Which is your absolute favourite Mild?

Post by **seymour** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:41 pm

Past or present...commercial or homebrew...what is the absolute best Mild Ale ever?

Recipes encouraged.

Cheers!
-Seymour

AnthonyD · Post by **AnthonyD** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:54 pm

Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild from the Graham Wheeler book... c.5.7% and an absolute treat.

They had to get two barells of it at my local beer festival last October and they still ran out early on the Saturday!

AnthonyD · Post by **AnthonyD** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 7:58 pm

From the book:-

23l

5110g Pale Malt
900g Crystal Malt

First boil:
31g Fuggles
26g Goldings

Last 10 mins:
19g Fuggles

EBU=30
EBC=37
ABV=5.7%

I've got to brew a batch for my Father-In-Laws birthday... he loves the stuff!

jmc · Post by **jmc** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:40 pm

AnthonyD wrote:Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild from the Graham Wheeler book... c.5.7% and an absolute treat.

They had to get two barells of it at my local beer festival last October and they still ran out early on the Saturday!

+1

This was one of the first AG proews I did and I overdid the malt bill to compensate for batch-sparging
Came out at about 6.3%. Lovely brew and it gets better over time

BlakenhallBrewer · Post by **BlakenhallBrewer** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:45 pm

+1 for the Sarah Hughes Ruby mild

Lucky me I only live 2 miles from the Beacon in Sedgley where it's brewed. In fact I think I may wander in tomorrow and try a couple

:D

Post by **seymour** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:50 pm

BlakenhallBrewer wrote:+1 for the Sarah Hughes Ruby mild

Lucky me I only live 2 miles from the Beacon in Sedgley where it's brewed. In fact I think I may wander in tomorrow and try a couple

Oh you dog! That must be nice.

Do you know anything about their yeast? If not, would you mind asking while you're there, pretty please?

SiHoltye · Post by **SiHoltye** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:00 pm

Elgoods Black Dog. Delicious, could bathe in the stuff.

OvenHiker · Post by **OvenHiker** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:37 pm

I think the mild I've enjoyed the most is Earl Soham's Gannet Mild, best when really fresh. Fuggley and just a slight sweetness.

Eadweard · Post by **Eadweard** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 2:48 pm

I had some excellent Harveys mild when in the brewery once. Surrey Hills Hammer mild is good, as is Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde mild.

Hanglow · Post by **Hanglow** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 5:26 pm

Yeah Harveys is good, Thwaites is decent too

mysterio · Post by **mysterio** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 5:35 pm

I've had Harvey's and Timothy Taylor's pale mild... Harvey's was the best.

Best Mild's have been the one's i've brewed! For obvious reasons.

This one from Jamil Zainasheff's book was good:

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Post by **Monkeybrew** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:09 pm

Crouch Vale Blackwater Mild is up there for me, along with Woodfordes Mardlers Mild.

Both dark and both tasty!

MB

zgoda · Post by **zgoda** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 5:02 pm

To me the thing that makes mild is yeast. S-04 made me best mild I ever brewed, the same beer rebrewed and fermented with Notty was "meh" at best. Same result for WLP022 Essex Ale, too dry even when finished at 1.012. I can't wait to try with Wyeast London Ale 3, it has beautiful sweet finish.

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