Anybody got a good (or great) Mild Recipe?

[adm]

I've hardly ever drunk Mild, and never brewed one. But looking through my specialty malts bin this morning I found 3Kg of Mild Ale Malt which I should really do something with.

So who's got a good Mild recipe then? I hear good things about Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild - is that a good place to start?

I've also got all kinds of crystal malts from light to extra dark, plus several kinds of dark malts, so I should be all set right?

Anyway....all thoughts welcome for a Mild virgin.

[scarer]

I've heard that the Gales Festival Mild in GW's book is supposed to be good but that doesn't use mild ale malt

[mysterio]

Boddies Mild from Wheelers book is very solid, try it with a good liquid yeast, and with a darker crystal. Mild Ale malt can only improve it.

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[pdc]

use the mild ale as much as you can then top up with pale.
3-5% black
5-10% wheat
make up to 1040 gravity.

challenger 50% fuggles/goldings mix for the rest to 20-25 ibu

mash 67-69 temp.

yeast of your choosing

[leedsbrew]

use the mild ale as much as you can then top up with pale.
3-5% black
5-10% wheat
make up to 1040 gravity.

challenger 50% fuggles/goldings mix for the rest to 20-25 ibu

mash 67-69 temp.

yeast of your choosing

pdc was kind enough to give me a couple of bottles of his last mild and it was cracking! i've never been a massive mild fan but I recon its due to only ever drinking things like tetley mild and other less than fantastic offerings!

Phil's was definitly an eye opener!

[adm]

Thanks fellas - that's given me some ideas to work on....

[pdc]

use the mild ale as much as you can then top up with pale.
3-5% black
5-10% wheat
make up to 1040 gravity.

challenger 50% fuggles/goldings mix for the rest to 20-25 ibu

mash 67-69 temp.

yeast of your choosing

pdc was kind enough to give me a couple of bottles of his last mild and it was cracking! i've never been a massive mild fan but I recon its due to only ever drinking things like tetley mild and other less than fantastic offerings!

Thanks for the review leedsbrew.

The grain bill for that one was

3750g mild ale malt
175g black malt
300g wheat malt

mashed at 68 degC

30g challenger
10g goldings

nottingham yeast

came out 1039 OG to 1009 FG
22IBU and 70ish EBC

[coatesg]

Personally, I'd be wanting some crystal in there too - the last one I did was:

2,850g Maris Otter
145g Crystal (120EBC)
145g Crystal (60EBC)
115g Black Malt
115g Chocolate Malt
30g EKG (5.9% AA) 60-minutes

But really, I would have upped the 120EBC crystal to 200g, and possibly added 100g of 240EBC crystal too.

[adm]

I saw a post from pdtnc about Sarah Hughes where he also said that a mix of crystals would be the ticket. I've got several in stock, so maybe I'll look at:

85% Mild (boosted with MO if needed)
7.5% dark crystal
7.5% extra dark crystal
Plus a little choc and black....

Maybe Fuggles for hops 'cos I've got loads to get through...

[WishboneBrewery]

It would be the ticket in a Sarah Hughes 6% mild, but that is a pretty High abv for a mild. (I think Dark+Extra-Dark might be a little too much in a lower ABV)

More traditional is the use of Black Malt for colour, Mild is meant to be dark too, not like a lot of light coloured imitations.
My first attempt at a Mild ain't bad - viewtopic.php?f=24&t=36263#p391634 (as I say in this update some Munich wouldn't go a miss and a pretty high Mash temp)

[coatesg]

I think pdtnc may have a point with the extra dark - it's much more heavily toffeed than the normal. Possibly, go with normal and dark, plus the choc and black.

[jmc]

Hi

I brewed Graham Wheeler's BYOBRA Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild recipe back in August and bottles now are already lovely.
Good feedback from friends too.

Not a session mild, but one to sup & savour.
If I can leave any I'm sure they will only get better over next few months

ATB
John

[WishboneBrewery]

Are you getting anywhere with this Mild idea... are you sure you feel OK? They did tell you that you don't put many hops it it... didn't they?!

I'm just having pint of mine now which was Cornied + Bottled 9th Oct ’10, pint from the keg... its turning nice and smooth, the Porridge Oats were a good idea it just takes a few weeks for them to be noticed.

Mild Ale mkII - Further development, I'd leave the hopping just as I did it as its a nice fruitiness without overpowering the malts, Must hit 69c mash, and use s-04 rather than Notts.

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Fermentable	Colour	lb: oz	Grams	Ratio
Pale Malt	5 EBC	6 lbs. 3.5 oz	2820 grams	75%
Munich Malt	20 EBC	0 lbs. 13.2 oz	375 grams	10% *Addition*
Chocolate Wheat Malt	820 EBC	0 lbs. 6.6 oz	185 grams	5%
Flaked Oats	0 EBC	0 lbs. 6.6 oz	185 grams	5%
Crystal Malt	120 EBC	0 lbs. 6.6 oz	185 grams	5% *Crystal rather than Caramalt*

Hop Variety	Type	Alpha	Time	lb: oz	grams	Ratio
Golding	Whole	4.2 %	65 mins	0 lbs. 0.7 oz	21 grams	30.8%
Fuggle	Whole	3.9 %	65 mins	0 lbs. 0.7 oz	21 grams	30.8%
Golding	Whole	4.2 %	10 mins	0 lbs. 0.5 oz	13 grams	19.2%
Fuggle	Whole	3.9 %	10 mins	0 lbs. 0.5 oz	13 grams	19.2%

Final Volume:	23	Litres
Original Gravity:	1.038	
Final Gravity:	1.010	
Alcohol Content:	3.6%	ABV
Total Liquor:	32.1	Litres
Mash Liquor:	9.4	Litres
Mash Efficiency:	80	%
Bitterness:	23	EBU
Colour:	69	EBC

[chris_reboot]

the sarah hughes is a simple recipe, and a cracking pint.
adapt that and you wont go far wrong.

its got a lot of crystal in comparitatively, but its not overpowering like crystal can be

[adm]

Are you getting anywhere with this Mild idea... are you sure you feel OK? They did tell you that you don't put many hops it it... didn't they?!

I'm in Paris drinking red wine right now.....so no, not yet! I might give it a go this weekend or next though. I like to get my ducks in a row early though....