Pale ale using Hersbrucker?

[coatesg]

Gonna try and brew tomorrow - the aim is BBQ beer, so I'm shooting for something light and hoppy - I have a bit of Hersbrucker floating around, and as I already have a load of hefeweizen I just bottled (and I need to wait a bit before doing a dunkel), I was thinking of trying it in a pale ale. The only ale-type beer I know of that users Hersbrucker is Bitter and Twisted (this is along those lines) - I wondered if anyone else has done something similar, or if there's any thoughts on the recipe?

Grain:
4.25kg British pale (may have to swap some out with lager malt - not sure how much I have left... )
200g Flaked barley
140g Caramalt

OG 1043ish

Hops: (34IBU ish)
23g Challenger (7.1% AA, 90 min.)
45g Hallertauer Hersbrucker (2.1% AA, 90 min.)
35g Styrian Goldings (3.9% AA, 15 min.)
20g Hallertauer Hersbrucker (2.1% AA, 2 min.)
40g Styrian Goldings (aroma)

[smp465]

I did a B&T similar to that, thoroughly recommended.
What yeast you thinking, i used Gervin Ale which was good, so Nottingham should work.

[coatesg]

I was thinking about using US-05 for a clean hoppy brew. Sounds like a recipe to plumb for - it'll almot certainly be drinkable at the least

[yashicamat]

Pretty sure Hopback's Crop Circle uses Hallertauer too. I'm personally not so keen on that beer compared with SL, although it's still drinkable.

[escapizm]

Hi Yall

Can i ask how close you thought recipe was to B&T as thats a favourite and id like to make it as my first AG.

Thanks

[coatesg]

Can i ask how close you thought recipe was to B&T as thats a favourite and id like to make it as my first AG.

Just racked it into a keg to clear it - I'll let you know when it's properly conditioned, but first small sample suggests it needs to be more bitter than I made it (I need to get a bottle of the original to compare though).

[escapizm]

Great

I may try yours then viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4091 to compare.


Thanks