American Pale Ale Lake Walk Pale Ale

[elproducto]

Thanks man, seriously fantastic recipe.

It was the Toronto Beer Week Competition, my first ever. American Pale Ale had the second most entrants with 23, so it's an even sweeter win.

Like I said previously I added some Citra in the dry hop on my latest batch, and I'm not sure I'd do it again. The Citra overpowers the Simcoe in the aroma.. perhaps I might decrease the amount a bit.. but the original recipe is where it's at. Only thing I've noticed is it takes forever to clear, even with Whirlfloc but I guess it's the flaked wheat.

I also think the Simcoe/Amarillo is such a winning combo. I've brewed with a lot of Amarillo and I was quickly becoming tired of it.. too much grapefruit, I like the dank.

 

[elproducto]

Ok Dude, further testament to the greatness of this beer.

I brought 5 gallons to a Halloween Party on this weekend, and this was the runaway winner of the 3 beers that I brought. Non-craft drinkers were demolishing this stuff, which surprised me.. because it's certainly at the limit bitterness wise for a Pale Ale. I dry hopped with Simcoe/Amarillo and Citra and they raved about the aroma.

 

[AleJoe]

I entered this (original recipe) in the Dixie Cup homebrew competion. The good news is I got 2 scores of 42 (out of 50, BJCP guidelines)!! The bad news is it didn't place LOL. Stiff competition!

 

[nspaldi0]

I purchased the ingredients for this yesterday, and I can't wait to brew it!

 

[JimTheHick]

I purchased the ingredients for this yesterday, and I can't wait to brew it!

You going to toast the 2 row? I did with my pre crushed 2 row for about 10 each side and it worked well.

 

[nspaldi0]

I plan to toast it myself. How long and at what temp worked for you?

 

[JimTheHick]

I plan to toast it myself. How long and at what temp worked for you?

Oh the perfect excuse to break out the brew log......

Ok, 2 pounds, 275F, 15', stir, 15'.

Probably could have gone a bit longer, but I wanted to err on the side if not scorching it. This beer was really tasty.

 

[nspaldi0]

Thinking about it made me look at my hop stash as well! I bought the simcoe but thought I had three ounces of Amarillo. Only have two ounces left, but I'll grab another ounce before brewing next weekend.

 

[triangulum33]

How do we enter the Toasted Pale Malt in recipe calculators? Include it with the regular 2-row in the calc? Brew target also has Toasted Malt, but I think thats something else.

 

[elproducto]

You could try Victory I think it's similar, but to be honest I wouldn't worry too much about it. You could just put it in as 2-row, most of the color will come from the C-60.

I toast my own, and after brewing 3 batches, I've settled on 20 minutes at 375. I tried it at 10, and couldn't detect any toastiness.

 

[BgThang]

I have brewed this recipe several times, it's pretty much my house ale. Brewed it 2 weeks ago but added 3# of rye to a ten gallon batch. Just racked to secondary and dry hopping. will see the results by new years

 

[Tom_FL]

No Simoce to be found anywhere around me locally. I have Amarillo, Centennial, Willamette, Cascade, and Magnum. I am happy to pick up some others if needed. Any suggestions on the best way to replace the unreplaceable Simcoe?

I am hoping to brew this or Edworts Wounded Knee this week and need Simcoe for both.

 

[elproducto]

Too bad, b/c Amarillo/Simcoe is what makes this beer.

I've heard Galaxy is a close sub to simcoe.. or possibly something else piney like Chinook.

With this damn shortage, I'm glad I won a pound of Simcoe in a homebrew comp.

 

[wookiemofo]

Hey Dude... how about a refresh on the recipe you used (specifics) for this 29th batch which is the best you've brewed yet.

Would love an update on this recipe... have brewed it quite a few times as well.

 

[Dude]

I checked the recipe on the first page...I brew it exactly like that. I think what put the last batch over the top was running the fresh hops thru the HopRocket. Creates an incredible aroma. I think the Citra really compliment the beer...but not necessary if you don't have it.

I'm headed to Siebel next month...I'm going to try to talk the Doemens Academy instructors into letting us brew Lake Walk on the big system.

 

[RCBIV]

I'm brewing this Tuesday. I hope I don't misrepresent this beer.

I went to my LHBS and they didn't have Simcoe. I was told Summit was a good substitute, so I bought it. But I put it into BeerSmith and it claims it would push the IBUs off the chart and I don't want that.

