Beer Style: English Bitter, Mild, and Pale Ale

Denny’s American Mild (Final Version, #8)

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Denny has been working on a recipe for an American mild ale for several years. The objective was to make a beer with the qualities of a British mild (malt character, low integrated hop flavor, body, 1.035 OG, under 4% alcohol) but with only American ingredients.


Historic Bitter Ale

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Historic Bitter Ale (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.052  FG = 1.013IBU = 64  SRM = 7  ABV = 5.1% Ingredients5.5 lbs. (2.5 kg.) Golden Promise pale ale malt5.5 lbs. (2.5 kg)


XX Mild Ale

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XX Mild Ale (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.062  FG = 1.012 IBU = 52  SRM = 11  ABV = 6.6% Ingredients11 lbs. (5 kg) Maris Otter pale ale malt2 lbs. (0.91 kg)



Old Laxey Brewing Co.’s Bosun Bitter Clone

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Old Laxey Brewing Co.’s Bosun Bitter Clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.036   FG = 1.007 IBU = 30   SRM = 11   ABV = 3.8% While the gravity


Okell’s Brewery’s Mild clone

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Okell’s Brewery’s Mild clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.029    FG = 1.006 IBU = 12   SRM = 10   ABV = 3% Ingredients 5 lbs. (2.3 kg) Golden


Holden’s Black Country Bitter clone

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Holden’s Black Country Bitter won Silver in the Bitter category in 2005 and is described as “A medium-bodied, golden ale; a light, well-balanced bitter with a subtle, dry, hoppy finish.” The data I have for this beer is: OG: 1.039. Malt bill: 85–95% Maris Otter pale malt, 0–10% crystal malt, 0–5% torrefied wheat, 0–2% brewing sugar. Hops: Fuggles, optional Goldings. Dry hops: Fuggles. EBC: 24–26.


Rudgate Viking clone

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Rudgate Viking won Silver in the Bitter category in 2002 and is described as “An initially warming and malty, full-bodied beer, with hops and fruit lingering into the aftertaste.” The data I have for this beer is OG: 1.039. Malt bill: 90% Halcyon pale malt, 10% crystal malt. Hops: Fuggles, Northdown or Challenger, Goldings. Late hops: Goldings. IBU: 24. EBC: 24–30.


Bateman’s XXXB Bitter clone

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Bateman’s XXXB Bitter won Gold in the Premium Bitter/Special Bitter/Strong Bitter category in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1997. It is described as “A brilliant blend of malt, hops and fruit on the nose with a bitter bite over the top of a faintly banana maltiness that stays the course. A russet-tan brown classic.” From this I would suggest a yeast that provides a fruity character. The data I have for this beer is: OG: 1.048–1.049. Malt bill: 72–87% Pipkin or Maris Otter pale malt, 7.5–12% crystal malt, 0–3% wheat flour, 15–18% invert sugar. Hops: Challenger, Goldings. IBU: 37. EBC: 40–42.


The Kernel Brewery’s Table Beer clone

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The best selling beer at Kernel Brewery (London, England) is their table beer, which is a well-balanced session ale with a great hop presence, smooth body, and a surprising hoppiness for a 3.3% ABV beer.


Grantham Mild

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The best thing about brewing a mild is that you get to dial up pretty much all of your favorite malt flavors, in whatever ratio you’d like, in a session-strength beer – and all you need to do is back out the black barley and sub in a bunch of fun character malts. You can still have a touch of roast in there (if you want), but you also get biscuit, toffee, nut, molasses, toast, plum, raisin . . . you get the picture.


Bone Idle Bitter

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A schwarz’ed version of an English bitter.


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