, caramel, finish is fiery chilli, quite hot
Tried
on 31 Aug 2016
at 09:58
7/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Peterborough beer festival 27/08/2016. A clear reddy copper coloured pour with a lasting beige head. aroma is sweet ranch malts, amber, red berries, little pepper. Flavour is composed of jammy fruits, raspberry, red fruits, smoked amber malts, Warming mellow chilly at the back of the throat. Chilly peppers. Palate is medium sweet, medium bodied, lowish carbonation. Interesting well made.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2016
at 06:55
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a clear copper colour with little life. The flavour is alcohol light spice. The flavour is light bitter with a super chilli spice, metallic hop palate. Medium bodied with flat carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2016
at 16:36
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at THT. Almost clear amber with off white head. Light smoke, roasted malts, caramel, massive chilies, light herbs. Light sweet and almost medium bitter. Under medium bodied with quite some chili.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2016
at 16:34
7/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled at THT August. Clear dark reddish amber. White head. Roasted red peppers. Spicy. Medium sweet big spicy light bitter. Under medium body. Average carbonation. Pretty damn spicy!
Tried
on 26 Aug 2016
at 16:34
6.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
33cl bottle shared at August THT. thin ring off white head. Hazy amber pour. Too spicy
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2016
at 16:33
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared at August THT. Dark red, clear, with no head. Tons of chili going on, smoke and nothing much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2016
at 16:32