ruby mild

[Mark1964]

Will be brewing this ruby mild on sunday

With the new equipment hope it goes ok :

 

[Good Ed]

Mark, a great brew Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby, I did it for my 1st AG and bottled it last week, had a sample for qc , and it was very nice, I'm going to try and leave the bottles for as long as possible, turned out at ABV 6.2%

On your recipe, shouldn't the last lot of fuggles be at 10mins?

Also how do you put the recipe up on the forum?

Good luck with it, you won't be dissapointed :

 

[Mark1964]

Yep your right but couldnt fit it on page

 

[ChemPaul]

Hi Mark,

Hope your brewing went well

I looked at your recipe and wondered if you were thinking of adding black malt/sugar to it at all? Milds frequently have these ingredients in them and i can see your recipe hovering dangerously on the strong ale side of things instead of the intended throwback mild side of things.

Having said that, it looks tasty anyway ( ) although in think that much crystal is going to make it a bit cloying (hence the need for sugar to thin it out a bit)

The other reason i thought i would mention it is that i made a beer very similar to this a little while back (5kg pale, 900g crystal, 300 wheat malt, same hops) and it turned out like an Abbot Ale/ Speckled Hen crossbreed. Not a bad pint but definatley not a mild. A lot depends on the maltster who made the crystal, which will have the biggest effect on the flavour profile of this beer... :hmm:

Anyway, you could always chuck the sugar/black malt into the fermenter as these ingredients dont need mashing :

Btw, what brewing software is that?

 

[Mark1964]

its a clone recipie so all should be ok ill review it

 

[periolus]

Hey, what software are you using for your brewing?

 

[Baz Chaz]

Nice one Mark, I'm going to brew my first mild today :thumb:

 

[TheMumbler]

Hey, what software are you using for your brewing?

It looks like Graham Wheeler's Beer Engine to me.

 

[periolus]

The recipe is a very famous one in terms of milds from 'back in the day'. This is a light mild; they use paler crystal malts, whereas the dark milds use dark sugar and dark malts. The whole thing about milds is that they are only lightly-hopped, and have a stronger malty flavour.

I think...I am no expert - especially as the last time I drank mild was 4 years ago!

As soon as I go AG, I want to try some milds - I think they are REAAAALLLLLY tasty!

 

[Mark1964]

yes its beer engine the recipie need the sugars adding to it and it should be ok