
Spotted Tongue 2017 Mild Ale
Mild • All Grain • 5.5 gal
First try at a mild. Inspired by QUAFF members Bob MacKay and Harold Gulbransen.
April 29, 2017 pm 01:48pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5.5 gal)
- 6.5 lbs
Pale Ale Malt; Bairds Malt
Pale Ale Malt; Bairds Malt
Pale Ale malt forms the majority of the grist for a typical U.K. Pale Ale or Bitter beer and is made from some of the best barley available. There is an emphasis on single variety and low protein levels. The barley will be fully steeped and germinated before the green malt is loaded to the kiln. Kilning is a carefully controlled process removing moisture to a relatively low level without destroying excessive amounts of enzymes but imparting characteristic flavour and colour. Even with a diastase of only 45°L there is still enough activity to convert for example 5% of Crystal malt and 5 -10% of cooked adjunct (e.g. flaked maize). Mashing is normally at a fixed temperature of about 65°C, so modification has to be high to cope with this and a coarse grist is normally used. Many UK brewers stress the flavour benefits in the wort and glass of using Pale Ale malts produced from traditional winter malting barley varieties.
- .75 lbs
Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess
Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess
Characteristics & Applications: • The endosperm is completely glassy and will appear to be darker than standard Brewers Malt. • Carapils® is a very unique dextrine-style malt that adds body, foam retention, and beer stability without influencing color or flavor. • Use to upgrade all types of beer, including light colored beers. • The non-fermentables in Carapils® are very advantageous in balancing body and flavor of dark colored beers. • May be used with or without other specialty malts. • Low usage of 1-5% will help achieve desired results. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- .75 lbs
Amber Malt; Thomas Fawcett
Amber Malt; Thomas Fawcett
Unlike Crystal or Caramalt, the starting material for Amber Malt is a kilned Pale Ale malt. Amber Malt is typically used as a small proportion of the grist (0.5%) in the preparation of beers requiring some substantial depth of color.
- .5 lbs
Aromatic Malt; Briess
Aromatic Malt; Briess
Golden rich color and a smooth malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Munich-style malt that will contribute an intensely malty flavor and aroma. • Use in any beer style for additional maltiness. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- .5 lbs
Biscuit Malt; Castle Malting
Biscuit Malt; Castle Malting
Features: Unique and very special Belgian malt. Lightly kilned, then lightly torrefied up to 160°C. Usage: All special beers and as well for English ales, brown ales and porters. Recommended proportion: up to 15% of the grist. Characteristics: Biscuit malt produces a very pronounced "toasty" finish in the beer. Imparts a warm bread and biscuit like aroma and flavour. Biscuit Malt promotes a light to medium warm brown colour to the mash. This malt is used to improve the roasted flavour and aroma that characterize ales and lagers lending the subtle properties of black and chocolate malts. No enzymes. Must be mashed with malts having a surplus of diastatic power.
- .0 lbs
Oats Flaked
Oats Flaked
Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.
- 1 oz
East Kent Goldings - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 45 min
East Kent Goldings
Mild, slightly flowery.
- 1 oz
East Kent Goldings - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min
East Kent Goldings
Mild, slightly flowery.
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White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale
White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale
Clean, highly flocculant, and highly attenuative yeast. This yeast is similar to WLP002 in flavor profile, but is 10% more attenuative. This eliminates the residual sweetness, and makes the yeast well suited for high gravity ales. It is also reaches termi
Notes
Mash high, 155-158, to produce lots of dextrins. Will use 50/50 tap and RO water to reduce mineral content. Aiming for an amber mild. Inspired by QUAFF members Bob MacKay and Harold Gulbransen.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 11 - English Brown Ale
Subcategory: A - Mild
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.037 | 1.030 - 1.038 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.011 | 1.008 - 1.013 | ![]() |
Color: | 11.4 SRM | 12 - 25 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 3.4% ABV | 2.8% - 4.5% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 22.7 IBU | 10 - 25 | ![]() |