Perfectly seasoned, award-winning cauldrons of chili and locally acclaimed craft beer is the name of the game in historic Virginia City, Nevada, Chili on the Comstock returns for its 40th year. Professional and amateur chili cooks from around the region come together each year to tantalize taste buds with savory chili. New this year a hot chili pepper eating contest will have attendees and participants clambering for those frosty beers on the Craft Beer Tour. The region’s largest chili cook-off offers a relaxed and casual atmosphere sure to refuel the history and love of all things Western.

Local and visiting chefs descend upon Nevada’s largest national historic district for one weekend to go head-to-head for bragging rights on best chili recipe on the Comstock and hopefully earn a spot at the International Chili Society World Finals. There’s no better way to explore the best-preserved 19th century silver boomtown in Nevada than with savory chili and a craft beer in hand, offered at more than 20 locations throughout historic Virginia City as part of the Craft Beer Tour. Guiding participants through Virginia City’s famous old-west saloons and highlighting the best craft brews in the region, the Craft Beer Tour is the perfect complement to a day of chili sampling.