Brewed this up a few weeks ago. Well a variation using Goldings and S-04 to be exact. OG spot on, FG 1.013.
First impression was that it was bland with an almost sickly sweet aftertaste. Check recipe, check brew notes, review what % non-base malt to use as general recommendations. Confused as h3ll. About 2 weeks after the first impression, damn! Completely unrecognizable from before. Nice body at first, almost no aftertaste, a damn fine pint. I've heard that milds are supposed to be ready to drink young, but I may have pushed the envelope on that one. All I can say is that it's on tap now and as soon as I tap the second keg I'll be starting another batch to make sure there's a couple ready when it kicks.
FWIW fermented at 18C. Didn't get much flavour from the yeast IMO at that temperature. Next time around I'll probably raise it to the questionable 20C mark for S-04 and see if it becomes more English-y.
I've drunk more pints of this than any other beer I brew, it's a year round favorite! I've been hitting 1.010 on my gravity for about a year now. With the carbonation set to 1.05 volumes, I just nudge the perlick faucet open and essentially "sparkler" the beer to get a nice creamy head. Magnificent! As for waiting, I have gone grain to glass in 7 days, and I've also waited a month, all different flavours depending on age but I really like 2-3 week range for my tastes. mmmm!!!!
Mine always goes on nitrous
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Ooooh I need to get set up for nitro pours, how's the mouthfeel?
Nothing sacrilegious about brewing beer! Extract or not!So this might be a little sacrilegious, but I brewed this up tonight as an extract recipe for 5.5 gallons:
4 lb Dry Malt Extract - Light
Steeping Grains
1.5 lb United Kingdom - Crystal 60L
0.375 lb United Kingdom - Chocolate
1 oz Fuggles 60 min
1 oz Fuggles 15 min
The color looked great, smelled great... We'll see how it comes out next week. I'll probably have to bottle this as I doubt the keg will be empty be then. Looking forward to a sessionable brown ale though
Hey all...I'm going to brew this soon, but am looking to make a bit of change.
I am a little "chocolated out" recently and wonder what else might make a nice sub for a little different character yet still fit the style.
I don't want to totally change the profile here, but maybe a little change.
Any suggestions for something that might fit?
Thanks!
@jlinz you didn't make note of a production run number did you? Is it possible your LHBS mishandled the yeast or was it mail order?
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I remember noticing that the yeast was clumpy coming out of the pack. I wouldn't put neglect past the lhbs here. I went back for another packet and they had one pack left that was expired that they were still selling for full price...
Good to note if there are more threads that come up with notty problems... It's happened in the past!
It could have been the rehydrating process somehow. Just out of curiosity, do you usually sprinkle the notty dry or rehydrate for this recipe?
Bought supplies for this last night. I was going to brew it as-is, but saw Crisp Brown malt so threw in a couple oz of that.
Brewing this weekend, I'll let you all know how it goes in a few weeks.
This beer never gets old and is my favorite homebrew recipe!
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