American Pale Ale Lake Walk Pale Ale

[strohs]

I...LOVE...this...beer....

 

[TerapinChef]

Finally got it in a keg. Is it bad if I dryhopped it for a month or so?

 

[JoeMama]

A month seems like a bit long to dry hop. You might end up with some grassy flavors if you dry hop it that long. I would say 10 - 12 days should be suffice.
-Me

 

[TerapinChef]

Oh it was in no way on purpose. More of "I haven't spent much time in the brewery lately and completely forgot about it". The same way my Saison stayed upstairs in my house through most of the warm Michigan summer. Like a 4 week primary at temps in the 90's+. We'll see how that tastes, it's next in line for the CO2 tank....

 

[DZzero15]

I've heard of people dry hopping right into the keg... I think with a month you should be fine. And come to think of it, aren't IPAs dry hopped for over a month normally?

 

[FishinDave07]

Wow...What a beer! I would just like to say that i completely botched a batch of Dude's fine pale ale by using the wrong numbers for equipment and it came out FANTASTIC!

Because of lazyness i omitted the toasted malt and somehow came short on my numbers giving me a beer with OG of 1.062 and a FG of 1.011...do the math people! That gives you 6.66% ABV, what i call a Hop Demon Ale.

Talk about highly concentrated!

IBU's are around 68 and its more like an IPA. Further more i dry hopped with 1 oz of Cascade for about a month.

That just goes to show you that great recipes can be fugged up into great recipes. I will probably bring common sense with me to the next brew session and do it right eventually.

And now for some Pron:

Some fine lacing, more like webbing...

 

[RoaringBrewer]

Simcoe and Amarillo together are just awesome. No kidding, they give it a tropical fruity taste and aroma. I have had so many people ask me if I put a little bit of pineapple juice in my beer. That is awesome.

Somehow, even though I've looked at this recipe several times in consideration of brewing it, I never realized this was an all amarillo/simcoe beer. Amarillo is my favorite hop and Simcoe isn't far behind for exactly the reasons you mention above... I just love the aroma of these hops.

I think this is on my "2nd in line" to brew list now that I am getting back in the game after a year off.

 

[shimbii]

So instead of toasting your own 2 row, what would be a good off the shelf substitute?

Would toasted Victory (25L) work?

 

[elkdog]

So instead of toasting your own 2 row, what would be a good off the shelf substitute?

Would toasted Victory (25L) work?

Victory would work, but drop it down to a quarter pound or so if you go that route, and add the other 1.75 back in as 2-row. Really, toasting the malt is extremely easy to do with an oven and a baking pan, so I'd encourage you to do it if you can.

 

[shimbii]

Victory would work, but drop it down to a quarter pound or so if you go that route, and add the other 1.75 back in as 2-row. Really, toasting the malt is extremely easy to do with an oven and a baking pan, so I'd encourage you to do it if you can.

Thanks for the info. I have a barley crusher currently on the way so I think I will end up toasting my own. I was under the assumption that you need to toast the whole uncrushed grain... which whould have been a PITA w/o a mill but now that I have one, toasting my own will be very easy to do.

 

[bkov]

i brewed it with victory instead of toasting, but i kept it the same numbers(2pounds victory). bottling it this weekend

 

[Poindexter]

I made a PM version of this, with a tweak on the hops sonce I couldn't find Simcoe. My (not ready for publication) house pale is bittered with German Nobles and flavor/ aroma with Chinook, but I like Amarillo OK too.

I brewed 08-01-09, getting down to the bottom of the keg, my near miss came out really nice.

For grains I toasted two pounds of pale malt in a stovetop skillet, about 10 ounces at a time, just barely to color change, wafted a couple weeks and then back to the LHBS for crushing.

2# toasted pale malt
1/2# Crystal 60L
1/2# wheat (I had malted wheat in the freezer and used it)
2# domestic 2 row
2# Marris Otter

That is about all the grain my system can handle, I added about 4# of pale LME post boil to get my 5 gallon OG to 1.066.

I used Amarillo throughout as written in the original recipe, but instead of "Simcoe" which I couldn't find I used Tett, Saaz, a little Perle and some Tradition instead, HBU for HBU.

I did a 60 minute acid rest, and then added about half the (60) hops to the mash tun at the start of 60 minutes at 155F saccarification rest.

I ended up dry hopping for almost four weeks what with every thing I had to accomplish between caribou season ending and opening day of moose season. I think if I had pulled it off the dry hops at two weeks it would have matured in the keg a lot faster.

When I find some Simcoe I will be making another batch of this as written. The malt character is deep and hearty without being overly complex or sweet, a fine platform for all those hops.

Thanks for the inspiration.

 

[hoppysailor]

One more Lake Walk fan here. We tasted the hydrometer sample last night before dry hopping and it was excellent. The only change we madde was to use Wyeast 1968 instead of the US-05. This was our first brew of the cold weather season and had a problem holding the mash temp. It went from 153 to 145 over 45 minutes. It was still very tasty but will have to try again with better temp control. We've decided to mash indoors so it will be easier next time. Great recipe. Thanks Dude.

