Pondering a new recipe

[RichardG]

I've got a recipe I'm thinking of, but having not used the hop combination or the late hop concerned in a pale ale, I thought I'd stick it out there and see if anyone has experience of anything similar. The idea is:-

Pale malt 4731g
Wheat malt 249g

EKG 50g 90mins
Saaz 20g 15mins
Saaz 15g 5mins
Saaz 15g 80c steep 30mins

Yeast - Brewlabs Somerset 1

This gives an OG of 1045, and 33IBU's. Now I haven't used Saaz in an ale, but can't see why it wouldn't work, or wouldn't work with EKG. Anyone tried something like this, and if so, what can I expect?

[brewnaboinne]

The Hilden Brewery in Northern Ireland do a pale ale called Silver that's designed to appeal to lager drinkers. As far as I know it includes First Gold, Challenger and Saaz in the recipe. I was thinking of doing something similar myself to appeal to my lager drinking mates. Do it and let us know how you get on
Liam

[RichardG]

Will do Liam. This has come about as a result of my wheat beer that's due for bottling. I used Saaz in that, and as a result have 50g left. So, I'll brew this up next (yeast is due from Brewlabs today/tomorrow) and try to remember to post details of the outcome.