I was excited to make this because of all the great reviews. I really needed to put it in the crockpot for timing reasons....and I'm wondering if the stovetop cooking would have made it better. I think it's pretty good but there are a couple of things that I will change next time. First...the beer taste is almost alittle too strong (I had it in the crockpot for 4 hours). Perhaps the stovetop would've cooked it off more. I used a dark beer...so I may not use that next time. Also, I think that the corriander gives it a sweet taste. I added the brown sugar too so I might cut back. Because we have 4 little ones, I used 2 jalapeno's (had them on hand from making salsa) and 1 Anaheim chili. It gave us a great heat that the kids liked as well. I also used the Italian sausage but used a roasted red pepper and carmalized onion one because I couldn't find the hot... I loved the idea of the wasabi! My husband LOVES this chili. He says it has great flavor. He likes the beer flavor and doesn't think it's too much. Overall, we really enjoyed this chili and I will definetly make it again. I think it was a little soupy but after it sat off the heat it came together nicely. One other thing... I used 2 cans of kidney beans and 1 of black beans. I drained the last 2 because of the liquidy of the chili. It is a little chunky...so if you like your chili like that then you'll love it. I put some aside and used my immersion blender pureed it a bit because my daughter doesn't like chunks
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