OK, I'm an IPA (and double IPA) or a hoppy pale fan. My beers are ALWAYS over 1.060 S.G., IBUs usually on the high side of the style (pale ale, IPA).
My current objective is to brew an ale with some of the above characteristics, but with lower alcohol so that a couple of pints will not do me in! The typical "light" style categories do not seem to fit my tastes.
Recommendations? I was thinking maybe getting enough sweetness and mouthfeel in to balance some heavier hopping might do the trick. I'll be doing ales only, and simple infusion mashing.
Would a light pale grain bill with, say, 6-7 lbs of pale and a pound of Melanoidin added for sweetness and mouthfeel be a reasonable direction? And would I want to keep the bittering hops scaled down but the flavoring/aroma hops up?
My current objective is to brew an ale with some of the above characteristics, but with lower alcohol so that a couple of pints will not do me in! The typical "light" style categories do not seem to fit my tastes.
Recommendations? I was thinking maybe getting enough sweetness and mouthfeel in to balance some heavier hopping might do the trick. I'll be doing ales only, and simple infusion mashing.
Would a light pale grain bill with, say, 6-7 lbs of pale and a pound of Melanoidin added for sweetness and mouthfeel be a reasonable direction? And would I want to keep the bittering hops scaled down but the flavoring/aroma hops up?