Crazy Ed's Cave Creek Chili Beer - Chili Beer Co.

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

1/5  rDev -40.5%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

This is not good. Looks like piss tinged green with a turn nugget in it. Head? Lacing? You're kidding right? Smells and tastes like it looks.

I think the recipe is 1 part gasoline + 1 part vinegar + 1 part Keystone Ice + 1 pepper. My apologies to Keystone Ice.

I would drink non alcoholic beer before this again.

Serving type: bottle

08-04-2010 21:00:45 | More by Beerandraiderfan

tone77

Pennsylvania

1.9/5  rDev +13.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

Poured from a clear 12 oz. bottle. Has a pale yellow color with a small head. Smell is of hot peppers, I am curious now. Taste is not good, really the only flavor coming through is the hot peppers. Feels light and hot on the mouth and I was only able to drink about half the bottle. Overall a failed attempt at an unusual style.

Serving type: bottle

08-02-2010 14:24:15 | More by tone77

macpapi

Maryland

1.05/5  rDev -37.5%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

A bottle of this from a six-pack given as a gift for Christmas. Judging by the date of this review, you will gather I was not terribly enthused to try this beer.

Pours a golden yellow, almost fizzy-looking color. Not as pale as many macro-type lagers, but still looks none-too-inviting. No head or lace.

Holy hot peppers!! This beer smells like pickled pepper aroma. In fact it reminds me of the juice/vinegar/water left behind in a can of jalapenos. Acrid on the nostrils. Only the brave will endeavor a sip after this inhalation.

Call me bold. The taste is just like the smell: repulsive. Vinegar water with a huge injection of peppery spices. Light lager flavor is unpleasantly present, but on the whole is overwhelmed by this overly done spice kick.

Mouthfeel is thin and acrid. Yikes!

On the whole, this is one of the weakest efforts at beer making that I've ever encountered. This one makes Budweiser look like Westy 12 in my book. I'm sure they were trying for some type of novelty appeal. Just not sure who that was geared toward.

Serving type: bottle

06-24-2010 01:05:23 | More by macpapi

mdwalsh

Iowa

1.53/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 1

Ok, I'll be honest, I'm at work, knocked this off the (bottom) shelf and damaged a bottle, so I'm reviewing. Not going to be too professional here.

Holy crap, this is awful. No head, smell's like black pepper and bad Mexican food that they tried to cover up by making it super spicey! Aweful. No balance.

I get no hops, no malt, just bad peppers. It smells like cat pee, and not in a good sauv blanc kind of way. I will never go anywhere near this beer ever again!

Serving type: bottle

06-14-2010 19:08:38 | More by mdwalsh

Espenoza

Arizona

1.65/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1

I'm just going to go candid from my notes:

Poured a clear golden color, hardly any head.

For smell I just put "Dear God No"... It could be likened to the urine of Satan after a hefty portion of asparagus.

The taste was typical lager but then wait... there's a spice to it. I could see this being used for beer bread.

Mouthfeel... light, very light and spicey.

This really isn't all that drinkable...

and for the record... I ate the chili.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2010 02:04:28 | More by Espenoza

OneDropSoup

Pennsylvania

1.63/5  rDev -3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

Perversely excited to see this one at the bottle shop I frequent. Given all I'd heard, I had to give it a try.

Poured into a pilsner: Pale gold with fingers' fizzy head that drops within a minute to a thin collar & dusting. A few streams of slow bubbles.

Smell is spicy chili & a little cheesy (yes, not unlike nacho cheese). Maybe a tiny bit of corn or cereal grain, just enough to poke its head up. Different, even for a chili beer.

Starts with a pretty clean, inoffensive light corn adjunct taste, a little sweet grape juice. Soon rolls in the chili. The taste itself isn't even all that strong. I mean, it's there, but the real offender is the heat that kicks in & burns the back of the mouth.

Goes from smooth & thin-bodied to hot & burning. Movements are interesting: the cool is at the front & the heat at the back of the swallow, so you've gotta go back for more to put out the fire. I actually craved the cheap, soothing part.

Man, what a trip. They took something bland & inoffensive & added something to make it abrasive. Glad I tried it, can't say I'd ever again. Ended up being my first pour, just couldn't take it any more.

Serving type: bottle

05-01-2010 12:45:12 | More by OneDropSoup

Banger530

Arizona

1.35/5  rDev -19.6%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1

I bought this on the recommendation of a friend who likes it. I, however, do not.

It looked like a typical beer, pale yellow color, except with a chile pepper it.

It smelled like a chili pepper.

Taste, bad. The chili was overpowering and the spice was the only thing I tasted. No beer flavor.

