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G'day Lachy,
You could make a nice bitter or mild with that recipe if you drop the PoR and Cascade and use 20g Goldings for 20 mins and another 20g of Goldings at flameout...ferment with some S-04 or better still ESB or London Ale yeast.

Cheers,
TL

Now that's a thought... I remember contemplating doing a mild some time ago. I think Coopers does one in their range and if memory serves it was quite a tasty drop. I'm definitely getting into lower ABV brewing at the moment, so any and all midstrength recommendations and recipes are appreciated!

IMO the Coopers mild is a bad spokesbeer (I just made a word) for the style. I think they just got a pale ale and watered it down to the mild gravity.
I am interested in brewing a killer mild, the style makes sense, especially as the weather is getting a little cooler.

I have this (my first ever attempt) chilling for fining right now:

The Mild One
Mild


Type: Partial Mash
Date: 14/03/2009
Batch Size: 23.00 L
Brewer: Dan
Boil Size: 7.00 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Spaghetti Pot
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
1.50 kg Light Dry Extract (15.8 EBC) Dry Extract 46.15 %
1.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 30.77 %
0.15 kg Chocolate Malt - Pale (800.0 EBC) Grain 4.62 %
0.10 kg Acid Malt (5.9 EBC) Grain 3.08 %
0.10 kg Amber Malt (43.3 EBC) Grain 3.08 %
0.10 kg Brown Malt (128.1 EBC) Grain 3.08 %
0.10 kg Caraaroma (256.1 EBC) Grain 3.08 %
0.10 kg Carahell (19.7 EBC) Grain 3.08 %
0.10 kg Carared (39.4 EBC) Grain 3.08 %
25.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.70 %] (60 min) Hops 5.5 IBU
15.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.70 %] (5 min) Hops 0.7 IBU
1 Pkgs London Ale III (Wyeast Labs #1318) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.041 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.011 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 3.92 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 10.9 IBU Calories: 90 cal/l
Est Color: 34.7 EBC Color: Color

Or get generous with some fuggles and styrian goldings and get yourself something like Deuchars IPA. A hoppy english bitter.

drsmurto wrote:... A hoppy english bitter.

Where's the damn drool icon!! Sorry to drift even further O/T!!

Cheers,
TL

On tap in my bar at present TL....

When mates come over i point them to the blackboard with the list of beers on tap which includes a name, a short description, ABV and IBU.

They tend to baulk at beers in the sub 4% abv category but cant get enough of either my Rogers or the deuchars IPA.

"its doesnt taste like a mid strength....."

Damn straight!

They are slowly realising that ABV isnt necessarily proportional to flavour.

Indeed...I find nowadays that I rarely make a beer with an OG above 1.050 unless I'm trying to keep to style.

Gone are the days when I just chucked in another kilo of sugar to get pissed quicker...

Cheers,
TL

Trough Lolly wrote:Indeed...I find nowadays that I rarely make a beer with an OG above 1.050 unless I'm trying to keep to style.

Gone are the days when I just chucked in another kilo of sugar to get pissed quicker...

Cheers,
TL

You just drink more...

I might brew this tomorrow with JW Trad Ale, JW Light Munich and JW Wheat instead of Weyermann malt. I got cascade and amarillo but what can i sub the NS for?

Cheers
Rob

Galaxy is similar if you can find it...

Ive got B Saaz, Magnum, Cluster, Chinook and Perle in the freezer? The rest are of the english type.
I was thinking maybe just using B Saaz.

Cheers
Rob

You could go just cascade and amarillo or maybe try the B Saaz.