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

[nealf]

I subbed 50% of the chocolate malt for pale chocolate malt in my last batch. I do not recommend it; I like the original recipe much more!

 

[Orfy]

It need's the toasty roasty taste.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Tasted a hydro sample last night. Down to 1012 from 1029 a few days ago to my surprise. No airlock activity. damn bucket Sample is sitting in the fridge to chill for tasting tonight. The few sip warm though were delicious. Slightly roasty with a tobacco note at the end. Tossing this in the garage tonight, adding gelatin tomorrow and kegging on the 23rd.It'll be on gas 1 week before being served at our NW party which should give it the nice low carbonation it needs since I don't have dual regs.

 

[kryolla]

I brewed this again for the third time. The first time tasted awesome and the second time got infected due to the notty recall. This time I used my new RIMS system and got 85% efficiency so my OG is at .050 hopefully there is enough hops to balance it out and I used s-04 this time.

 

[artbrewer]

made this for 3 time also, this time went with carafa II instead of chocolate. LHBS said it would be smoother, i dont like the burned taste of the regular chocolate malt.
Will report back on the results soon.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Been drinking this the last couple nights. I don't think it will go over well with my NY party crowd, but I'll sure drink the crap out of it. Very roasty but not over powering. I'll post some pics sometime when I'm home.

 

[bradsul]

Been drinking this the last couple nights. I don't think it will go over well with my NY party crowd, but I'll sure drink the crap out of it. Very roasty but not over powering. I'll post some pics sometime when I'm home.

You might be surprised who likes it. Some of my friends who I was sure wouldn't drink it (hardcore Coors Light people) absolutely loved it and can't get enough.

 

[IrregularPulse]

I hope that is the case bradsul. I have a fear my friends will all taste them both, then just drink whatever they brought either cause they don't like the beers or more likely, they don't want to drink all my beer.

 

[Orfy]

I hope that is the case bradsul. I have a fear my friends will all taste them both, then just drink whatever they brought either cause they don't like the beers or more likely, they don't want to drink all my beer.

Ha Ha,

I try to brew beer my friends won't like but I fail....


More for you if they don't.

 

[bradsul]

...they don't want to drink all my beer.

I wish I had that problem.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Well I was wrong. Both beers were a hit on NY. Everyone there had multiple pints the Mild and Blonde. I caught one guy drinking a heinekin until I told him the taps were for everyone to kill. I found a half empty 12 pack of Miller lite upstairs, but no cans anywhere. I'm thinking it was half empty when they arrived. Only had 10-15 people there so Real Pint glasses were provided. I was happy to serve my beer out of real glasses instead of plastic with only that many people and a dishwasher

 

[artbrewer]

I am really sorry about "adjusting" this recipe....dont do it!
tried to use 2 row instead of Maris Otter... and carafa II. I am goin back to Orffy's original recipe it is FLAWLESS.

 

[Lodovico]

I went from never having this style a couple of months ago to really, really enjoying it. I'm going to brew another one in the coming months.

I'll be trying Orfy's recipe next.

 

[Vinic]

Well, I don't want to admit it, but I too altered this recipe a bit. It was all due to the pressure felt as a noob in the middle of the LHBS. Friend says, "Ah, that ain't enough grain... you'll want to boost it."

I say, "But, but, they really comment nicely on the web about this."

I'm in the shop to begin with because I trust the owner. I've bought winemaking supplies from him for quite some time now, and on top of his knowledge (worked in a east coast microbrewery for years), he gives me a decent professional discount.

Anyway, here's what we ended up with for (what was suppose to be) a 24 gallon mulitple of the original:

30# Maris Otter
5# 60L Crystal
1.5# Chocolate (Germain Dark)
3.8 oz Fuggle [4.0%] @ 60 min
4 oz Fuggle [4.0%] @ 15 min

LHBS guy adjusted the hops for me. Says they are more efficient on a larger boil. Figure he'd make out better if we'd just do straight multiplication, so how can I argue.

Well, that was the plan, then comes the night of the brew, when I get a bit anxious. Somewhere in the process, I don't load enough liquor in the HLT and don't end up with the target volume. Something about 2 am putting me off my brew game (as if I have a brew game yet). So I adjust the brew kettle to 22 gallons by adding 2 gallons of plain water, getting a SG of 1050. Guess I could have gone all the way to 24 gallons and probably had an SG much closer to the recipe, but it seemed like the thing to do at the time. Didn't want to dilute the body out of it.

Anyway, nice ferment at 56F over 10 days in the primary brings me to 1008. Seems ok to this novice. Racked 3 cornies with priming sugar, and last 5 gal to a carboy. Couple days ago I racked the carboy to a corny and started chargin it at about 14 psi. I know it's still green, but nothing else to drink around here, so I draw a pitcher off. Here's a picture of the pitcher:

It still seems pretty mild to me, nice body, a bit more brown than I'm sure it's suppose to be, but what's the harm!? I really like the subtle hops combined with a bit o' malt character. I like a lot of flavor of beers, but could definitely drink a LOT of this!

