tgmartin000
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I just had my first mild last week from dry dock. It was really excellent, definitely on my to brew list.
Do you have a recipe for this one? Or does AHB still have it?
kaboom505 said:Did the Northern Brewing mild and the AK47. Both seemed thin compared to other similar extract recipes (scottish 60 and an ordinary bitter from Santa Fe homebrewing) that I've done. The NB extract kits all had a half pound or more of sugar - that's a significant portion of the fermentables for such a low gravity beer. I wonder if that's possibly a source of the "thinness"?
The all DME with specialty grains ordinary bitter from SF Homebrewing is the best we've done so far. Very tasty with some recycled Neobrittanea yeast from the NB mild...
Judging by the amount of head on that thing, it looks like you've overcarbed it. The long list I saw earlier in this thread only had one mild on it (at least that I recall seeing). Fuller's Chiswick Bitter is pretty widely available, it's about 3.5% and fits the bill flavorwise. I had it on tap drawn by a beer engine at cellar temperature and that makes a big difference. I will say that I have done a lot of beer styles and milds/ordinary bitters are extremely challenging, even more so than Light American Lagers. Getting a lot of flavor out of so few ingredients is not an easy task. When serving make sure it isn't overcarbed or too cold.
I've been all about the hops lately, and I would like a change of pace. I would normally think of going towards a stout, or porter, but summer is around the corner, and this style intrigues me.
Only one problem: I don't think I've ever had one.
Anyone know of a beer that is fairly representative of the style that I can get my hands on in the Dallas, TX area?
Picture was taken immediately after a VERY aggressive pour. it's carbed to about 1.8 volumes. Very nice soft mild carbonation.
In that case it's a beautiful mild.
To be fair, just checked the recipe for the NB mild ale and there is no sugar listed in the ingredients. Perhaps the kits been changed since you brewed it? There is sugar in the AK, and that's odd I agree.
Homercidal] My recipe was based on Orfy's Mild Mannered recipe: [URL="https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f67/mild-mannered-ale-ag-e-uk-us-52776/ said:https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f67/mild-mannered-ale-ag-e-uk-us-52776/[/URL]
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Do this one, mash it high (158*) and you can drink it if you keg in 10 days. and it probably costs $15 to make!
burkecw said:definitely just go ahead and brew your own as it'll be a rare day you'll find a fresh one without some digging around.
I brewed one a few months back with a modified version of Jamil's recipe and its been cleaning up in local competitions.
as for a recipe, use marris otter base if available, a 5-10% crystal 40/60, 5-10% brown malt and only a few ounces of PALE chocolate to give that nice super toasty but definitely not roasted flavor to it.
best of luck
Cheers
Genjin said:Swap out the 2-row for MO. I BIAB and partial mash and use Marris Otter all the time.
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