Style: Dark Mild
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.48
Hops
3.0 g/L
Mash pH
5.46
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.044
FG 1.011
IBU 20
ABV 4.3%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Dark Mild recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.89 g/L
Flavour 0.68 g/L
Aroma 0.73 g/L
Whirlpool 0.75 g/L
Dry Hop 0.94 g/L
Common Hops
- 36% East Kent Goldings
- 28% Fuggle
- 7% Willamette
- 5% Cascade
- 4% Northern Brewer
- 4% Magnum
- 3% Golding
- 2% Challenger
- 2% Bramling Cross
- 2% Columbus
% of Dark Mild recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 0 g/L
2019 0.9 g/L
2020 0.77 g/L
2021 0.53 g/L
2022 0.21 g/L
2023 0.11 g/L
2024 1.5 g/L
dated Dark Mild recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 20% United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
- 13% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
- 12% Chocolate Malt
- 9% American - Chocolate
- 9% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 7% United Kingdom - Chocolate
- 7% Brown Malt
- 6% Flaked Oats
- 6% American - Caramel / Crystal 120L
- 6% United Kingdom - Pale Chocolate
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 19% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 8% English Ale (WLP002) White Labs
- 6% Nottingham Lallemand
- 5% London ESB Ale (1968) Wyeast Labs
- 4% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 3% London Ale III (1318) Wyeast Labs
- 3% British Ale (WLP005) White Labs
- 2% West Yorkshire Ale (1469) Wyeast Labs
- 2% Dry English Ale (WLP007) White Labs
- 2% POG (A37) Imperial Yeast
% of Dark Mild recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 85% Single Infusion
- 14% Step Mash
- 1% Decoction
% of Dark Mild recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 80 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 27 ppm Na⁺
- 61 ppm Cl⁻
- 67 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 155 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
Similar Styles
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