Thinking of a smoked pale....

[dean2k]

I want to do a simple smokey pale ale, gently hopped to not override the smoke. No more than 3 grains: 2 row, smoked malt, and ... ideas for #3? A light crystal? Some munich? Any thoughts?

thx in advance!

[LiverDance]

Munich would be good and you can use a large amount as well because it's a base malt. The brewing calssic styles rauch beer hase smomked, munich, caramel 30, melanoiden, and a touch of black for color, no 2row but then again it isn't a smoked pale like you want. How much smoke malt are you thinking?

[dean2k]

I haven't used the smoked malt before, so I'm not too sure of its strength. It was bought from Noble Grape back in the fall if anyone has any experience with that. I want the smoke to prominent but not dominant or overriding. Off the top of my head, I was thinking of no more than 40% smoked malt.

[LiverDance]

40% will be good for smoked malt. I use 85% in that rauch beer and have tried 100% before as well.

[dean2k]

[jtmwhyte]

Funny, I just came up with a Smoky Irish Red recipe yesterday to brew this weekend. A buddy snagged me an extra 2lbs of smoked malt last week.

[LiverDance]

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

[dean2k]

Okay. Now ... how much munich? ~10% ?

[LiverDance]

Okay. Now ... how much munich? ~10% ?

10% Is a good amount maybe even up to 20%. The smoked malt lends it's self to a preceived dryness of the beer so the munich is a good counter balance to it IMO.

[dean2k]

Thumbs up. I'll start with 10%.

[dean2k]

Here's the final bill. Stole a Tettnager and Hallertau hop schedule from the Brooklyn Brew Shop 1 Gal. book's BBQ Beer. Not sure about how gentle the hops will be now as the wort was coming across rather spicy.

48% 2 Row Pale
32% Smoked Malt
16% Munich
4% Amber (for shits and giggles )

Wish me luck!

[Graham.C]

Good luck. I'd be interested in trying a bottle of this if you want to trade. I've never used smoked malt and would like to see what it did to your beer.

[dean2k]

Sure thing Graham. I'll need to QC one first, of course.

[dean2k]

Not so pale simple "smoked ale other". Achieved what I wanted to: smoke is definitely present, but not dominant at all. Good baseline if I ever wanted to get more aggressive. Now to work on haze reduction...

[Jimmy]

Now to work on haze reduction...

Cold crash the shit out of it for a couple weeks and it should be good to go.

[dean2k]

Now to work on haze reduction...

Cold crash the shit out of it for a couple weeks and it should be good to go.

W-w-w-aiting??!?

[GAM]

I find drinking it solves that trouble.

Sandy

[Jimmy]

Now to work on haze reduction...

Cold crash the shit out of it for a couple weeks and it should be good to go.

W-w-w-aiting??!?

You just need to build up a bigger stash - then you don't notice the wait

[Seanstoppable]

Now to work on haze reduction...

I would have thought haze would be thematically appropriate for a smoked pale.

[dean2k]

...I find drinking it solves that trouble....I would have thought haze would be thematically appropriate for a smoked pale.....

Perfect! Let's roll with that!

[Seanstoppable]

I've actually been inspired by this and plan to do something similar this weekend. And then maybe put a small portion in a secondary with some hot peppers to add a little flame to the smoke.