Mild & Wild

[Matt]

Just mashed this in for a brew evening. SWMBO and SWMBO jnr away for the night, plenty of ales on board, I hope I maintain enough concentration

Mild & Wild
3kg Mild ale malt
600g medium crystal
200g wheat malt
50g choc malt
50g roasted barley

Wild hops - tested with a hop tea and they are EKG I believe and I'm pinning at 5%AA because they were less bitter than a hop tea made with my 6.2% Fuggles.

FWH 30g
5 mins 30g*

* radical late hop addition

OG 1036
IBU 21
WLP017 Whitbread II

[jimp2003]

Loving the look of that recipe Matt!

Have you used that yeast strain before? I have used WLP002 for my last couple of milds and, although I really like it, I found that the yeast character was a bit too up front on the last brew. So I might use the 017 in my next attempt.

Good luck with the brew and keep us posted of progress.

Cheers!

Jim

[Matt]

Cheers Jim. No this is my first try with it, I'll let you know how it goes - should be ready quickly.

I just tasted some of the starter flask and it's definitely fruity, as per the description at WL

My brew buddy in the garage tonight is a friendly false widow spider