We'd been drinking my Stout, Bitter and Golden Mild over the weekend but the Golden Mild was going down the best by a long shot so since it was popular I decided to use up some spare grain and put together a dark (well normal coloured) mild. I may have gone a bit too light on the hops with this one but time will tell
Brew length 19 litre based on 80% efficiency
2750gm Pale Malt, Halcyon (3.0 SRM)
70gm Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM)
50gm Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)
30gm Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM)
20gm Goldings, East Kent [6%] (60 min) Hops 17.1 IBU
1 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min)
1 pkt Safale S04 Yeast
Mash 90 mins in 8.5 litres at 64C
Boil total 90 mins
Expected: OG = 1.038 FG = 1.010 SRM = 12.2 IBU = 17.1
Actual: OG = 1.039 FG = 1.01?
Compared with my last brew, this one was much less eventful
- Unfortunately when I was drying one of my manifolds after the last brew (by shaking it in the garden), one of the copper elbows flew off into the undergrowth never to be seen again 
- I therefore had to drain the mash into the boiler then steal an elbow from the mash manifold before draining the wort back into the (now cleaned) mash tun so I could fit the manifold to the boiler before draining the mash tun back into the boiler 
Anyway, no harm done - just a slightly longer brew day...
Hmmm - like the colour
Trub while draining to CFC.
The Syphon effect really works well leaving very little behind.
Very pleased with the clarity and colour. Gravity 1039 ish.
