RecipeDB - Mild American

[Barge]

Mild American

Ale - American Amber Ale
All Grain

Brewer's Notes

Aimed for a mash temp of 70 as I had gotten 90% efficiency with 2 previous batches and was expecting higher O.G.
Just as well I only hit 68C

Malt & Fermentables

%	KG	Fermentable
	3 kg	JWM Traditional Ale Malt
	0.5 kg	JWM Dark Crystal
	0.5 kg	JWM Light Munich
	0.05 kg	JWM Chocolate Malt

Hops

Time	Grams	Variety	Form	AA
	20 g	Cascade (Pellet, 5.5AA%, 30mins)
	15 g	Cascade (Pellet, 5.5AA%, 15mins)
	15 g	Amarillo (Pellet, 8.9AA%, 10mins)
	15 g	Amarillo (Pellet, 8.9AA%, 5mins)
	15 g	Cascade (Pellet, 5.5AA%, 0mins)
	10 g	Amarillo (Pellet, 8.9AA%, 0mins)

Yeast

1000 ml

Danstar - Nottingham

25L Batch Size

Brew Details

• Original Gravity 1.036 (calc)
• Final Gravity 1.009 (calc)
• Bitterness 22.6 IBU
• Efficiency 70%
• Alcohol 3.5%
• Colour 30 EBC
• Batch Size 25L

Fermentation

• Primary 7 days
• Secondary 7 days
• Conditioning 4 days

 

[drsmurto]

Looks very similar to the one i make. I add a small wheat addition.

Mash temp?

Like the look of your hop schedule, late additions a plenty!

 

[rclemmett]

I made an American mild recently, a bit of a paradox I know, and I must say I was very pleased. I used Nelson Sauvin and Cascade though and upped the IBU to 31. So I guess it was more American than mild.

 

[Barge]

Mashed pretty high. I was aiming for 70C but i hit 68C.

F.G. is 1012. Bottled it Monday night and I can't wait for it to carb up. The samples from the fermenter tasted great :icon_drool2:

As for the hopping, I got the idea from Ross. I think it was his Banana Amber recipe. I was looking at it thinking 'there's no bittering addition...how can you have no bittering addition'. It was one of those light-bulb moments. So much flavour and still the right bitterness. Gotta love it

 

[drsmurto]

Yep, late additions in this sort of beer do it for me.

I went with amarillo, cascade and nelson sauvin at FO (it was there so went in).

 

[Barge]

Never used Sauvin but I'm keen to give it a go. Thinking of pairing it up with some summer saaz (which i also haven't used) in a blonde ale.