American Pale Ale Lake Walk Pale Ale

[elkdog]

Brewing this for the second time today. I subbed in Vienna for the toasted malt, just because I love Vienna and felt a bit lazy about the toasting. Love, love, love this recipe.

 

[Dude]

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

That looks awesome!

Brewing this for the second time today. I subbed in Vienna for the toasted malt, just because I love Vienna and felt a bit lazy about the toasting. Love, love, love this recipe.

Thanks for the love, love, love! I just brewed it 2 weekends ago. We took a sample out of primary and it was awesome. I can't wait to drink it!

 

[AnonyBrew]

Soon there will be a new thread called "How many gallons of Dude's LWPA have been brewed?"

When that thread comes out mark me down for 20g already this year with many many more coming.

 

[chefchris]

This beer took Honorable Mention (which I'm not quite sure what it means) in the American Ale category at the Peach State Brew Off in Alpharetta, GA. Great recipe!

 

[BgThang]

Did ten gallons of this saturday. og was around 1060 guess I got a better extraction then anticipated. its bubbling its ass off right now. Cannot wait for this to be done. It's real similar to my ryeIPA which I use amarillo and simcoe but add 2 lbs of rye. very tasty as well.

 

[Walker]

You know, Dude.... in all the time I've known you (and drank your beers), you've never had any of this on hand when we got together.

I guess I'll have to make my own damn batch. I'm sure it'll be better than yours anyway.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Finally got my botched brew day version on tap. It is good despite my lack of hop additions (made up for by dry hopping for aroma and a 20 minute hop tea for flavoring) and my addition of oats. Only down side is cloudiness from the oats despite gelatin, and a bit too sweet for style from mashing at 156-158 (thinking I was mashing my oatmeal stout).
I'll give this one another go this summer and get it right

 

[chefchris]

Got the (correct) results in. I couldn't believe it only had a score of 34.5. Looked at the judges scores; 39 & 40. How they got an average of 34.5 is beyond me. E-mailed the comp and they fessed up to the mistake. Actual beer score is 39.5. Definitely gonna brew this up again.

 

[bkov]

4s are similar to 9s

 

[Beerrific]

4s are similar to 9s

Especially when you have been drinking all day.


Kegged another batch of this yesterday. I don't have any Simcoe left so I will probably just dry hop with Amarillo.

 

[IrregularPulse]

My Oatmeal Lake Walk has cleared in the keg and gotten very good. Can't imagine how good it'd be if I'd brewed it right!

 

[elkdog]

Especially when you have been drinking all day.


Kegged another batch of this yesterday. I don't have any Simcoe left so I will probably just dry hop with Amarillo.

The batch I have going at the moment is dry-hopping with 2 parts amarillo to 1 part simcoe. I love simcoe, but I wanted to let the amarillo come through, as I think simcoe has a more potent aroma. Trying to perceive them both more or less equally.

All other hop additions were according to the Dude's recipe, though.

 

[AleJoe]

Brewed this up a couple weeks ago as my 1st all grain (after years of mini-mash). Excellent beer, great grapefruit aroma and taste. I may try a little biscuit next time since I'm not really picking up on any toasted taste

Great beer!!

 

[WAdamC]

This was my first AG batch as well. It is the best beer I have brewed yet! You have given me hope, as my first three, while decent, were nothing out of the ordinary. Thanks for posting the recipe. it rocks!

 

[fishnuttoo]

sounds like a wonderful beer, i would love to try it. is there an extract version?

 

[BrewManChu]

wow. my second brew ever was a partial mash of this and it kills me even tho its not even carbonated yet.

fishnuttoo, try this:

Specialty Grains
1 lbs Caramel 60L
Malt
2 lbs Toasted US 2-row pale malt @153 60 min
6 lbs Alexanders Pale Liquid Malt Extract
Hops
.75 oz Amarillo (60 min)
.75 oz Simcoe (20 min)
1 oz Amarillo (5 min)
1 oz Simcoe (5 min)
1.25 oz Amarillo (dry hop)
1.25 oz Simcoe (dry hop)
Other
Safale US-05
Corn Sugar

i used this partial mash method. "https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/easy-partial-mash-brewing-pics-75231/"

this method was quick and worked good. i seeped the the caramel malt in the sparge water before i moved the toasted malt grain bag to the sparge water.

 

[elkdog]

Popped the cap on the first bottle of my second batch of this last night. Another great one. Just a great, fully-hopped APA without the bitterness that makes IPAs a little exhausting for the palate. I get my hops fix and a good drinkable beer, with that Simcoe-Amarillo magic and a really nice malt character.
Dude, I grew up in Newport News and have family there that I've been avoiding for years. When I do make it back in to town, I'd love to buy you a beer in thanks for this recipe.

 

[samc]

Brewed a 10 gallon batch 3.5 weeks ago with some minor modifications due to what I had in stock. It's already very tasty and drinkable, although I suspect it will be even better in a few weeks. To me it's Pliny Lite, especially since I was going to do another batch of Pliny and at the last minute decided to ease back a bit on the alcohol content of my beers. It fits in nicely with my Evil twin & Munich Helles taps.

