Talk:Barley wine
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[edit] alcohol, bitter?
I can't say I've ever heard of alcohol being described as 'bitter' before; ethanol certainly doesn't sasy such. --moof 08:08, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- Enough hops can make a beer bitter, most particularly with India pale ale. As for barley malt, it tends to taste like alcoholic soy sauce. Yum yum... Afalbrig 06:25, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- You are correct. Alcohol adds no bitterness to the beer. It can change the mouthfeel of the beer by giving it a "slickness". It can also add a solvent-like character if the alcohol in question tends toward Fusel_alcohol. Bitterness comes from hops added early in the boil (hops added later in the boil provide flavor and aroma more than any significant bitterness) as well as certain dark roasted malts (such as found in stouts). Mumbly 22:09, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
