Martin's Dark Mild Recipe Kit

Small-batch brewing at home has never been this simple. This Dark Mild recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's Dark Mild, a 5-gallon all-grain batch, from grain to glass.

Dark mild is a low-strength English ale built for drinking in quantity, once the everyday beer of factory and mine workers across the Midlands and the north. Mild refers to the light hopping rather than any sweetness. The style leans on malt instead, with notes of chocolate and nut over a body that stays surprisingly light for its dark color. Most examples sit well under four percent.

At three and a half percent this is a proper session beer, gentle in bitterness and easy to drink several of. Chocolate malt sets the color and the roast note without weighing it down.

What's In The Kit

Your Dark Mild recipe kit includes everything below, portioned and ready to brew. All you add is water.

Fermentables

• 6 lbs · Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett) → we include Maris Otter
• 8.0 oz · Amber Malt (Fawcett) → we include Biscuit Malt
• 8.0 oz · Brown Malt → we include Biscuit Malt
• 8.0 oz · Pale Chocolate Malt (Fawcett) → we include Chocolate Malt

Hops

• 1 oz · Goldings, East Kent (Boil, 60.0 min)

Yeast

• London ESB Ale (Wyeast Labs 1968) → we include SafAle S-04 (English Ale)

Water treatment salts and any specialty extras are noted with the recipe.

Recipe At A Glance

A Note On Substitutions

This kit includes Maris Otter in place of the recipe's Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett); Biscuit Malt in place of the recipe's Amber Malt (Fawcett); Biscuit Malt in place of the recipe's Brown Malt; Chocolate Malt in place of the recipe's Pale Chocolate Malt (Fawcett). We stock dry yeast only, so SafAle S-04 (English Ale) dry yeast stands in for the recipe's London ESB Ale (Wyeast Labs 1968).