sentfromspain
Well-Known Member
Does anybody know how it is that breweries like Brewdog or Mikkeller have a sweet note in their IPAs?
No matter what the alcohol content or IBUs or hop mixture or grain bill (even 100% pilsner or marris otter), they are able to give their IPAs a quite enjoyable sweet flavor that mixes excellently with the bitterness. Examples: punk ipa, hardcore ipa, the entire Mikeller single hop series... I could go on.
Maybe they are mashing at 158F / 70C, but I wondered if anybody knew how it is done...
No matter what the alcohol content or IBUs or hop mixture or grain bill (even 100% pilsner or marris otter), they are able to give their IPAs a quite enjoyable sweet flavor that mixes excellently with the bitterness. Examples: punk ipa, hardcore ipa, the entire Mikeller single hop series... I could go on.
Maybe they are mashing at 158F / 70C, but I wondered if anybody knew how it is done...