Style: Dark Mild

All Styles

Style Profile

BU:GU

0.48

Hops

3.0 g/L

Mash pH

5.46

Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG
1.03 1.038
1.044
FG
1.008 1.013
1.011
IBU
10 25
20
ABV
3% 3.8%
4.3%
SRM
14 25
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
0.37 g/L 1.36 g/L
0.89 g/L
Flavour
0.35 g/L 1.36 g/L
0.68 g/L
Aroma
0.33 g/L 1.36 g/L
0.73 g/L
Whirlpool
0.37 g/L 1.36 g/L
0.75 g/L
Dry Hop
0.55 g/L 1.46 g/L
0.94 g/L
Dry-Hop Rate by Year

g/L · median with IQR range

2018
0 g/L 0 g/L
0 g/L
2019
0.65 g/L 1.33 g/L
0.9 g/L
2020
0.47 g/L 1.07 g/L
0.77 g/L
2021
0.53 g/L 0.53 g/L
0.53 g/L
2022
0.21 g/L 0.21 g/L
0.21 g/L
2023
0.11 g/L 0.11 g/L
0.11 g/L
2024
1.5 g/L 2.38 g/L
1.5 g/L

dated Dark Mild recipes with at least one dry-hop addition

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

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