Greetings all, can anyone recommend a decent mild ale recipe? All grain.
Thanks.
Here is a Dark Mild recipe i entered in the nationals and got bronze
This made 26 litres @ 3.5%
3.46 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 73.5 %
0.61 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (78.8 EBC) Grain 2 13.0 %
0.35 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (236.4 EBC) Grain 3 7.4 %
0.10 kg Brown Malt (128.1 EBC) Grain 4 2.1 %
0.09 kg Black (Patent) Malt (985.0 EBC) Grain 5 2.0 %
0.09 kg Chocolate Malt (886.5 EBC) Grain 6 2.0 %
35.00 g East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 16.5 IBUs
1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 mins) Other 8 -
1.0 pkg English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) [35.49 ml] Yeast 9 -
This was a recipe I brewed previously. It scored 34 in the nationals, judges commented that it was nice but quite one dimensional. More chocolate malt was suggested as a possible way to improve it. I think it would have been nicer with the original planned Whitbread yeast as well, rather than the nottingham yeast I had to throw in.
3.6% ABV
16 IBU
12 SRM
Malt:
3KG Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt
0.34KG Light Crystal
60g Chocolate Malt
Hops:
40g Savinski Goldings 2.5% @ 90mins
Yeast:
Wyeast 1098 (Whitbread) yeast
Fermenting at 18c for 7 days, then bottled and drank young.
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/all-grain-brewing/english-mild/msg141253/#msg141253