Mouthfeel. Not as bad, light feeling. Little carbonation.

Drinkability. None. I usually can finish a beer, even if I don't like it, but not this one.

Serving type: bottle

04-09-2010 04:10:48 | More by Banger530

beergod1

Ohio

1.3/5  rDev -22.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

I seen how low this beer ranks, and the last time I had this was about 2002. So what the hell....I tried it again (Idiot) I'm glad I only bought 1 bottle in a mixpack (thank god I had some Founders and Bells to go with it) I can't believe they still make this! People like me buy it once in a while, I guess?! For the Novelty? I'm interested to taste this beer without the pepper. Light head, very pale, Hot body and finish. Hard to finish this beer. and I like hot foods, but....yech. Breakfast Stout here I come, let me wash this horrible happening out of my Mouth.

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2010 13:05:13 | More by beergod1

womencantsail

California

1.38/5  rDev -17.9%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

The infamous Cave Creek Chili Beer...

A: The pour is just about like any adjunct lager--pale yellow and fizzy with a short lived white head.

S: The aroma is pretty gnarly. It smells like Budweiser with jalapeno added to it and there's some definite "kick" to the aroma. In fact, it made me afraid to take a sip.

T: Surprisingly, the flavor itself is not quite as bad as the scent would let on. But let's not kid ourselves, it doesn't taste good either. The chili flavor is definitely hot and there really isn't anything else in the beer to mitigate that.

M: The beer is light and fizzy on the tongue with some definite chili pepper warmth.

D: While the beer didn't taste bad on the tongue, the problem is that after you drink it, you have immediate heart burn. The fizz and spiciness combination does quite a number on your stomach.

And no, I didn't eat the pepper.

Serving type: bottle

03-20-2010 20:52:27 | More by womencantsail

DavoleBomb

Ohio

1.53/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

Poured into a pint glass. I've been dreading drinking this beer for a while now, but tonight is the night to get the deed done.

1.5 A: This is one ugly ass brew. Slightly hazy golden color. Got about one millimeter of fizzy head that fell in a matter of a second or two. The pepper quickly floated to the top and sits there half submerged. I can't help but liken it to a green turd with a stem. Would have given this a flat out 1.0, but it doesn't look like sewage or "garbage milk."

1.0 S: Doesn't smell like beer...at all. Smells a bit of the pepper hotness, but mainly of the vegetal aspect. Gross, but onto the tasting.

2.0 T: Surprisingly, it doesn't taste as bad as it smells or looks. However, it doesn't taste much like beer either, but that's probably because it's basically a Miller Lite with peppery hotness added. Light to medium pepper hotness masks any chance of this tasting like beer. Not horrible, but it is what it is and that is pepper water.

1.5 M: Light and watery. Carbonation is okay, but that's pretty much the extent of what is right with the mouthfeel.

1.0 D: No need to ever drink this again. For good measure, I ate the pepper.

Serving type: bottle

03-18-2010 02:31:11 | More by DavoleBomb

baos

Indiana

3.35/5  rDev +99.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

12 ounce bottle into bicentennial Mason jar.

A: Bit of macro head on the get go but then the head disappears altogether, maybe the pepper in the bottle causes this? No lacing.

S: Nice jalapeno greenness with macro brewness. Like my old mans cooking. Fresh grains and bits of maltiness but mostly jalapeno.

T: I remember having one of these a long time ago and it burning my mouth. I'm much more of a hedonist now so it isn't even the slightest spicy. But it has a good jalapeno flavor with the brew. Ideally this brew should be used for cooking or maybe with the eating of wings. If one wants a spicy brew this is it!

M: Similar to the other macros.

D: If one likes it spicy. Then he should quaff this one.

Serving type: bottle

03-13-2010 22:00:26 | More by baos

hardy008

Minnesota

1/5  rDev -40.5%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Light yellow color with no head and a chili pepper. The pepper looks revolting, and I bet the smell and the taste will be revolting too. Yep. Smells and tastes like a liquid chili pepper. No beer flavor here. WTF? I have a hard time calling this a beer. It is a gimmick in a bottle. Might make a good April Fools joke, but that is about it. Avoid.

Serving type: bottle

02-15-2010 02:05:56 | More by hardy008

HalfFull

California

2.85/5  rDev +69.6%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Given the almost universal hatred for this beer I figured I simply had to try it. But alas I was reticent to invest in an entire six pack so sightings came and went. Finally I stumble upon a single for $1.79 and let my guard down. Five of my friends are likely happy for my discovery.

