Oh that's hot.

Speaking of hot peppers, the Bhut Jolokia (bhut = ghost, probably due to its ghostly bite or introduction by the Bhutias from Bhutan poison chili) is currently the hottest pepper in the world and I just received my seeds today from the New Mexico State University.

"In February 2007, Guinness World Records certified the bhut jolokia (Prof. Bosland's preferred name for the pepper) as the world's hottest chili pepper."

"In 2005 at New Mexico State University Chile Pepper Institute near Las Cruces, New Mexico, Regents Professor Paul Bosland found Naga jolokia grown from seed in southern New Mexico to have a Scoville rating of 1,001,304 SHU by HPLC"

- In comparison, this is twice as hot as my Carribean Habaneros I grew last year which have a rating of 550,000 SHU.

This might make a good beer ingredient!