"Modest Mild" Mild Ale

[Ron Price]

Beer Recipe of the Week: "Modest Mild" Mild Ale

This recipe was located in the Zymurgy November/December edition 2009
(page 51)

This recipe comes from Jake and Tom Ocque. This was a National
Homebrew Competition 2009 gold medal winner! Milds are typically a
malty session beer with a low alcohol. Give this tasty beer a shot
today!

All Grain Recipe

Ingredients for 5 gallons

5.5 lb Maris Otter pale malt
.25 lb Brown malt
1 lb CaraMunich malt
.4 lb 200° L Chocolate malt
.4 lb 120° L Crystal malt
.2 lb Special B malt
.1 lb Carafa II malt
.5 oz Styrian Aurora pellet hops, 7.6% alpha acid (60 min)
(Substitute Northern Brewer if necessary)
1 packet Wyeast 1028 London Ale

Statistics

Original Specific Gravity: 1.034
Final Specific Gravity: 1.007
Boil Time: 90 minutes
Primary Fermentation: 5 days at 68° F


Directions

Conduct a mash at 156° F (69° C) for 60 minutes then sparge. Collect
roughly 6 gallons of runoff and bring to a rolling boil. Boil for 30
minutes then add .5 oz of Styrian Aurora hop pellets (or substitute
Northern Brewer if necessary) and allow them to boil for the final 60
minutes. Be careful when adding hops as you may encounter a boil over
during this first hop addition. After the boil, cool your wort to an
appropriate pitching temperature and strain the wort in to your
fermenter. Aerate the wort very well. Once the wort is both aerated
and cooled, pitch the yeast.

Note: This recipe appears to use 60% efficiency; reduce base malts if
your system has higher efficiency. 5 lbs of base malt is appropriate
for 70% efficiency.

This is a nice table beer. Before dinner or just a great session
beer.

Cheers,

Ron