Poured into a pint glass from a clear 12 oz. twist off bottle making sure to leave the pepper behind, at least for now. Pours a golden straw with a thin film, not really a head. Lots of fine bubbles boil up from bottom center.

Nose is full of hot pepper spice with some malts lurking in back which seem to slowly rise up as you get accustomed to the heat. Some noble hops arrive later after some agitation, Saaz perhaps. Left still, the pepper is dominant, it is a Chile Beer after all.

Flavor is initially a blast of heat, slowly building in the throat. Heat lingers nicely. Bit of corn syrup sweetness seems evident but no real corn flavor. Texture allows for an even dispersion of capsaicins. Average drink for the style in that I don't really want another right now but would certainly drink this again.

Serving type: bottle

02-13-2010 00:31:56 | More by HalfFull

MOB210SA

Texas

1.53/5  rDev -8.9%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5

Very fizzly 1 finger head. No retention and dissipated almost instantly to absolutly nothing but a floating chili. Bubbly medium golden in color, lots of fizziling bubbles rising.

Picante, and pickeled peppers to the nose. Bananna peppers, spicy and not much else detected.

Bananna pepper infused bud light. Pretty spicy, with a bananna pepper, vinegary finish.

This beer isnt too drinkable, but is not as horrible as the reviews seem. This is definately not good though. Would probably be more tolerable with some tacos or meat or something?? But that's probably a stretch. Unless you like drinking hot sauce infused beer stay away from this. Well, unless you are like me and have to try it once. I'm sure there are a lot better examples of the style.

Light and bubbly like a cheap over carbonated beer with a really spicy finish that slightly burnt my throat (I even like spicy foods). Far from drinkable, or enjoyable in any way. This actually even aggrevated my stomach some.

Serving type: bottle

02-09-2010 06:10:11 | More by MOB210SA

travduke

North Carolina

1.13/5  rDev -32.7%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Appearance: Faint pale yellow. Almost translucent. Head quickly dissipates.

Smell: HOT. I'm not talking about boozy hot either. This beer is spicy. Again, not talking about hops. This beer actually smells like chili peppers.

Taste: The same as the smell. Hot peppers all around. There might be hops in here, but I can't tell from the spicyness.

Drinkability: I took about 2 sips of this and couldn't drink anymore. I like hot peppers but this is ridiculous.

Serving type: bottle

02-07-2010 20:33:12 | More by travduke

Mistofminn

Minnesota

1.05/5  rDev -37.5%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Well, I made it a point to try as many styles as I possibly could in 2010. It seems fitting I get the bad ones out of the way first. Lets get this over with.

The only place I know that has this only sells it in sixers. I can't beleive I shelled out money for 6 of these knowing full well I would either throw out the rest or give them away. Anyways...

Starts out ok. Pours a clear golden color, with a fizzy white head that shrinks quickly and leaves no lacing. Plop comes the chili pepper into the glass.

Nose is an awful combination of chili and adjunts, probably corn. It's not insanely spicey but the heat is distracting.

This is exactly what I envision a "light" Grain Belt aged on Chili Peppers would taste like. Absolutely awful, and nerely impossible for me to drink.

Light in body, with a low carbonation, and a lingering chilli heat. Not for the faint of heart. Drinkability...you can't even call it that.

Well, I successfully finished about 6 oz's of this and threw the rest out. Maybe I'll keep the rest around to entertain people with and give out to anyone willing to take the challenge. This is more of a gimmick than actual beer to me, my apologies go to Chili Beer Co.

Serving type: bottle

01-09-2010 06:59:44 | More by Mistofminn

largadeer

California

1.05/5  rDev -37.5%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Sandstone served this as a digestif at his lovely holiday beer dinner. Thanks, Roger - I owe you big.

The appearance is very beer-like, with a glowing neon yellow body and a head that rapidly settles to nothing. The aroma is pungent pickle brine, peperoncini and sweet corn that has been slathered with butter. Mmm, it's like a plate of sides at a BBQ. The flavor is masked by an intense burning sensation, so I can't comment on it a lot. I think there might be some white vinegar and corn or something. Delicious as this is, drinkability is rather low as it begins to induce queasiness after a few ounces. This is a must-try.

Serving type: bottle

12-15-2009 20:00:02 | More by largadeer

nickd717

California

2.33/5  rDev +38.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Sandstone came up with this awesomeness at a tasting. Been looking forward to this for awhile. Thanks, Roger! Apparently he cellared this beer for over a year. I bet this ages very well.

Pours a pale golden clear with minimal head. Very pale. Does not look good.

Aroma is pickled jalapeno. Maybe some pale malt or adjunk in there, but mostly pepper.