 

[kryolla]

I made a 5g batch last night and got an OG of 1.060 and did no chill so I moved the 5 min hop additions to the FV and poured the hot wort onto it. I also used all MO with no toasting and used wyeast 1272 yeast slurry from two-hearted ale I brewed, pitched the yeast this morning. This is probably going to be more like an IPA

 

[bkov]

The first time i brewed this, i did allgrain and it came out awesome.

i have a good amount of extra light DME so was thinking of doing a 15g batch of this partial boil.

what do you recommend? 3lbs victory, 1.5lb crystal 60, and light DME to right OG? i figured i can leave the oats out as they dont add to flavor, just head, which the DME has a small amount of carapils in it

 

[bkov]

dude are you alive?

 

[Walker]

Dude is in the military and moved to Germany in January for a 2 or 3 year long stay.

His activity on the forum had fallen off drastically before he moved, and I don't expect it to pick up speed anytime soon.

 

[bkov]

Dude is in the military and moved to Germany in January for a 2 or 3 year long stay.

His activity on the forum had fallen off drastically before he moved, and I don't expect it to pick up speed anytime soon.

ah, thanks, no wonder he hasnt been responding to messages.

 

[DrinkNoH2O]

I took couple months off from brewing due to getting married but this weekend I'm making my return.

To celebrate the long weekend for the 4th me and a brewing buddy are going to brew 2 beers back to back on Saturday, each picking a recipe. I chose to brew LWPA however I'm adding a slight twist - I want to use some of the Citra hops I have on hand (haven't brewed with them yet). So I was thinking of the following:


Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 6.41 gal
Estimated OG: 1.056 SG
Estimated Color: 11.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 50.1 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 68.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item
8 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US
2 lbs Toasted Malt
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
8.0 oz Wheat, Flaked

0.75 oz Amarillo [8.50 %] (60 min)
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (20 min)
0.75 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (5 min)
0.75 oz Citra [5.00 %] (5 min)
0.75 oz Amarillo [8.50 %] (5 min)

0.75 oz Amarillo [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 7 days)
0.75 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days)
0.75 oz Citra [5.00 %] (Dry Hop 7 days)

0.50 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min)
1 Pkgs SafAle American Ale (DCL Yeast #US-05)

Mash @ 152.0 F


I dropped the Simcoe and Amarillo aroma and dry hop additions a bit to make room for the Citra as well as added an extra 8oz. to make up for my lower efficiency (my BK is a bit small, which reduces sparge size, which lowers eff.)

Any feedback or suggestions?

 

[DrinkNoH2O]

This thing fermented like a champ, airlock stopped bubbling after 4 days. I used Nottingham yeast and the FG is 1.013. The sample from the wine thief tasted great, lots of fruity flavors going on compliments of the Citra/Simcoe/Amarillo combo. Will probably transfer this to secondary after 10 days in primary, and dry hop for an additional 10 days then bottle.

 

[AlaskaWortChiller]

Dude, I know you aren't active much but if you ever check this thread again, just wanted to say thanks for the recipe.

I made an extract version using 3 lbs pilsner DME at the start of the boil and 3 lbs 3 oz pilsner DME at flameout. Steeping grains were 1 lb victory and 0.5 lbs crystal 60. I used Wyeast 1056 American Ale with a 1 pint starter and the same hop schedule.

Fermented 18 days in primary @ 62-64 and 3 weeks in secondary same temp. Dry hopped 1 week in keg as per the recipe. Clear, delicious lightly grapefruit flavored session ale SG 1.014. I hate the taste of actual grapefruit, but this was amazing.

I made this as my third AG batch last weekend with the home toasted malts and 1056 again. Definitely a beer to be made over and over. Can't wait to taste the AG version.

 

[hoppysailor]

We've been brewing LWPA for about a year and it is a house favorite. We've used Wyeast 1968 because we are able to get slurry from a local brewery. I've always fermented at about 63-64 degrees to keep the yeast esthers in check. The beer has had a very nice malt presence and the hops really seemed to shine. Recently, I was forced to substitute S05 and it was a totally different beer. Less malt presence as would be expected, and it seemed that the flavors from the yeast masked some of the hop flavor. We're brewing this again tomorrow with 1968 to get our "old" Lake Walk back. So, give 1968 a try sometime for your LWPA. You might be pleasantly surprised.

 

[DrinkNoH2O]

I'm finally tasting my recipe that's tweaked to add Citra above. Bottom line - don't add Citra to this recipe. To me Citra tastes terrible. Lots of people mention juicy, pineapple, and citrus flavors with this hop. I don't get any of that at all - all I get is apricot/peaches (and I hate both of those fruits). Oh well, at least the wife likes this one.

I'm going to rebrew soon with just Simcoe and Amarillo.

 

[crlova2]

I think I am going to try this this weekend anyone brewed this lately with any suggestions?

 

[elkdog]

I think I am going to try this this weekend anyone brewed this lately with any suggestions?

Dude's recipe is a winner. At least the first time through, just brew the recipe as written, and you'll have a really good beer.