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by MTW
Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:48 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: How do you get some sweetness?
Replies: 10
Views: 1806

Re: How do you get some sweetness?

These really are fabulous replies. Thank you very much indeed. I have some practical solutions offered there, to accompany the wealth of information provided. I think I can rule out DMS, after a vigorous, lid-off 90 min boil and cooling to pitch in 20 mins. Dr Dextrin's description of crystal malt s...
by MTW
Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:44 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: How do you get some sweetness?
Replies: 10
Views: 1806

Re: How do you get some sweetness?

I was surprised to read in the White/Zainasheff Yeast book that mashing at a higher temperature will not produce a 'sweeter' beer, despite it leaving more long-chain, less fermentable sugars. These sugars (they say) are often not 'sweet', though they do give the beer more body. My recent ESB had 43...
by MTW
Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:21 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: How do you get some sweetness?
Replies: 10
Views: 1806

How do you get some sweetness?

I was surprised to read in the White/Zainasheff Yeast book that mashing at a higher temperature will not produce a 'sweeter' beer, despite it leaving more long-chain, less fermentable sugars. These sugars (they say) are often not 'sweet', though they do give the beer more body. My recent ESB had 430...
by MTW
Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:23 am
Forum: Hops
Topic: What Hops would you not brew with again?
Replies: 71
Views: 17045

Re: What Hops would you not brew with again?

Well I've only had one 100g pack of these, but on the basis of that, Challenger. Really didn't like the flavour as a dry hop or going in late in a separate brew. There are other hops that I'm happy with for bittering, so I can't see where these will ever fit in again. +1 for Cascade (or should that ...