Flavor is also pickled jalapeno, very spicy, with corn and pale malt. The base beer is not very good. I also ate the pepper. Bad idea.

Light on the palate with low carbonation and lasting heat. His is one of the spicier beers I've ever had.

Sickening after awhile and not very drinkable, but not awful and pretty much accomplishes what it should. I don't think it's THAT terrible, but I can't honestly say that it isn't bad.

Serving type: bottle

12-14-2009 00:07:55 | More by nickd717

devilben02

North Carolina

1.58/5  rDev -6%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

I tried Cave Creek Chili Beer earlier this year because a relative saw it and wanted someone to try it. I did not have high expectations, so I split it with a friend who had heard of it as one of the worst beers in the country. Although I'm reviewing from notes here, the memory of this beer has etched such an impression in my mind that I have faith that this review accurately captures my opinion of this beer. (Also, I don't want to have to drink this again to write my review)

It pours with a palest yellow color, almost greenish, and practically no head. The addition of a rotting pepper in the bottle only further drags down the appearance rating. There is little to no aroma or taste of beer, only the pepper flavor. It tastes like watered-down Tabasco sauce. The heat of the pepper, lack of carbonation, and absence of anything resembling a traditional beer flavor makes this one tough to drink. I couldn't decide if I wanted to laugh or cry. I was proud that we both were able to get four or five sips down before we dumped the rest.

Overall, it looks unappealing, it smells unappealing, and it tastes like watered-down hot sauce. It was a chore to drink even a couple of small sips of Cave Creek before my innate desire to preserve my mental and physical wellbeing allowed me to drain pour the majority of the bottle.

Serving type: bottle

11-11-2009 16:08:41 | More by devilben02

beerthulhu

New Jersey

2.23/5  rDev +32.7%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

Packaged in a clear bottle with a 3" green serrano pepper.

A: Poured a weak watery gold with a soapy head that almost immediately dissipated to a polish surface with no lacing. A light carbonation is present as well a 3" Serrano chili pepper floating in my beer.

S: The nose was spicy chili peppers, and that's it. Even removing the pepper the scent still lingers on strong here drowning out any other aspect. Overall the strength was medium.

T: The flavor was, wait for it, spicy serrano pepper, warm and spicy but not terribly so. I debated whether to keep or ditch the pepper and I chose to keep it. The spiciness of the drink increases after the swallow. Much like the aroma, the flavor is what it is spicy warm pepper oils that drowned out any other possible flavors.

M: watery and hot, you definitely don't want to hold this to long.

D: Overall drinkability was gimmicky and manageable the first few sips that kept you intrigued until you quickly realize you have 10 more ounces to consume. Cant imagine putting a whole glass down at one sitting, I managed a bit more then half way (8oz) so if possible find another sucker of a friend to share this with. Single purchase only, a gimmicky beer that is what it is, a chili beer don't expect to like this much.

Serving type: bottle

10-13-2009 23:08:57 | More by beerthulhu

dude

Pennsylvania

3.3/5  rDev +96.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to Mike for the surprise offering! I initially thought it was Corona based on the appearance. Its golden yellow and clear, not much bubble activity -- possibly affected by the goblin penis at the bottom of the bottle. Aroma is mostly clean, light vegetal aroma along with a dash of chili powder. Taste was surprisingly not unpleasant. Based on reviews and the overall score I expected far worse. My suspicion is that the majority of BA's are not hot pepper fans like myself. Flavor was like a corny sweet macro lager, similar in profile to high life, with a bit of heat from the pepper.

Nothing overpowering. My eyes didn't water. I didn't gag or vomit. Even my morning BM was unremarkable. I have to report no ill-effects whatsoever. Mouthfeel was slightly stale (as was the pepper itself), with heat residue but otherwise a clean finish. Drinkability was alright. Well done Crazy Ed.

