I had a Dogfish Head 120 IPA (half of one actually) a couple of days ago and really liked it. One of the things I enjoyed about it was that it was full of hoppy flavor, but lacked a strong hop bite that most IPA's have.
I was wondering, if you reduced the amount of bittering hops and increased the number of flavoring and aroma hops, would this cut back on the bite of an IPA?
Is the subdued bite of the DFH120 a result of the continuous hopping or maybe the heaviness of the beer?
I am not looking to recreate DFH120, but I would like to copy the presentation of the hops.
I was wondering, if you reduced the amount of bittering hops and increased the number of flavoring and aroma hops, would this cut back on the bite of an IPA?
Is the subdued bite of the DFH120 a result of the continuous hopping or maybe the heaviness of the beer?
I am not looking to recreate DFH120, but I would like to copy the presentation of the hops.