By Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer Published Feb 03, 2012 at 8:20 AM

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If I find something unexpected floating in my milk, I'm none too pleased. But, recently, I found something unexpected at the bottom of my beer bottle and I didn't mind a bit. After all, I'm willing to try something "new."

Visiting Stack*d Burger Bar in Walker's Point for a story, I was presented with a bottle of Cave Creek Chili Beer, a lager laced with an entire chili pepper in the bottle.

I say "new," because I realize chili beer is not new to everyone. Go to BeerAdvocate.com and there are reviews of nearly 100 of them.

This one, brewed in Tecate, Mexico, by the MolsonCoors-owned Cerveceria Mexicana, is the only one I've sampled. I was impressed from a gimmick standpoint, but only mildly so as a beer fan. The latter in me prefers a good beer that doesn't need a schtick.

While the pepper added some kick – a lot or a little depending on your palate – and made for a fun tasting, it didn't really make for an awesome lager.

Goldschlaeger, of course, has those glistening shards of precious metal, and some mezcals have a worm – rather off-putting, if you ask me, compared to a chili pepper.

What's your take on booze floaters? Do you like them? Gag at the idea? If you like 'em, what's your favorite? Use the Talkback feature below to share.

Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.

He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.

With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.

He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.

In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.

He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.