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Styles · Dark Mild

Beer style · BJCP 2021 13A

Dark Mild

Brown British Beer

Published ranges These are the ranges the BJCP 2021 guidelines publish for this style.

Original gravity
1.030–1.038
Final gravity
1.008–1.013
Bitterness
10–25 IBU
Color
12–25 SRM (24–49 EBC)
Alcohol
3.0–3.8 % ABV

What it is

A gentle dark ale built for volume drinking, where a modest gravity still has to deliver caramel, toast and a hint of roast. Bitterness is low and the finish is soft, so the malt does all the talking.

Flavor

What a Dark Mild should taste like, on the three wheels the studio scores every recipe against. The shaded ring is the style’s range on each axis, from 0 at the center to 5 at the edge.

Hops

Room for earthy/woody.

Malt

Chocolate and caramel, with room for grainy, coffee/roast, bready/biscuit, dark fruit, sweet/honey, toasty or nutty.

Fermentation

Clean and fruity esters.

Hops that suit it

The traditional choice

What Dark Mild has classically been brewed with.

Nothing else on character: the hops here are there for bitterness and balance, and any variety whose aroma you would notice is out of place.

Yeasts that suit it

Strains the lab made for beers like this one, whose fermentation character sits inside the style’s wheel. A strain sold by several labs is listed once; its page names the others.

And 141 more yeasts whose character fits. These are the 24 that fit best.

Style numbers, names and vital statistics are from the BJCP 2021 Beer Style Guidelines, where you will find the official descriptions. The descriptions and flavor wheels here are Beerwright’s own. Beerwright is not affiliated with or endorsed by the BJCP.