Dale's Pale Ale Clone

[Middo]

My brother-in-law who is a native of Boulder, Colorado introduced me to this bad boy when I was last over there a couple years ago. From what I remember it was lovely and was leading the trend in canned craft beer. Haven't seen a recipe on here yet so I've done some trawling and come up with the following, which was tweaked to use up some ingredients. Let me know what you think:

Dale's Pale Ale Clone
American Pale Ale

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 5.730
Total Hops (g): 150.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.055 (°P): 13.6
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013 (°P): 3.3
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.55 %
Colour (SRM): 7.9 (EBC): 15.5
Bitterness (IBU): 55.0 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 80
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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3.950 kg Maris Otter (68.94%)
1.140 kg Munich (19.9%)
0.640 kg Caramalt (11.17%)

Hop Bill
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20.0 g Northern Brewer Leaf (9% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
50.0 g Cascade Leaf (7.6% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil) (2.2 g/L)
30.0 g Columbus Leaf (17.9% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (1.3 g/L)
50.0 g Centennial Leaf (12.3% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Aroma) (2.2 g/L)

Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with WLP001 - California Ale

[Barley Water]

It's a very good beer, actually though, I consider it more of an IPA than an APA but it's a nice pint. I would be very surprised though if they used Marris Otter, I would be willing to bet that the base malt is American 2 row. The difference is that Marris Otter will tend to be more flavorful as well as lend a slightly darker color to the beer. Generally speaking what we do over here when we make those styles is to dumb down the malt flavors and hop the hell out of everything. Of course, if you are not that hung up on making an exact clone, the beer you have layed out should be very good, carry on and have fun.

[Middo]

Yeah, I agree - definitely more of an IPA. The Oskar Blues website says it's 1.065 with 65 IBUs but I wanted to scale my version down to 1.055/55 to make it easier on the liver, so I'm not really aiming for an exact clone. Maris Otter is all I've got as far as base malt goes and it's got a relatively low extract yield so I have to use more, which will up the malt flavour and skew the profile anyway. Basically, if it's anywhere near the genuine article then I'll be happy!

[Barley Water]

One thing you might consider then is to add some adjunct and reduce your base malt. Yeah, I can hear the moaning way over here but doing that will thin the beer out a bit and more closely miror the use of American 2 row. Just a thought, your milage may vary.

[Rookie]

My brother-in-law who is a native of Boulder, Colorado introduced me to this bad boy when I was last over there a couple years ago. From what I remember it was lovely and was leading the trend in canned craft beer. Haven't seen a recipe on here yet so I've done some trawling and come up with the following, which was tweaked to use up some ingredients. Let me know what you think:

Dale's Pale Ale Clone
American Pale Ale

Recipe Specs
----------------
Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 5.730
Total Hops (g): 150.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.055 (°P): 13.6
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013 (°P): 3.3
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.55 %
Colour (SRM): 7.9 (EBC): 15.5
Bitterness (IBU): 55.0 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 80
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
----------------
3.950 kg Maris Otter (68.94%)
1.140 kg Munich (19.9%)
0.640 kg Caramalt (11.17%)

Hop Bill
----------------
20.0 g Northern Brewer Leaf (9% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
50.0 g Cascade Leaf (7.6% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil) (2.2 g/L)
30.0 g Columbus Leaf (17.9% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (1.3 g/L)
50.0 g Centennial Leaf (12.3% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Aroma) (2.2 g/L)

Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with WLP001 - California Ale

Even if it doesn't exactly clone Dale's it looks like a tasty brew.