Brewing an English Mild

[LarryBrewer]

Brew day today!

http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/r ... nnered-ale

This recipe gets rave reviews on HBT:
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f67/mild-ma ... -us-52776/

Only differences - went with Wyeast Whitbread 1099, adding 4oz of maltodextrin, and amped up the water profile to Balanced II, which is double the mineral levels. I want to see just how malty I can get a 3.2% beer. Shooting for a mash pH of 5.4.

The 1099 Whitbread starter was kicked off last night around 8pm, and is already settling out. Was going to brew this weekend.

 

[LarryBrewer]

Smells darn good in here. Warm at 78F. 100% conversion efficiency, thank you advanced water calculator!

 

[LarryBrewer]

Kegged this on Sunday. Already last night it is drinkable - only 12 days since I brewed it. Very happy with how it turned out.

The Wyeast 1099 dropped crystal clear without a cold crash. I don't get any of the weird estery/woody flavors I got from a similar batch which used S-04.

 

[TheZel66]

Cool to brew a mild. Not enough micros brew it.. I guess it doesn't have enough hops. This fall I'm planning a single mash 3 gallon porter/5 gallon mild; make the porter with first runnings; make the mild with the rest. Calculate my need of gravity points, measure and use DME to up if needed. I do one mash/sparge and get two batches out of it.

 

[LarryBrewer]

Awesome, and a historically accurate way to brew these styles too.

The mild does have a very British, earthy kind of flavor. Notably the Fuggle hops.

There is a brewey here in PDX called Base Camp that does one. I plan to try it soon.

 

[Sy6]

Mild is a rare beast indeed over here in the UK the vast majority of the micros never brewing milds.A local brewery to me Hobsons do brew a lovely example which won champion beer of Britain a few years back.In my youth a lot of the old timers drank pints of mixed half bitter half mild anyway good to see mild being brewed.

 

[TheZel66]

Yards Brewery in Philadelphia has a really nice one (Pugilistic Ale), but you have to either find it somewhere that has it on cask, or get the barkeep to pour it in a warm glass. They tend to put everything here in iced glasses and serve it way to cold. You can get it in bottles year round.

 

[Nosybear]

Lola's Dirty Blonde is likely an American twist on a Mild - all American malts but same general outcome.