13 May 2006
posted by benjyThe Snake River Pale Ale clone has been on the yeast for two weeks, so it’s time to brew again. This time it’s a low-strength mild, adapted from several different recipes. Original gravity was correct, at 1.037, and the IBUs are under 30, around 28. Hops were Kent Goldings at bittering and with 15 minutes left in the boil. The grist was pale ale, crystal, wheat, Munich, and biscuit. Colour is pretty light, closer to a pale mild than a dark mild. The brew went very quickly, from start to finish in less than 5 hours, including racking the Snake River off the yeast into secondaries, since we don’t need any cask beer at the moment. Gravities both hit 1.016, and the flavour was very nice, the British being slightly nicer than the English ale.
