Reverend JC
2500 gallons year to date
What are your thoughts on one? I would use rauch malt but would that still lend to phenolic tastes?
Dude said:This is one I don't know if I'd do again. it was good, but out there.
Smoke goes better with a darker, and maltier beer, IMHO. The hops don't cater to the smoke as well as darker malts do.
the_bird said:You know what might be nice?
An Old Ale with a bit of smoked flavor, something that would be kinda reminiscent of a beer that was made with malt that had been dried over a wood fire. I'm pretty sure that by the time the IPA was invented, they had developed means of drying malt without using fire directly, but I bet an Old Ale would have had a modest amount of smoke character. Might be complementary to some of the bigger malt flavors. Maybe not even doing a full-bore old ale (which are too sweet for me, personally), but something like a toned down version of that, maybe like an ESB but without quite as much bitterness or hop flavor, but with some smoke. Maybe like a smoked Hobgoblin.
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