I'm just going to apologize in advance, because I'm probably giving the forum an impossible task: figure out what it is that I'm tasting. This is kinda like my favorite game on automotive forums: "What's making this noise?" except I can't figure out how to YouTube my tongue. At least not in a way that would help, and not without getting thrown off the forum.
With that out of the way, I could use some help figuring out what I'm tasting in a pair of Schmaltz beers that like so much. There's a complex, very malty undertone supporting both their RIPA (Rye Double IPA) and Genesis ale. They have conveniently listed the malts on the bottles, and those in common (other than 2-row) are wheat, darker crystal malts, and CaraMunich (60 and 40, respectively). The only thing I can remember with this characteristic was a bock, which was absolutely dominated by it. (I didn't much care for the bock, but I love both of these...presumably because of the massive hop presence keeping the malts in balance.)
Could it be the CaraMunich that's coming through? Could that be responsible for a really assertive malt character?
With that out of the way, I could use some help figuring out what I'm tasting in a pair of Schmaltz beers that like so much. There's a complex, very malty undertone supporting both their RIPA (Rye Double IPA) and Genesis ale. They have conveniently listed the malts on the bottles, and those in common (other than 2-row) are wheat, darker crystal malts, and CaraMunich (60 and 40, respectively). The only thing I can remember with this characteristic was a bock, which was absolutely dominated by it. (I didn't much care for the bock, but I love both of these...presumably because of the massive hop presence keeping the malts in balance.)
Could it be the CaraMunich that's coming through? Could that be responsible for a really assertive malt character?