My previous attempts at IPAs have always had a touch too much residual sweetness. Some have had crystal malts in the grist but I usually try to restrain them to less than 5%. Frustrated by this, I swung the other direction- On my latest batch I eliminated the crystal entirely, went with 75% 2 row, 15% munich and 5% each dextrose and wheat. 65 IBUs or so.
Beer has finished fermenting and initial taste is nice and dry so mission accomplished. During my thinking about a grist this last go round I came across multiple recipes that use crystal AND dextrose. This seems counter-intuitive. Is there any role for using both? Color I guess would be one thought but it seems that could be obtained other ways without the sweetness.