Dark Mild Mild Mannered Ale (AG) (E) UK/US

[SmokinJohn]

So glad you revived this thread. I have been deliberating over which brew would be next, and I think I have just found it. This will hopefully be my first brew on the newly planned keezer as well!! Let me know how it turns out.

 

[springer]

First keg is just about kicked big hit with the neighbors and my family ... next one is going to my nieces wedding on Sept 6th She ask me to brew her a beer and to surprise her. Well this one will be a little short of 5 gallons since its ready to go and I am thirsty .... I'll be brewing this again

 

[IXVolt]

Anyone have a pic of this brew?

Sounds like I'll definitely have to put this one in the pipe line.

 

[nealf]

Here is a low quality pic of mine:

 

[IXVolt]

Thanks!

That looks awesome. Darker than I expected. Going to have to pick up the malts tonight!

 

[Orfy]

A proper Northern mild should be black.

 

[IXVolt]

A proper Northern mild should be black.

For some reason I had mild = brown in my head.

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm off to pick up my specialty grains tonight!

 

[JesseRC]

Do you guys think that substituting Willamette for the Fuggles would be okay or should I really get the Fuggles since its my first time making it?

 

[bradsul]

Willamette is a Fuggles variant. If you can't get Fuggles it's an excellent substitution. The flavour is slightly different but the hops aren't a dominant flavour in this recipe anyway.

That said, Fuggles FTW so if you can get some you should.

 

[Hound_Dog]

I brewed this as my first extract batch in a while on Tuesday, and man did this thing take off. I had one sachet of old Notty sitting around, and I had very vigorous fermentation in about 4 hours. It smells fantastic, and the OG sample tasted great. I think I may let this one go for a little bit longer than 10 days so that I can make it the first beer I have on tap at home.

 

[KCBrew]

I did an all grain 5 gallon version of this brew. Things seem alright, I was wondering if others had tasted their hopped wort and gotten some bitterness (more than hops?). I think otherwise things went well.

The first mash temp started a bit high (161 for about 15-20 min before I got it down to about 157).

I also used 2.5 gallons of very hard Kansas City tap water, with the rest being bottled spring water.

Finally, I used 1 oz of Kent Golding for 60min and 1 oz at 0 min.

I think it will turn out alright (1/4 inch of krausen 11hrs later) but I was wondering if you guys were getting a really smooth wort, or one with some bitterness.

tia

 

[rwagner23]

Picked up the ingredients to do an extract of this by the weekend. I rounded some, but I'm hoping that it shouldn't matter too much.

5 lbs. Light Malt Extract
1 lb. Crystal 60
.333 lb. Chocolate Malt
1 oz Fuggles (45 min)
1 oz Fuggles (15 min)
Safale 04 (LHBS didn't have Nottingham)

 

[B-Dub]

Orfy,

Would you serve this cool and low on the carbonation?

Thanks,

BW

 

[iahebert]

Picked up the ingredients to do an extract of this by the weekend. I rounded some, but I'm hoping that it shouldn't matter too much.

5 lbs. Light Malt Extract
1 lb. Crystal 60
.333 lb. Chocolate Malt
1 oz Fuggles (45 min)
1 oz Fuggles (15 min)
Safale 04 (LHBS didn't have Nottingham)

Wagner-

did you use DME or LME for this bad boy? I'm excited to make it

 

[rwagner23]

Used LME. It brewed up nicely yesterday with no problems. Fermentation is starting a bit slow, but it is only 12 hours so no worries.

 

[nealf]

Woohoo, thanks for the recipe Orfy. I entered this beer into a Nashville competition and pulled down a third place. I haven't received my score sheets in the mail yet so I dunno the judges remarks; just thought you'd like to know!

 

[MgMt_Home_Brew]

Woohoo, thanks for the recipe Orfy. I entered this beer into a Nashville competition and pulled down a third place. I haven't received my score sheets in the mail yet so I dunno the judges remarks; just thought you'd like to know!

That's awesome... Congrats!

I was out at dinner last night had to get the house English Mild to see how this recipe stacked up against theirs. I actually liked this better and I don't think that's be cause it was mine

 

[Orfy]

Well done. I'm glad this little beer is well received.

Long live Dark Mild.

 

[rwagner23]

Well gonna bottle this after 12 days in the primary. It isn't really dark at all though. I think I messed up the steeping of the grains process a bit (that would be a first for me). Probably didn't fully extract all the goodness from them. Oh well. If I do it again I'll either do that or up the chocolate malt to more than 1/3 of a pound.

 

[Reustonium]

Orfy

I'm new to the style, what do you recommend in terms of mash temperature?

Thanks!

 

[nealf]

The first page shows 70C as the mash temp, that would be 158F. It is what I used and it was just fine.

 

[Reustonium]

thanks I realized that after I posted. Seems a bit high to ferment out to 1.007 doesn't it?

 

[Orfy]

High baby, High.

 

[Reustonium]

High baby, High.

That's all I needed to know

Thanks Orfy, just ordered the ingredients can't wait to try it out!

 

[Orfy]

Notty's a great yeast.
No worries if it finishes higher. (It probably will)

 

[KingBrianI]

Notty's a great yeast.
No worries if it finishes higher. (It probably will)

Go to sleep!

 

[Orfy]

When I've finished this beer.

Only just got in.
Been to watch Man United at Barnsley.

 

[Palefire]

Holy crap! I brewed this on Saturday (4 days ago) as my second AG. Still getting the hang of my system down, so I ended up mashing at 153, way overshot my expected efficiency, and ended with 4.9 gallons at 1.049.

Airlock stopped bubbling last night, so I checked gravity this morning: 1.013! I've never had a beer ferment this quickly. 3.5 days from brewing to FG?! I fermented at 66 or so, so I guess the Notty just worked like a beast! I just took the bucket out of the swamp cooler and swirled it around a bit to see if I could get down another point or two, but damn, looks like this one'll definitely be a quick grain to glass. I'm thinking leave it in the fermenter another 10 days or so, bottle and drink in 2-3 weeks. 4.7% ABV, so it won't be exactly to style, but I'm sure it'll be great either way.

Oh yeah, just like a previous poster, when I showed the grain bill to the guy at the LHBS, he said "wow, this looks like a super tasty sessionable beer." Might have to take one in to him to verify. :cross:

 

[chefchris]

I woke up this morning, it had cooled off since last night. I wanted a mild. I just brewed yesterday while working at the shop. Decided to do it again today and do this recipe again. It's been almost a year to the day since I brewed it.

I'm scared of Nottingham now. Anyone have good luck with S04?

 

[chefchris]

Well got to the shop and we were all out of the UK Chocolate. So I used regular chocolate and 2 oz of Carafa II dehusked Chocolate Malt to get the lovibond up there.