3.15 kg Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 84.00 %
0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (236.4 EBC) Grain 6.67 %
0.15 kg Chocolate Malt (886.5 EBC) Grain 4.00 %
0.10 kg Roasted Barley (591.0 EBC) Grain 2.67 %
0.10 kg Wheat, Torrified (3.3 EBC) Grain 2.67 %
20.00 gm Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 19.8 IBU
15.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] (15 min) Hops 4.7 IBU
1 Pkgs English Ale Yeast (Gervin) [Starter 250 ml] Yeast-Ale
23l final volume @ 1.038SG... or that's the plan
What do you think - is it a goer?
Just really playing with ideas, and some of the grains and hops that I have kicking about! My wife loves Dark Milds that we have had down in the Dales and Lakes so I thought I would try and recreate something roughly along the lines of the Yorkshire breweries... although am probably a mile out!
Depending on how things go I may get this started in the next day or two.
Possible AG#2 - Dark Mild
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Aleman
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Looks OK to me,
Don't go overboard with the late hops, Mash it towards the upper end of the range(67-68C), to retain some sweetness. you might want to consider adding a small amount of sugar to counteract the cloying notes that you often get with crystal malt (not that you are using a vast amount)
Otherwise it looks good to me
Don't go overboard with the late hops, Mash it towards the upper end of the range(67-68C), to retain some sweetness. you might want to consider adding a small amount of sugar to counteract the cloying notes that you often get with crystal malt (not that you are using a vast amount)
Otherwise it looks good to me
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Orkney_Rob
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ThomasBoze
The crystal 120 is going to give you quite a bit of dark malt flavors, even with the small amount you have. You don't have any mid-level crystal, so I expect it will be a bit one dimentional. With the Chocolate and Roast Barley you are looking at quite a bit of roast bite coming through at the end.
Sounds interesting though. The dried fruit character from the 120 combined with the pallet cleansing roast has my curiosity up.
Tom's Mild No. 6
7 lbs TF Maris Otter
1lb TF Dark Crystal (77)
1lb Special Roast
.5 Light Chocolate Malt (300)
mash at 156 for 1 hour
20 IBU's of EK Goldings in at 60 min.
Yeast CL-110 British Microbrewery Ale at 65F
Sounds interesting though. The dried fruit character from the 120 combined with the pallet cleansing roast has my curiosity up.
Tom's Mild No. 6
7 lbs TF Maris Otter
1lb TF Dark Crystal (77)
1lb Special Roast
.5 Light Chocolate Malt (300)
mash at 156 for 1 hour
20 IBU's of EK Goldings in at 60 min.
Yeast CL-110 British Microbrewery Ale at 65F
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Orkney_Rob
It's basically a good excuse to try something very different from the first brew which was all pale malt and styrians! I want something rich and dark for the chilly autumnal evenings so if you are right and I get a real roasty flavour it may well hit the spot really nicely!
Will let you know how it comes out... it may not have fallen into the technically "mild" catagory if you worry about such things as it looks like it could hit 4.3%... may wind up a bit closer to something like Dark Island... which wouldn't be a tragedy
Will let you know how it comes out... it may not have fallen into the technically "mild" catagory if you worry about such things as it looks like it could hit 4.3%... may wind up a bit closer to something like Dark Island... which wouldn't be a tragedy
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Orkney_Rob
Had a sneaky sample of this last night - down to 1.012 at the time, and looks like it has fermented out this morning... probably move it to the barrel tomorrow.
Anyway, you are dead right - it is full of rich roasted malt flavours, bit of coffee and chocolate in there too. Bit more bitter and stronger than a mild, and a richer flavour, so quite what it is I don't know... what I do know though - this is very, very tasty!
Anyway, you are dead right - it is full of rich roasted malt flavours, bit of coffee and chocolate in there too. Bit more bitter and stronger than a mild, and a richer flavour, so quite what it is I don't know... what I do know though - this is very, very tasty!