[pinnah]

I have some, and more than I can eat fresh.  Are these a roastable pepper?
How about dried?...ancho. How do you use the dried pepper?

Thanks in advance.  The AHA brewer brains here are amazing.

[euge]

They are great all ways. I believe this is the pepper used to make Chile Rellenos. Slow roasted some in the smoker along with some turkey and hocks a couple months back. Finished in the dehydrator. I like to grind up the dried poblanos in the spice mill (MrCoffee) and add to food as "chile powder", or to make salsa. Fantastic flavor!

[jeffy]

They are great to use in pepper beers.  Plenty of flavor and aroma and just a slight touch of heat.  I roast mine and remove the char prior to adding in the keg or at the end of fermentation.  (Note that I didn't say "secondary?")  Three or so for 5 gallons, usually best in a not-so-bitter style of beer.

[morticaixavier]

+ 1 on the chile rellenos. One of my favorite dishes to make with peppers. If you roast them up and skin, empty them then stuff with shredded cheese you can freeze them like that for a quick chili relleno meal at some later date. Just have to whip up the batter and fry.

[Al Equihua]

Looks tasty!! mmm... you're right those are specially for chile rellenos and also you can try with Anaheim Chiles or California Chiles. These are the same to us but diferent names... damn im hungry now!

[tschmidlin]

Definitely dry some for storage, and if you can, smoke some and then dry them for storage.

[maxieboy]

They are great to use in pepper beers.  Plenty of flavor and aroma and just a slight touch of heat.  I roast mine and remove the char prior to adding in the keg or at the end of fermentation.  (Note that I didn't say "secondary?")  Three or so for 5 gallons, usually best in a not-so-bitter style of beer.

Care to post a recipe? Never had or brewed a pepper beer. Love peppers and love beer, would like to give it a go...

[jeffy]

They are great to use in pepper beers.  Plenty of flavor and aroma and just a slight touch of heat.  I roast mine and remove the char prior to adding in the keg or at the end of fermentation.  (Note that I didn't say "secondary?")  Three or so for 5 gallons, usually best in a not-so-bitter style of beer.

Care to post a recipe? Never had or brewed a pepper beer. Love peppers and love beer, would like to give it a go...

My house poblano beer is a strong witbier with peppers added in the keg.  50% pils malt, 40% wheat (the most recent used flaked wheat) and 10% flaked oats.  Mash low (149F), low IBU's, maybe 15 using Cascades, at knock out add citrus peel, Indian coriander and a touch of chamomile.  After fermentation add three torched and peeled poblanos and if you want a bit more heat, maybe a half a habanero in five gallons.
I know this is fairly vague, but I change this every time I make it and it always turns out nice.

[euge]

Never had a chile beer. Poblanos have a rich flavor so it's good to know they do well in brew. Not a scorcher mind you, IMO as a neophyte I want a little heat build up by the end of the glass and some salivating but not burning lips, tongue and esophagus.

[corkybstewart]

Out here we use Big Jims for rellenos.  The farm I buy my bushels of chiles from grows great poblanos also.  We use them for stuffing with ground pork and squash, and just like I'd use any other chile.

[euge]

I have to say the Hatch chiles looked kinda weak this year corky. They were very pale and thin fleshed. Am I just misremembering or does it have something to do with the drought?

[maxieboy]

They are great to use in pepper beers.  Plenty of flavor and aroma and just a slight touch of heat.  I roast mine and remove the char prior to adding in the keg or at the end of fermentation.  (Note that I didn't say "secondary?")  Three or so for 5 gallons, usually best in a not-so-bitter style of beer.

Care to post a recipe? Never had or brewed a pepper beer. Love peppers and love beer, would like to give it a go...

My house poblano beer is a strong witbier with peppers added in the keg.  50% pils malt, 40% wheat (the most recent used flaked wheat) and 10% flaked oats.  Mash low (149F), low IBU's, maybe 15 using Cascades, at knock out add citrus peel, Indian coriander and a touch of chamomile.  After fermentation add three torched and peeled poblanos and if you want a bit more heat, maybe a half a habanero in five gallons.
I know this is fairly vague, but I change this every time I make it and it always turns out nice.

Cool, thanks for the info!

[Pawtucket Patriot]

Dried poblanos (anchos) are excellent salsa chiles.

Here's a recipe I make frequently for ancho-based salsa:

1 lb roasted tomatillos
6 cloves roasted garlic
2 oz stemmed, seeded, toasted, rehydrated anchos

Put everything in a blender and blend until smooth.  Then add water until you reach your desired consistency.  Salt to taste (usually at least 1-2 tsp).  It should be a nice brick red color.

[pinnah]

Fantastic!   Thanks for the ideas everyone.  I put a couple on the grill last night with a couple brats..yum.

Most of mine are smaller than those beauties euge has...wow...
I am thinking of drying the small ones.

Just in the dehydrator then? 

Cheers.

[euge]

The dehydrator! They are delicious aren't they? Might have to pick some up tonight.