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__NOTOC__The term '''Body''' of a beer refers to the weight and mouthfeel of a brew. Higher body is achieved by raising the final gravity of a beer without producing an incomplete fermentation. Body is a desirable characteristic for many popular beers styles, and enhancing the body of the beer also improves the [[Head Retention|head retention]] of the brew. Body can be increased enhanced by adding unfermentable (complex) sugars, and also by increasing the amount of protein in the brew.
==Methods for Increasing Body==
* Adding carmelized sugars (caramel, roasted, malto-dextrin and dextrine malts)
* Adding proteins from ingredients such as oatmeal, unmalted grains, flaked barley* Body enhancing additions (malto-dextrine powder)Increasing mash temperature during sugar conversion
===Carmelized and Roasted Malts===
* [[Mashing]]
* [[Malt]]
 
==External Links==
* [http://www.beersmith.com/blog/2008/02/27/making-full-body-beer-at-home/ Making Full Bodied Beer at Home]
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