Serving type: bottle

09-13-2009 14:06:27 | More by dude

Brenden

Ohio

1/5  rDev -40.5%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Having no idea where it came from, and having appeared as if by the dark magics of some hellish evil intent not on killing me, but utterly destroying any hope and peace in my soul, I am convinced that this was sent to me by none other than the Lord of Darkness himself. His evil task may have been accomplished.
There's a chili in here. Cool, right? No. Cue Admiral Ackbar: "It's a trap!" Looks like liquid gold, though. Maybe it is; that would explain what it did to my bowels. But that's a story for another time. And the head...wait. I couldn't quite catch it before it decided it couldn't abide this brew. Bad news.
There's chili in here, right? Well, I can almost tell by smelling it. What is that really, though? Vegetables...tomatoes? Oh...there's the chili pepper. That it could hide and then hit so strong seems an omen of dark things to come. This smells and looks like a Mexican dish pit worker needed a place to defecate and somehow, by the powerful magics Mexicans possess as a people, managed to squeeze one in here with his remarkable anal agility. He then poured some dish water in here along with a little floor cleaner. Oh yeah, and he still had to pee and was severely dehydrated...if you get the drift.
The taste...the stuff of nightmares. Parents tell their children that if they don't go to sleep, Crazy Ed's Cave Creek Chili Beer will find them...and there will be no mercy. Flavorless hot sauce with only heat (I cannot emphasize enough that there's no chili flavor, just heat...) is poured into a mixture of the worst, flattest, most despicable attempt at beer ever made, along with urine, the souls of children, and a mixture of dead kittens and my shattered hopes and dreams. My insides hurt. One sip was enough for the destruction to begin. I'm usually a trooper, but this was poured after three sips, each one by which I lived a lifetime in Hell only to swig another. Between drinking this and watching this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsPwtJCuC-U&feature=channel_page

while being slowly digested inside the fat folds of a sexually ambitious 1,500 pound man, I'm going with the latter.
The mouthfeel: suffering. It burned, and it was like drinking a sacrificial mixture of baby's blood, castor oil, liver oils, and wicked intentions to Molech. My bowels burn with unquenchable fire. The flame reaches through my innards to reach my soul, and it has claimed me.

So...three reconstructive surgeries later, and being a mere shadow of the man I was once was, devoid of the very semblance of humanity, let me speak to the apologists: No, this is not a good beere if you're just looking for something with heat. It is not "a good chili flavor in a crappy beer." It is a soul-destroying abomination. Take it away!
Drinkability of 2 for satanists, occultists, and those without souls.

Edit: "Drinkability" has been changed to "Overall?" DOWN TO 1!

Serving type: bottle

09-04-2009 21:23:56 | More by Brenden

cjgator3

Florida

1.33/5  rDev -20.8%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

12oz bottle

A- Pours a golden yellow color with a thin fizzy white head that quickly disappears.

S- Not a whole lot going on in the aroma. The chili pepper is definitely there but it's pretty faint.

T- The taste starts off with just a touch of beer flavor but is quickly taken over by spicy pepper flavors. There is a lot more spicy heat in this one, a lot more than expected.

M- The mouthfeel is light bodied with a moderate amount of carbonation.

D- This was a drainpour, each sip became increasingly difficult to consume. I did not enjoy this one at all.

Serving type: bottle

07-06-2009 02:55:44 | More by cjgator3

deereless

Colorado

1.45/5  rDev -13.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1

A: Deep gold, crystal clear, frothy head which dissipated relatively quickly - 3.25, S: You can smell the chili, but the stronger aroma is of lettuce, the beer is very fresh and green, but I can't really get beyond the lettuce aromas - 2.50, T: Lots of heat from the chilies that really destroy the palate and prohibits much else from coming through, I've had chili beers that work wonderfully but this one totally misses the mark in my opinion, a more solid malt base might mask some of the heat, but on a lager it is overwhelmed, if you like heat maybe this will float your boat - 1.00, M: Slightly oily - 1.50, D: Drinkable? Not in the least bit, I remember having this beer a decade ago and pouring it down the drain it was so atrocious, had this bottle not been a gift I would never have put a drop of this to my lips, the scariest thing is that the beer has been around for so long, it is obviously a gag/gimmick beer because I have a hard time finding much of anything redeeming - 1.00

Serving type: bottle

06-19-2009 00:53:15 | More by deereless

WJVII

Wisconsin

2.17/5  rDev +29.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

So since my entire family knows I am on BA they seem to "find" interesting brews for me to try. Now I do appreciate this, but the brew my brother-in-law got (he is a big chili guy) was not typical in any way.

In the clear glass bottle the chili sits at the bottom "resting". Once the bottle is opened it seems as if the slight carbonation lifts the chili to the top of the glass (hence the higher appearance scoring for originality). Poured into a pint glass this beer has no head, what little carbonation there was fizzles out. The chili sinks to the bottom. The aroma is almost nothing but chili with a mild hint of malts. The flavor is like taking a watered down "light" beer and pouring chili juice and crushed black pepper. Not so much a hot taste but in no way refreshing. It actually makes you more thirsty. And to finish the chili is not even any good, chewy and bland.

I have been told that is it similar to a beer/tomato/hot sauce drink minus the tomato juice, but not my style anyway. Unusual and original but I don't see the true beer spirit; more leaning to the chili draw of it.

Serving type: bottle

06-07-2009 20:39:41 | More by WJVII