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#36:  Taiga Dog Mild (Dark Mild)
  • A dark mild session beer. Named for our dog Nika who enjoys bounding through the boreal forest on hikes and logging trips.
Chris Swingley 
14-Nov-2004

Recipe (for 5 gallons final volume)
5.5 pounds (70%) Crisp Maris Otter Pale Malt
1.0 pound (13%) American Crystal 60L
12.0 ounces (9%) Flaked Maize
4.0 ounces (3%) American Crystal 80L
4.0 ounces (3%) Briess Roast Barley (300L)
3.0 ounces (2%) Flaked Wheat

1.0 ounce   U.S. Cascade whole hops, 5.8% AA (first wort hop)
0.75 ounces   U.S. Cascade whole hops, 5.8% AA (60 minutes)

  • White Labs WLP022 Essex Ale Yeast, pitched at 68°F
  • Starter: 3 quart starter built up from a slant (20 ml -> 300 ml -> 3 quarts), cooled, decanted, warmed
  • Aeration: Drill aerator for two minutes after pitching, again three hours later

Water
  • Fairbanks city water
  • 35.5 quarts  water treated with:
    •  1 Campden tablet.
  • 12.0 quarts mash water treated with:
    • 3.0 grams Gypsum.

Mash
  • 12.0 quarts water @ 159°F, grist ratio of 1.5 quarts:pound @ 150°F (Held 110 minutes), 145 at the end of the mash

Sparge
  • 23.5 quarts water @ 185°F, drain

Boil
  • Boiled 7.5 gallons for 90 minutes to yield 5.5 gallons wort

Fermentation
  • Primary: bucket, 7 days, 68°F, 1.013 at transfer to secondary
  • Secondary: glass, 7 days, 66°F

Packaging
  • Kegged at 8 psi, 50°F (1.8 volumes CO2)
  • Conditioned for 6 weeks
  • Ready to drink on 9-Jan-2005

Properties
Starting Gravity: 1.040 Final Gravity: 1.012
Original Extract: 10.0°plato Apparent Extract: 3.07°plato
Real Extract: 4.37°plato
Alcohol: 3.7% by volume (2.9% by weight)
Apparent Attenuation: 69.3% Mash Efficiency: 75%
Bitterness: 26 IBU Color: 16 SRM
BU:SG: 0.65 BV: 1.22

Tasting Notes
  • 10-Mar-2005 (17 weeks) -- Virtually gone. Nice color, great balance, excellent mild. Except: the same soapiness as in Barking Buddy -- I think it's a Cascade bite, and that I may be particularly sensitive to this flavor.

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