The fifth mild

[crow_flies]

I just had a taste and it is good!, I dont think it will ferment down much more either by the taste of it - initially sweet with a malty after taste, no hint of bitterness at all....

/CF

[Matt]

Mine was down to 1010 yesterday so I kegged it. I had a cheeky pint and its a cracker Phil

I reckon First Gold will suit this really well CF

Matt

Glad you like it Matt , as you can see it is open to alsorts of experimentation,

I guess I better get some first gold in for the new year

Yeah. We'll have to start calling you 'Mild Phil'

I love the fact that this is so drinkable so early. I've had another pint tonight. Hic.

Matt

[prodigal2]

Mine was down to 1010 yesterday so I kegged it. I had a cheeky pint and its a cracker Phil

I reckon First Gold will suit this really well CF

Matt

Glad you like it Matt , as you can see it is open to alsorts of experimentation,

I guess I better get some first gold in for the new year

Yeah. We'll have to start calling you 'Mild Phil'

I love the fact that this is so drinkable so early. I've had another pint tonight. Hic.

Matt

It will hit its stride a proper in 7 seven days, but it is a good beer to know when stocks are out or worryingly low and the grist has enough flavour to please, though I must admit I would like to try this with a interesting late addition hope. I think first gold is calling.
I will say that this or a hefe fits the emergency brew bill. Althhough with the amount of time I have spent in germany in the last few months I am bored of Hefe at the moment

yeah I have come up with a others have brewed, and don't hate

[crow_flies]

I'm yet to brew a hefe, any good recipes?

/CF

[prodigal2]

I'm yet to brew a hefe, any good recipes?

/CF

This is spot on, though there are MANY posts:
http://jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=383
I have brewed a couple of times, and it always works spot on

[prodigal2]

So Matt hows the mild?
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated

[Matt]

Phil,

You are spot on about the 7 days. Drinking it this weekend and the taste has definitely rounded out.

I think I may have over egged the hops, as mine has a bit of bitterness, which I don't think is meant to be there. The problem was that my scales gave out and I used another set with 25g divisions, so it wasn't that accurate.

Its still a great ale though, I really like it.

My folks babysat last night and my dad was super-happy to have access to the keg. He was blotto when we got back

I am unsure about Amber Malt at the moment though, but I think this is just me. Y'see I had an infected Hefe once with an attack of Band Aid, and green beers made with Amber just remind me of that and I panic. My last two batches have this and are just maturing enough to see it off. I can taste a little bit of it in this brew but I can understand why its in there - it lends a very slight Marmite-eytang … to me anyway. How do you find the taste of Amber?

Matt

[prodigal2]

I was wondering if you would pick out the amber,(I know your not that keen ). I think I need to try this recipe without any amber with S04. I find it gives a biscuity(think digestives) taste. As a malt it has a transitional flavour, that changes over time, and also it seems to sit better with different hops.
There are many more tweaks I wish to try with this recipe. Plus there are a few other mild recipes I want to try too.

[spearmint-wino]

Interesting to see people's responses to this recipe - I've earmarked it for a brew in the new year
Wonder how it would work with Styrians/Cascade?

[Matt]

I love the recipe but mine has just picked up an infection

I think I have been using Starsan incorrectly. I've lost my last three batches

So back to VWP for the moment, a TEA in the bucket yesterday and another Phil's Mild slated for brewing asap.

[prodigal2]

I love the recipe but mine has just picked up an infection

I think I have been using Starsan incorrectly. I've lost my last three batches

So back to VWP for the moment, a TEA in the bucket yesterday and another Phil's Mild slated for brewing asap.

Damn, damn

SW, why not, I know some of the brewers in the colonies have been doing that. As long as its a balanced beer I can no problem in that.

[Matt]

and damn again

Current suspects are my siphon hoses, which I have on thinking about it, have not been scrupulous with

Never mind. New hose on order and another brewday planned for next weekend. The magic of mild is that its ready so soon, so my drought can be sorted quickly. Hooray!

Matt