We found this article pretty amusing, and you can find the entire entertaining read in an article in the most recent edition of the online Washington Post. Let’s just say that if you are a teetotaler, this article may not be for you. Try this:

Doctored with Pepper

By Jason Wilson
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Chili heads, like cocktail geeks, are a tribe based on peculiar rituals, esoteric knowledge, exclusionary posturing and often a bit of machismo. Pepper people talk about Scoville units, measuring a pepper’s level of hotness, the same way cocktail geeks rattle off ages and proofs of whiskeys and rums. Chili heads seek out exotic varieties, such as the Ghost Pepper or Red Savina, the same way cocktail people hunt for rare bitters and pre-Prohibition bartending guides. Casual drinkers probably grimace at the cocktail geek’s 137-proof, cask-strength bourbon the same way the casual diner tears up at the thought of a Scotch bonnet or habanero. Both tribes have their niche publications. For cocktail geeks, it’s Spirits Journal, Imbibe or Malt Advocate. For chili heads, the venerable Chile Pepper magazine is the bible.

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