Using Lager Malt in Ale

[CIT]

Can anyone recommend a recipe for an ale using lager malt? I normally make my lager during the winter so it has a chance to lager outside in the garage in the cold weather. This year due to shoulder surgery and bad weather I didn't get around to it so have 25kg Lager Malt sitting waiting to be used. As my ale stocks are a bit depleted at the moment I was looking to brew an ale with the lager malt, say a nice light summer ale. Any ideas? I've got a Brewlab Stanadrd Ale yeast sitting in the fridge which I'd like to use up too.

Chris

[kay-jay]

hi,

i don't have a recipe as such, but wychwoods do an ale called wychcraft clicky
you could have a stab at recreating that!

i think a few blonde ales use lager malts.

KJ

[smdjoachim]

Made this last year. I made this with saflager 23 but theres no reason you can't use your ale yeast.
For 5 gallons, 7lbs lager malt. 1 lb wheat malt. - mash. boil with 30g first Gold 8%. 20g cascade 5%ish. (alpha). late hops to kettle 20g cascade and 20g bobek - for last 10 mins of boil and transfer. brew with lager yeast at 12-14 degrees. post ferment add 50g elderflowers, 20g amarillo,20g casade and 10g grated lemon rind (make sure it is not waxed)to a sterilised vessel - 1 gall fermenting bucket? - and pour preboiled water over these ingredients at about 80 degrees C. Leave this mix for 2 hrs - dont let it get cooler than 65c. then add to the brew. nb. because you are adding back liquid brew the beer a bit stronger - try for an OG of 1053 and make the infusion about 3 litres

[Rookie]

If you brewed a strong dark beer or something pretty hoppy I don't think the bade grain would make any difference. If it were me I'd just brew my normal recipes with the lager malt as the base grain.

[hail_to_the_ale]

Go for your usual ale brew with the lager malt, not much difference & you may even find it slightly better efficiency

enjoy !!!

[adm]

Agreed - just replace the regular pale malt with lager malt - although don't do any recipes that have dark malts in them (unless you're trying for a schwarzbier or similar) as there's not much point.

Personally, I like making light coloured, hoppy summer ales using 50/50 pale malt and lager malt, plus a bit of medium crystal malt and a handful of wheat malt. Just finished a pint of one right now....and it was awesome.

[leedsbrew]

You could try making a kölsch bier. I'm going to be making one this next week as I also have 3/4 sack of lager malt to use up. I'm poking up a tube of wlp029 german ale/kölsch from hop and grape tomorrow. I'm shure something like Nottingham or s-05 or s-33 would be ok alternatives.

[CIT]

Thanks all for you advice. I'll think I'll have a go at a Wychcraft
Chris