 

[TerapinChef]

yeah I didn't get to do any toasting either and had to make a grain sub or two. But I'm pretty happy with the way this turned out!

 

[discgolfin]

I have made this my house Pale Ale..From What I do over tthe many batches..toast my own malt..around 270 and spray with water every 10 minutes for 30 minutes. I Mash around 154..and I try to keep the IBU's around 35. This makes for a nice and balanced Pale Ale..If your IBU's push 40 to 45 than it doesn't apeal to as large a crowd. I do like to dry hop the full amount .5oz of each for a good 2 weeks and straight to keg. love this beer. 2 to 3 weeks on gas and this sucker is amazing..give it some time in kegeratopr before you tap..keep it at cool temp for a full 3 to 4 weeks..It will round out nice and have a great mouthfeel.. It will seem thin or watery at first if you tap early. just my thoughts...

Jay

 

[bkov]

Originally Posted by Dude
"Lake Walk Crossing" was the street we lived on when I first started brewing. This recipe was kind of the first recipe I ever started tinkering with to make a house pale ale. It has gone through many renditions and is finally getting up to where I really like it.

FWIW, I think my second batch of this (extract) really got the ball rolling on my brewing hobby. It turned out great, and up until recently I've been trying to replicate that extract version doing all grain. Getting there!

I'm really happy to see so much interest in it. You guys are making my head swell! Thanks!

does anyone have the extract version recipe?

dude, you still around?

 

[AnonyBrew]

I opened up a 6 month old bottle yesterday that was still fabulous. Sure the hop aroma dissipated a little, but still very very nice.

 

[Shake]

I just made this recipe and threw it into my new Tap-A-Draft system. This is a recipe that I will have to make again.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Can you toast malt post crushing??

 

[ellijo89]

Can you toast malt post crushing??

some where in all those pages of posts they talk about it. said you could either way. I personally dont have a mill and my LHBS told me it might not be the best idea so i just brought it back after toasting to crush. Was one of the most amazing smells ever.

 

[IrregularPulse]

My closest shop is an hour away and I don't like the people there so I don't go. I'll just go with Victory Malt instead. Got it entered int BMW. Probably order it tomorrow and brew it Sunday

 

[ellijo89]

My closest shop is an hour away and I don't like the people there so I don't go. I'll just go with Victory Malt instead. Got it entered int BMW. Probably order it tomorrow and brew it Sunday

I'm guessing your checking this but just in case im not sure if the victory is a straight 1 to 1 replacement. Im not sure if you have to use less. Seems like something good to check lol.

 

[IrregularPulse]

meh, I just replaced it. THe guy above posted he did this and I figure, if it's not exact, it should still be a good pale ale. OG came out close enough if not the same. 1056. I added 8oz of 2-row also cause I only get 75% efficiency.

 

[ellijo89]

meh, I just replaced it. THe guy above posted he did this and I figure, if it's not exact, it should still be a good pale ale. OG came out close enough if not the same. 1056. I added 8oz of 2-row also cause I only get 75% efficiency.

yeah im guessing it will taste good one way or another. I just dry hopped mine today and tasted amazing already even while uncarbed and warm haha.

 

[IrregularPulse]

good deal. I've been wanting to do this recipe for quite a while. It's funny. APA is my favorite anytime goto style, and I haven't brewed one since my very first batch 2 years ago.

 

[AnonyBrew]

Dude Dude Dude Dude!

Made this for the 3rd time this past Sunday. 10g batch & recipe followed exactly. This is going to become a house tap for me. Great recipe Dude.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Made this yesterday....on accident Grabbed the Lake Walk grain sack instead of the Oatmeal Stout. So I have Lake walk grain bill plus 1lb oats and one 50 minute addition of Simcoe for 37 IBUs sitting in my fermenter with 1 ounce simcoe and 1 ounce amarillo. I'm going to make a 15 minute tea tonight with 1ozeach simcoe and amarillo and add to the fermenter, then dry hop as scheduled. I will mkae this again this summer though the correct away. *shakes head in disappointment* Hit OG of 1058 though

 

[chefchris]

Brewed this about a month ago. Took the keg to an AG demonstration at the shop that I work at. Everyone loved it. Might throw it in a couple competitions.

Thanks for the recipe.

 

[eggbeater59]

i made this about 3 weeks ago, standard recipe except with victory switched out 1:1 for toasted. it's about 3.5 weeks from brewdate, with 2 weeks of dry hopping. already it's very good, i grabbed a glass at half carb last night (couldn't help myself). i think it needs maybe an additional week or two for the hop flavor to be *perfect*. it is not very sharp by any means, but the hops could stand to settle down just a tad.

i think i'm going to use this as a base for a recipe with cascade as the bitter and some columbus @ 20. good recipe dude! everything comes together very well for a session beer... but i want more hops. :rockin:

 

[chriswilkes33]

Just poured my first of the first keg of Lake Walk...Approved!