1 base + 1 specialty + 1 hop + US05 = Good Beer?

[slym2none]

Double Bastard?

Oh man, that stuff was so good...

 

[Michigan_Wolfman]

Domestic Pale 2 Row- 80%
Carapils- 20%

Northern Brewer @ 60 minutes
Northern Brewer @ 20 minutes
Northern Brewer @ flameout

 

[Aonghus]

So if you wanted to brew an interesting and unique beer, but were limited to ONE base and ONE character malt from the list below, along with any SINGLE hop variety of your choice, what would you do? Fermented with neutral US05 yeast.

a) It's not a SMaSH, so a character malt must be included with your base, and it must have a noticeable contribution in your finished beer.
b) Single infusion mash, but you can manipulate temperature for desired body/sweetness.
c) You can also adjust water profile to highlight hops, malt, or go for a balanced profile.
d) If its good, I'm totally stealing your idea and brewing it.

BASE (at least 70%):
Maris Otter
Domestic Pale 2 Row

CHARACTER (up to 30%):
Pale Wheat
Chocolate
Black Patent
Peated Malt
Melanoidin
Victory
Munich
Rye
Carapils
Vienna

Simple Dry Stout (would prefer you had roasted barley in your list).
92% Marris Otter
8% Black Patent
EKG 1 oz at 60
EKG 1.5 oz at 20
1 tsp of Burton Salt
Mash at 152 for 60 minutes
Boil for 60 after hot break
Pitch US-05 at 62 degrees

 

[rhys333]

would prefer you had roasted barley in your list

I should probably go back and edit my original post to include ingredients not on the list. I only expected to get 3 or 4 replies. It's been really interesting reading all the great ideas people have.