So I bought some Simcoe online.

Hopefully the Dude abides for me on Tuesday.

 

[smoothlarryhughes]

Hi Dude...I'm brewing this recipe this weekend, and I was wondering what the benefit of doing a 90 minute boil is vs a 60 minute boil...since the hops aren't added until 60.

Thanks!

 

[wookiemofo]

Dude, one more question. How would I take this type of beer and turn it into an IPA? Not sure that even makes sense, I sort of want to take this hop punch in this and double it! Maybe the Citra does that? I guess I could just up my 60min addition to increase my IBUs, then up the grain bill a bit to balance it out?

 

[Dude]

Hi Dude...I'm brewing this recipe this weekend, and I was wondering what the benefit of doing a 90 minute boil is vs a 60 minute boil...since the hops aren't added until 60.

Thanks!

The main reasons for a 90 minute boil involve driving away DMS and helping with stability as far as protein haze. Search this topic--it's good stuff to know. More important for all-grain brewing than it is for extract.

Dude, one more question. How would I take this type of beer and turn it into an IPA? Not sure that even makes sense, I sort of want to take this hop punch in this and double it! Maybe the Citra does that? I guess I could just up my 60min addition to increase my IBUs, then up the grain bill a bit to balance it out?

I would just add more base malt. No need for more adjunct malts. And like you said up the 60 minute addition...maybe even another hop addition around 30 minutes. Any hops added near flameout aren't going to give you much bitterness because they need to be boiled to isomerize into "bitterness".

 

[EO74]

Made a modified batch of this last week- 1 marris otter 2 crystal 40 3 pac man bottle harvested ! Its almost done fermenting and smells amazing i cant wait to try it, but it'll be a while cause its third in my keg rotation Thanks for the recipe DUDE!!!

 

[wookiemofo]

Here's what I ended up brewing. I'm a little skeptical as this recipe really doesn't need any altering, but I am excited to see what happens. First time really changing a recipe.

Est Original Gravity: 1.060
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.3 %
Bitterness: 60.7 IBU
Est Color: 10.1 SRM


10 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row)
2 lbs 8.0 oz Victory Malt
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
8.0 oz Wheat, Flaked

1.00 oz Amarillo Boil 60.0
0.75 oz Amarillo Boil 20.0
0.75 oz Simcoe Boil 20.0
1.00 oz Amarillo Boil 5.0
1.00 oz Simcoe Boil 5.0
1.00 oz Citra Boil 0.0 min

1.00 oz Amarillo Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop
1.00 oz Simcoe Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop
1.00 oz Citra Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop

 

[terrenum]

As anyone tried the substitute some 2-row with Vienna Malt in this recipe?
If so what was the outcome?
Look forward brewing this beer but would like to tweak it a bit to develop my own!!!
What do you guys think about adding Vienna.
thanks

 

[Dude]

You could probably just replace the Toasted Malt with Vienna. They are quite similar, IMHO.

 

[terrenum]

You could probably just replace the Toasted Malt with Vienna. They are quite similar, IMHO.

thanks for your answer.
I was also wondering if some increase the ratio of Toasted/Vienna vs the 2-row?
It looks like a good brew; can't wait doing it. I don'T have time in the next couple of weeks but shouldbe good to give it a try mid-feb

 

[NJstout]

wish i had some LWPA, been awhile but no simcoe/amarillo

 

[shelly_belly]

Here's mine:

Brewed 12/18/2011 per recipe OG=1.058 FG=1.012
Kegged 01/08/2012 + Dry Hopped for 10 days
Chilled + CO2 added 01/18
Tapped 01/29

Absolutely delicious! Smells like Sweetwater IPA.

 

[triangulum33]

wow shelly, that looks really good.

 

[shelly_belly]

wow shelly, that looks really good.

Thanks. It is, my friend, it is!

 

[Snotpoodle]

Hi,

Amarillo is impossible to get nowadays! Has anyone attempted to substitute anything in its placE? I brewed up a bunch with Cascade instead of Amarillo, and will be dry hopping today as well.

If not cascade, what substitutes would you recommend...centennial?

 

[DrinkNoH2O]

I'd say centennial is closest to amarillo IMO but nothing is a perfect match.

Been a while since I've brewed some LWPA, it always goes so fast! I'll have to brew again soon.