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Ok so going to use chilli in spirit for first time. Seems my local coles only has "birdseye hot chilli's plan to toast some hazlenuts 100g and add abit of honey for sweetness (if it needs it rum is already pretty sweet) and chilli for some heat, into a litre of aged rum. No ideas how many chillis i would need. Dont want a super hot burn just enough to know its there.. any ideas how much chilli to add? I guess it depends how hot they are. you reakon we 3 with seeds would be a good starting point?

1 if that to start with. Done some vodka and put in 3 and could barely drink it

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Thai Terror

ok I found some milder chillis some cayenes. I can comfortable eat one seeds and all and its not insanely hot but nice rich "capsicum" flavour. I reakon 3 of these in a litre will be great.

I will update the thread in a few days. I bought a pack of hazlenuts 125g pack raw and have toasted them under the grill medium heat for 10minutes, after grilling I weighed out 100g. I will keep an eye on the chilli make sure it does not get to hot. Maybe will also add a teaspoon of honey for flavour the rum tastes like lolly water no way it needs sweetning.. :D

Thanks for the tips on the birdseye's dbv :handgestures-thumbupleft:

With the chilli i ended up using 4 3 complete and one deseeded as i wanted the seeds to plant..just added this so when i look back i know what i have done..

Holy crap!! 43 chillis and one more :laughing-rolling: :teasing-tease:
That's a bit like the reporter who wrote "thirty thousand pigs were killed" as opposed to what was really said "thirty sows and pigs..."

Doubleuj wrote:Holy crap!! 43 chillis and one more :laughing-rolling: :teasing-tease:

this springs to mind when you go to drink it :laughing-rolling:

Dam missing commas :laughing-rolling: really not hot, when i taste couple mls i think "chilli!" Than wait for the burn but it doesnt happen. Will try again tomorrow. I want it to be a one nip winter warmer. Hazlnut is nowhere to be found yet either..

Was give a "Dragons Breath" Butterscotch Whisky with a chilli inside. When fresh, the butterscotch is slightly yellow and as it ages the whisky changes to a more orange colour, due to colour leaching from the chilli ... Mind you, 1 Chilli in a 250ml bottle ... after three months it was undrinkable! :angry-banghead:

We bring it out every now and then, once we've had enough dutch courage, but it brings on too much vomiting and crying - by grown men, its just not cool!

Lol ezi... :laughing-rolling: i dont think this is ever gunna get too hot. I munched a whole chilli seeds and all at lunch didnt requiere milk or cucumber but i have been having hot flush and sweats about every hour since :laughing-rolling: not hot but very persistant..

Ezi what sort of chilli btw..

bluc wrote:i have been having hot flush and sweats about every hour since

That's menopause, do your breasts feel tender too? Mood swings? :teasing-neener: sorry, couldn't help myself :laughing-rolling:

Lol :obscene-birdiedoublered:

Removed the chilli today is perfect for what I want nice warmth without being ott. Hazlenut just started to come through I reakon the nuts will stay in for a week. Then will see what some honey would add..

bluc wrote:Lol ezi... :laughing-rolling: i dont think this is ever gunna get too hot. I munched a whole chilli seeds and all at lunch didnt requiere milk or cucumber but i have been having hot flush and sweats about every hour since :laughing-rolling: not hot but very persistant..

Ezi what sort of chilli btw..

Hah, wasn't advertised but it was longer/larger than a birds-eye chilli but about half the length of the usual larger chillies found at coles... helpful? :angry-banghead: :laughing-rolling:

Sounds like a cayenne to me ezi, most places don't sell the good/hot chillies which is why I grow ghost chillies lol

That's all it states on the bottle...

The caynes i used are about 4inchs long and as thick as a little finger..

Took the hazlenutz out today. I love it but people i gave some to reakon its to hot. Will take chilli out at 6h next time. But for my stock its perfect me thinks..

Would the Hazelnut carry the drink even without the chili?

Yep gives it a nice flavour. Going to make some with no chilli also..