Hobson's Mild

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mashweasel

Hobson's Mild

Post by mashweasel » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:02 pm

Any idea of a recipe for this stuf??

Bryggmester

Post by Bryggmester » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:11 pm

Never heard of Hobson's Mild, Higson's Mild perhaps, but that's going back a good few years.

Bryggmester

Post by Bryggmester » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:17 pm

Sorry, done a search om Google and found I'm wrong again :oops:

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Post by smp465 » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:44 pm

It's a great Mild this, i scouted the web for a recipe (or clues) with no joy.
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mysterio

Post by mysterio » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:40 pm

Sea salt brings out roasted flavours? Interesting :-k

mashweasel

Post by mashweasel » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:15 pm

VERY cool. Thanks byes (Pikey for boys). With the tasting notes I think I can piece together something that is close. I need to find more tasting notes b/c that dude 'Stonch' says he gets charcoal and at the color it should be, its VERY hard to get that out of even the darkest crystal. Interesting...

A better description:

http://www.helium.com/tm/570581/beginni ... cky-enough

flything

Post by flything » Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:43 pm

I made this last year

viewtopic.php?p=44231&highlight=trial+brew#44231

First taste was on the train into Shrewsbury for the Beer Festival last September.

We then decided to try the Hobsons Mild (as it had just won the Camra Beer of Britain award) and were pretty amazed just how similar they were, the Hobsons was nicer but mainly because it had more life in it (mine had been taken from a keg into a 2lt PET bottle and gone a bit flat)

Good starting point if nothing else.

J_P

Post by J_P » Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:22 am

mysterio wrote:Sea salt brings out roasted flavours? Interesting :-k
It works with pork so why not mild :lol:

mashweasel

Post by mashweasel » Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:30 pm

I did about the same thing yesterday.

5# Maris Otter
1# 75L crystal
.5# Chocolate - pale

The wort tasted quite good but there was no coffee or any other real roast flavors. Deep caramel for sure. I used the windsor yeast b/c its quite fruity so we'll see. I think next time I make this Ill half the crystal using 55L and 150L and then add maybe .25# of Black malt. I know its not Hobsons but I realy like my milds to have a touch of dark character. Thoughts?

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