Drink More Mild!

[chemist308]

I'm a big fan of Mild - a brew that is rapidly dissappearing from Pubs here in the U.K.

In fact, my desire for a good, 'old fashioned' Mild, like I used to drink in my youth is what has drawn me to All Grain.

So, I get to start to fulfill my ambition tomorrow and brew my first Mild.

My recipe:

Batch size: 20L

3.840 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter
0.160 kg Crystal Malt
0.090 kg Black Malt
0.090 kg Chocolate Malt

39g Fuggles
S-04 Yeast

Est ABV: 3.75%

Should be simple enough, but I'm hoping it turn outs ok. Beersmith gives it good colour, and hopefully it will be sweet enough (but not too sweet!).

I'm sure that I will have to adjust the recipe a few times to get it right.

Is Mild a beer that you guys are familiar with in the U.S.? When I worked in the U.S. (Detroit) I never saw anything like it in the bars.

Okay, I'm real interested. The thought of a 10 day way from brew day to my glass sounds like a good thing to someone with nothing bottled. So, how does this work--ie: mash times and temps, hops schedule, fermentation and bottling schedule, yeast used?

Is this something like 3-4 days primary and 6 to 7 days in the bottles? How would that work, as it still looks like 8# of grain used? Also, the black malt--can I substitute that one--I've got chocolate malt and roasted barley...

 

[chemist308]

Also, I forgot to mention, I'm out of fuggles. I have simcoe, cascade, kent goldings and perle. So, which is a good substitute?

 

[lordbeermestrength]

My most recent brew is a mild. I brewed Jamil Zainasheff's award winning Mild recipe. It's DANG tasty, and I assume it's too style as he's a BJCP national judge etc. Talk about inexpensive, I did 3 session brews back to back to back and averaged less than $20 bucks per batch.

Can't remember the recipe right now. Click the link to my blog as I have the recipe posted there!

Schlante,
Phillip

Yes Yes!! This is a very good recipe. And cheap. Cost be about 20$ as well... and with better mash eff I could get it down closer to 15$.

I drank about 3 gallons in a period of 3 days. So good.....

 

[lordbeermestrength]

Also, I forgot to mention, I'm out of fuggles. I have simcoe, cascade, kent goldings and perle. So, which is a good substitute?

I have heard that you want to use a high alpha acid hop when substituting for bittering hops, that way you don't get a lot of hop material in your beer, you'd only have to use about a 1/4 to a 1/2 oz of Simcoe.

But I imagine that goldings would be pretty good. I don't know.

 

[flyangler18]

Simcoe would be totally out of place in a mild, even as the bittering addition. You are bound to get some flavor extraction, and the 'cattiness' of Simcoe will be pretty off-putting.

Goldings will be perfect.

 

[Tommish]

Also, I forgot to mention, I'm out of fuggles. I have simcoe, cascade, kent goldings and perle. So, which is a good substitute?

If you're adding any late, I would go with the Kent Goldings.

 

[david_42]

Track down a copy of the Classic Beer Style Series, "Mild Ale". Great read and some good recipes. Last time I took a keg of Mild to a homebrew meeting, it was floated. When a fellow homebrewer asked for the recipe because his GF who "hates homebrew" drank two pints, you know you have a winner.

 

[bradsul]

Track down a copy of the Classic Beer Style Series, "Mild Ale". Great read and some good recipes. Last time I took a keg of Mild to a homebrew meeting, it was floated. When a fellow homebrewer asked for the recipe because his GF who "hates homebrew" drank two pints, you know you have a winner.

+1 that is an excellent book. I particularly enjoyed the KMS Dark Mild. When you look at it in a glass you think it's going to have a really heavy mouthfeel. Because of the maize and the sugar it's actually deceptively light bodied. It goes down really easy and tastes amazing!

Linky: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0937381683/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[jaginger]

I made a mild and think i would like the style (b/c i love brown ales), but mine came out kinda crappy. Tastes a little "earthy" in the finish. I think the low abv means less room for error and i haven't made that many beers yet. i'll have to give it another try.

 

[brewmonk]

doin another soon, pale 2 row, crystal, and goldings/cascade.

 

[rico567]

It's already been mentioned in this thread, but this is another vote for Orfy's Mild-Mannered Ale (see recipe section).