English Mild Recipe?

zplug123 · 08-29-2009, 02:17 AM

Why is it rather difficult to find a good all-grain recipe for English Pale or Dark Mild? This month's Zymurgy has articles exclusively about the style, but most of what I see people liking are ESBs and Brown Ale when English comes to mind.

I'm all for brewing an everyday session beer, someone help me out of this please

flyangler18 · 08-29-2009, 02:18 AM

Got a good one in me pulldown.

enderwig · 08-29-2009, 02:19 AM

I believe this is what you're looking for

bbrim · 08-29-2009, 03:23 AM

9.25 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 77.08 %
1.25 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 10.42 %
1.00 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 8.33 %
0.50 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 4.17 %
1.13 oz Cluster [7.80 %] (60 min) Hops 16.7 IBU
2 Pkgs Windsor Yeast (Lallemand #-) Yeast-Ale

This was for 10 gallons, I hit 87 % efficiency. It super light and refreshing with a rich roasty flavor. It disappears from my glass, I think it evaporates or something. OG was 1.035 and FG was 1.006. I ran the mash for almost three hours starting at 152 ( I watched a soccer match).

**Nurmey** · 08-29-2009, 03:26 AM

I throw up a big +1 for Orfy's Mild Mannered Ale!

zplug123 · 08-29-2009, 04:18 AM

Thanks for the info guys, I'll definitely try the Mild Mannered Ale next time and tell y'all how it goes. As for the recipe that bbrim offered, I do 5 gallon batches so should I just cut the grain and hop bill in half to achieve the same results?

bbrim · 08-29-2009, 04:31 AM

Yes. My recipe is very close to his, you can go either way. I like how light the body is on mine, if you're looking for that and go with Orfy's recipe just mash longer.

**mmb** · 08-29-2009, 12:47 PM

Orfy's Mild Mannered Ale is fantastic. You wouldn't go wrong use that as a base recipe.