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A beer writer I once met said never ever use the word "malty". I think you have it far too much here. I wouldn't mention malt at all for the pale ales; blonde ale sweetness I'd describe as "bubblegum"$$ maybe "malt-driven" for brown ale, or leave the malt out as the chocolate and caramel cover it; with IPA perhaps substitute maltiness for weight, body or gravity.

To cover hell bocks, I'd add "often with" before "warm toasty flavours".

"TheBeerNut":23u3ojyn wrote: A beer writer I once met said never ever use the word "malty". I think you have it far too much here. I wouldn't mention malt at all for the pale ales; blonde ale sweetness I'd describe as "bubblegum"$$ maybe "malt-driven" for brown ale, or leave the malt out as the chocolate and caramel cover it; with IPA perhaps substitute maltiness for weight, body or gravity.[/quote:23u3ojyn]
Why? If it tastes Malty why not say it tastes Malty?

&amp;quot;Atticus&amp;quot;:v1lpzmic wrote: Why? If it tastes Malty why not say it tastes Malty?[/quote:v1lpzmic]Because there are many types of malt and they taste massively different. She also objects to the word "hoppy" as well <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

I think the main issue is that these words mean very little to the vast majority of people.

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I think I probably will amend as you said ,malty is mentioned a bit much. <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->

I reckon the malty flavour is the one that most people might associate with Ovaltine, Maltesers or other every-day products that are associated with malt.

&amp;quot;TheBeerNut&amp;quot;:1ie98tot wrote: Because there are many types of malt and they taste massively different.[/quote:1ie98tot]
True, but when someone describes a beer as Malty they tend to mean Malty as in the Base Malt (Malteser) taste as opposed to the Roasty flavour you'd get from Roasted Barley.

&amp;quot;TheBeerNut&amp;quot;:1ie98tot wrote: She also objects to the word "hoppy" as well <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->[/quote:1ie98tot]
I think you'd know what someone meant though when they said it was "Hoppy" but I suppose it is a good point.

&amp;quot;TheBeerNut&amp;quot;:1ie98tot wrote: I think the main issue is that these words mean very little to the vast majority of people.[/quote:1ie98tot]
A few years ago I would've been part of that majority. <!-- s:oops: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_redface.gif" alt="" title="Embarassed" /><!-- s:oops: --> <!-- s:? --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_confused.gif" alt="" title="Confused" /><!-- s:? -->