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[AlanJones]

Hi

I have been brewing from kits for about a year, done 6 or 7 so far. Latest done is Brewmaker Best of British Yorkshire Ale which has been bottled for a about 4 weeks and is perfectly drinkable already. Planning to try an extract brew in the next few weeks and found a basic recipe for a 10L Mild Ale brew which requires 900g Pale dried malt extract, 450g Dark malt extract and 40g Fuggles hops but, when i ran it in brew target it came out as very hoppy. The recipe says to add all the hops at the start of the boil, i tried adding them in stages but it didn't make much difference. The ingredients weren't too expensive should i just give it a try?

Alan

 

[dennisking]

Hi and welcome Alan. Adding hops in stages should reduce the overall bitterness. Generally speaking milds tend to be more lightly hopped than most beers.

 

[joe1002]

Welcome to the forum :

 

[Jeff Brewjubbly]

Welcome to the gang !

 

[AlanJones]

Ended up just adding all the hops in one go at the start of the boil. I have had a few bottles of the resulting brew and I can honesty say its 10 times better than any of the kits I have done!! Just bottled my second extract brew using Fuggles and Golding hops this time and added a jar of honey. Looking nice and clear already and around 5.8% which is quite strong for me!