I'm anxious to compare some of this keg with one of the primed ones.

Thanx, Orfy for the starting point. Perhaps next time I can get closer to the mark, but it's definitely a recipe to keep.​

 

[JimE]

Do I use Crystal malt 60 ( UK, Thomas Fawcett) or Chrystal malt 60L (USA)?

That is the only Crystal malt with a 60 in it listed in my software (BeerTools). I'm just a noob; I don't know the difference between the two.

 

[Orfy]

Either. I use TF.

 

[IPA4ME]

Does anyone have this recipe for 5 or 5.5 gallons, U.S.? All-Grain...

Here is what I came up with for 5.5 gallons. When I brew this I want to make sure I brew it exactly how it is intended to be brewed.

Name: Mild Mannered Ale
Style: Dark Mild
Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: Nottingham
Yeast Starter: No
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5
Original Gravity: 1.037
Final Gravity: 1.010
ABV: 3.5%
IBU: 23
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 18
Mash Temp: 158* F
Efficiency: 65%
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): at least 1-2 weeks at 66 F
Tasting Notes:


7 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 83.8 %
1 lb Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 12 %
.35 lb Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 4.20 %
Total Grain Bill: 8.35 lbs.

1 oz. Fuggles [4.50%] (45 min)
1 oz. Fuggles [4.50%] (15 min)
Total Hops: 2 oz

How does that look? Thanks!

 

[2-0turbo]

I just brewed this recipe in a 5-gallon batch, or something really close to it. I didn't have all the ingredients I needed in the correct proportions, but I think it will turn out okay. The color certainly looks good. I'm 6-days into fermentation now and I think it is about done. I'll pull a sample tomorrow and see how things went. I'll post my comments and recipe after I've had time to evaluate.

Also, I used this as my first all-grain recipe (with the exception of 1/2 lb of extract added). Let's call it a really huge partial mash! If anyone is interested, you can see my entire write-up on my blog. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[IPA4ME]

I just brewed this recipe in a 5-gallon batch, or something really close to it. I didn't have all the ingredients I needed in the correct proportions, but I think it will turn out okay. The color certainly looks good. I'm 6-days into fermentation now and I think it is about done. I'll pull a sample tomorrow and see how things went. I'll post my comments and recipe after I've had time to evaluate.

Also, I used this as my first all-grain recipe (with the exception of 1/2 lb of extract added). Let's call it a really huge partial mash! If anyone is interested, you can see my entire write-up on my blog. Thanks for the recipe!

Let us know how the brew turns out. I am not planning to brew this recipe soon. I'll probably brew it in the summer time. This will be my first kegged brew.

 

[IrregularPulse]

OlllllO posted a 5G or 5.5G recipe on the first or second page.

 

[IPA4ME]

OlllllO posted a 5G or 5.5G recipe on the first or second page.

His recipe says "Batch Size: 6.0 G (23.00) L".

It looks pretty close to what I posted for 5.5 gallons so I am right about there. I am just not sure how much Crystal 60 or Cholcolate malts to use...

EDIT: Actually, he posted two different batch sizes in the same post, "Batch Size: 6.0 G (23.00)and Batch Size (Gallons): 6.5" so it's a little conflicting.

 

[Redbeard5289]

Great Recipe Orfy!
I have been looking for a great mild recipe to brew up this weekend.

Just one question to everyone who has bottled this recipe.
What did you use and How Much did you use for Priming this recipe for bottling?

I read thru all 18+ pages and didn't see anyone mention what they used for priming.

Thanks Redbeard

 

[2-0turbo]

I'm at 1.012 today. Tastes good. I swirled and I'll let it sit another couple days and see if it will drop another 0.002. Not quite as dark as it was on brew day--much lighter today. I'll keep you all informed.

 

[Sudz]

I'm preparing to make this and was wondering what water profile you guys are using? I was thinking on trying the "Edinburgh" profile as found in EZ Water Calc.

Any suggestions?

Would this be considered a "malty" or "bitter" brew?

 

[Orfy]

Malty. I'd go for Manchester or BOT

 

[Blindguardian]

Well to me this turned out to be very bitter, of course I mistakenly added the first addition hops at 60 min instead of at the 45 min mark.

 

[2-0turbo]

I'm going to bottle this batch on Wednesday, so I'll let you know my impressions. I have not brewed a lot of batches of beer yet (25 total gallons), but so far what I've found, I've always thought the hops were quite pronounced at the beginning and then they tend to mellow with some time in the bottle.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Brewed this today with Willamette. Brewed on a frozen lake while ice fishing. Caught two Northern Pike, produced five gallons of mild. A successful day, all-in-all.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Brewed on a frozen lake?? You ice fishers are nuts.

 

[MilwaukeeBrewGuy]

Going to brew this one next. I am a little confused about the color though. The SRM in the recipe is at 21, but Orfy says a proper Northern Mild should be black. It that number off?

Now I am really confused. I know I should just trust Orfy but are they really supposed to be that black?

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