Stove Topper Mild

[photek1000]

I Have a couple of 20L FVs on the go at the moment, but fancy having a bit of an experiment on the run up to Christmas whilst they are fermenting.

How does this sound as a little 5L Stove Top Brew.

Title: Stove Topper Mild

Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: No Profile Selected
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 9 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.018
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)


STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.032
Final Gravity: 1.007
ABV (standard): 3.25%
IBU (tinseth): 30.18
SRM (morey): 21.03

FERMENTABLES:
550 g - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (73.8%)
155 g - United Kingdom - Crystal 60L (20.8%)
40 g - United Kingdom - Chocolate (5.4%)

HOPS:
7 g - Fuggles, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 45 min, IBU: 19.59
7 g - Fuggles, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 10.59

MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Temp: 66 C, Time: 60 min, Amount: 3 L
2) Sparge, Temp: 74 C, Time: 15 min, Amount: 7 L
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg

YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 75%
Flocculation: High
Optimum Temp: 12.22 - 25 C
Fermentation Temp: 20 C

 

[MyQul]

Looks good but the IBU's are too high for a mild you need to take it down to 20- 22

 

[photek1000]

Looks good but the IBU's are too high for a mild you need to take it down to 20- 22

Thanks any recommendations for a suitable hop for a mild, any amounts, as it looks with what is available for a traditional British Hop that getting the IBUs down I would be adding just a dusting and not much more.

 

[Sandimas]

Thanks any recommendations for a suitable hop for a mild

Bramling Cross is a favourite of mine in milds, both for bitterness and aroma.

 

[MyQul]

Thanks any recommendations for a suitable hop for a mild, any amounts, as it looks with what is available for a traditional British Hop that getting the IBUs down I would be adding just a dusting and not much more.

The fuggles you've got is perfect. Very traditional. However your brewing software seems have made some sort of cock up. 7g of your fuggles @45 and 10 are fine. Brewmate calculates this at 22.6 IBU but your software is saying 30.1 IBU.

 

[photek1000]

The figures are punted out of Brewers Friend as I can get to that from this laptop at work, I'll stick it into BeerSmith later and see what I get out.

 

[photek1000]

Run it through BeerSmith with a couple of tweaks, dropped the Fuggles to two additions of 6g and it seems to look like a decent Mild at about 3.1%

I may also try and do this one as a short mash\boil experiment and only do 30 minutes for each.

Style: Mild
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.62 l
Post Boil Volume: 5.73 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 l
Bottling Volume: 4.50 l
Estimated OG: 1.032 SG
Estimated Color: 39.4 EBC
Estimated IBU: 22.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 77.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
0.55 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 73.8 %
0.15 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (Muntons) (11 Grain 2 20.8 %
0.04 kg Chocolate Malt (886.5 EBC) Grain 3 5.4 %
6.00 g Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 45.0 min Hop 4 14.5 IBUs
6.00 g Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 5 7.8 IBUs
1.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast 6 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 0.74 kg
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 1.94 l of water at 73.9 C 66.7 C 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (2.61l, 3.81l) of 75.6 C water

 

[photek1000]

Finally got around to finding time to do this, slight tweaks to recipe on the fly, getting more into Brewers Friend as my software of choice.

Brew Method: BIAB
Style Name: Dark Mild
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 9 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.018
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)


STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.032
Final Gravity: 1.007
ABV (standard): 3.25%
IBU (tinseth): 20.84
SRM (morey): 21.03

FERMENTABLES:
550 g - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (73.8%)
155 g - United Kingdom - Crystal 60L (20.8%)
40 g - United Kingdom - Chocolate (5.4%)

HOPS:
10 g - Fuggles, Type: Pellet, AA: 6.2, Use: Boil for 15 min, IBU: 20.84
10 g - Fuggles, Type: Pellet, AA: 6.2, Use: Boil for 0 min

MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Infusion, Temp: 66 C, Time: 45 min, Amount: 8 L
2) Sparge, Temp: 74 C, Time: 15 min, Amount: 2 L

YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 75%
Flocculation: High
Optimum Temp: 12.22 - 25 C
Fermentation Temp: 20 C


Photo is pre-pitch as was still cooling, cool now and yeast is in, just dumped dry.

A lot of break and hop debris in the DJ due to me just using my small pot with no filters, but that'll settle out and from experience rarely effects the final beer flavour.

Hit 2 points above my target SG at 1.034, trial jar was a little hoppy, but we'll see how it mellows over ferment and time.