After reading Japadamus eloquently write about the virtues of Miller’s new Chelada style beer, I decided to take the plunge.  I set aside a Friday night out of of otherwise busy social calendar of dining out alone, shopping alone and watching movies alone (notice a pattern?) to have a Chill tasting at my apartment. 

Design:  The bottle is a lovely green color similar to a Pilsner Urquell.

Taste:  I’d describe the combination as being sprite meets keystone light meets Gatorade.  I definitely detect some added sweetness (corn syrup?)  I noticed the bottle states “No additives or preservatives” so I guess its safe to assume that there are salty lime flavored barley/hops growing somewhere.

Hangover:  This is an interesting question.  I think only by truly going over the top can one really know for sure.  Since I’ve already scheduled this block of time to scientific research, I decided to kill the entire 6 pack sans water chaser.  Here are the effects:

• I drank three beers and felt too full to drink the rest.
• I passed out tired after the third beer.
• This morning my stomach feels a little upset.  I did eat some chili last night which could reasonably be the cause of that.
• No hangover

Conclusion:  I think Chill is ok.  I don’t think its a substitute for a nice Corona or Pacifico with a Lime.  I could see this beer being presented at a picnic or a barbeque where the lime flavor isn’t too distracting.   Otherwise its definately different tasting than the Taquiza. 

Some other good reviews:

Helium

Bullz-eye review

BeerAdvocate

Kegworks Blog

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