Credit University of Mary Washington
The founders of the Maltese Brewing Company are firefighters with a passion for craft beer, and their business partner, Ray Parrish, is fond of spicy food. He actually grows peppers called Carolina Reapers in his backyard.
“The Carolina Reaper chili is a very, very flavorful almost flora tasting chili,” he says.
But it’s very spicy. Still Parrish and his partners decided to use it in a new brew.
“We took a barrel of our pineapple IPA and dosed it with approximately 500 Carolina Reaper chilis to try to make the hottest beer in the world,” Parrish recalls.