Mouth Feel

[hockeynut]

Anyone have any idea what makes for large mouth feel? I did a red that has an almost buttery, very rich feel when you drink it. While it is unusual to me, it is not unpleasant. You are not left with a coating in your mouth, just that slightly sweet, rich, velvety feeling. Just curious as to what you all have to say about it.

[guzzler67]

I usually associate mouthfeel with body, so if a beer was 'large', to me it would be full-bodied. I also consider the carbonation when describing mouthfeel(soft, fizzy, modest, etc). Some of the other adjectives you use, such as 'buttery', I would use to describe the taste. Whatever words you use are perfectly fine if they help YOU remember what you drank.

[corkybstewart]

Unfermentables in crystal malts, wheat or dextrin malt like carapils give beer a "good" mouthfeel.

[chazwicke]

Some times mouth feel is a result of carbonation or lack there of. It is a texture thing. most beers on Nitro seem to have a velverty mouthfeel.

[HogieWan]

Mouthfeel is bigger when there are unfermentable sugars or protiens in the beer. Basically a higher finishing gravity will give a bigger mouthfeel.

[stronk]

Viscosity?

[Vienna Lager]

5w-30 in the winter and 10w-40 in the summer.

[steveh]

From Eckhardt: "Body is the alcohol character and richness of the beer. Palatefullness (mouth-feel) is the "feel" of the beer in the mouth, dependent on the condition (carbonation and CO2 content), fullness, neutral alcohol qualities, and the structure of the beer. Body and palatefullness may be dry, vinous, neutral, sweet, bland, full-bodied, thin, smooth, rough, watery, and correct or not correct for beer type."

I'm drinking a Henninger Helles Lager right now that is thin in body, but has some unfermented malt character that gives it a sticky mouth-feel - along with some high carbonation that gives the beer a crisp mouth-feel finish.

S.

[Erin W]

Originally posted by stronk
Viscosity?


Yeah, like if you're drinking a goodie straight from the bottle, you can almost feel the foam-quality as it hits all parts of your tongue. i.e. if it would pour with a nice creamy head in a glass, the foam action in your mouth will also be superior:)

and I suppose the progression of tasting said goodie should harmoniously hit multiple types of tastebuds (bitter, sweet,etc) thusly giving the lucky imbiber a varied journey. I love beer.

My new little vice: O'Fallons Cherry Chocolate Ale.........it's like YooHoo for beer drinkers

[hockeynut]

Thanks for all of the info everyone. I guess somewhere in the mix I must have gotten a fair bit of unfermentables going in the batch. Works though and the wife is fond of it as well so I guess I will be able to keep her happy and keep brewing as well for me. :)

I am going to try this one again and see if I can tweek it a little bit. Never hurts to try gain.

[chazwicke]

I've had beers that I would describe as "Chewy"

[DecoJuicer]

Chaz,

Kuhnhenns Brewery here in Metro Detroit makes an IPA that you would swear is chewy. I rank it higher than the DFH 60 or 90. My BIL and I each had one, and we both thought the same thing. We both held our glasses up to the light to see if there was any floaties, but they were clear as can be. Very weird feeling to drink a chewy beer.

[HogieWan]

Originally posted by chazwicke
I've had beers that I would describe as "Chewy"

I like "chewy" - makes you want to move your jow around for some strange reason you can't pin down

[chazwicke]

"chewy" is usually a good term when describing a beer. ;)