What does "malty mess" mean?

richobrien · Oct 27, 2014

jesskidden said: ↑

The concept that when the "hops fade" in an IPA or other highly hopped beer as a beer gets old, it somehow allows the original "malty" sweetness to come to the forefront, ignores the fact that fading hop flavor and bitterness is but one of a number of flavors aspect of a beer going stale.

Another is that the beer also become sweeter and "toffee-like" as noted in the famous Dalgliesh graph:

Increased sweetness is an old beer is not simply the original malt flavor "revealed", but one more indication that the beer has gone stale.
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Love that chart! Thanks for sharing.

richobrien · Oct 27, 2014

Right or wrong, I've always associated the malty mess as a beer that's well past its prime with few/none of the original characteristics still present in the taste.

What does "malty mess" mean?

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