Looking For Help With a Pale Ale Home Brew.

Some background info: My favorite beers with what little experience I have are Burning River, Oktoberfest Dortmunder, Edmund Fitz and Blackout Stout in that order all by Great Lakes Ohio so I've been spoiled.

Recently bought an Arrogant Bastard Ale and as I thought it would be it does have a creamy quality to it and a nice dark brown hue and enormous head.

Also considering trying Columbus Experimental Ale or Pale Ale, I can't remember which.

In short, I want to make a homebrew of something that equates to a 20 oz with 7-8 alcohol content. I am just learning that the level of hops is what determines the bitterness of beer so now I'm curious as to what the malt does specifically to the flavor, given Porters and Stouts obviously have much much more malt then other beers.

I don't do IPAs, they feel like soda in my mouth and tongue and give me a headache within 15 minutes of drinking about half of one.

Edit: Burning River has an IBU of 45, so that's about the range I want to deal with.

https://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/burning-river

 

Just a Pale Ale, I got a little over zealous, also 45 IBUs

 

I've never brewed, I'm just learning what Wort and top and bottom fermentation is.

 

Thanks a bunch man.

 

So now my brew idea is Dunkle Dale, as a joke, but it won't likely be a Dunkel since it probably wont be dark (I think.)

I'm thinking of calling it a Dale as in a Dark Ale. Basically I'm looking to optimize both malt and hops to be make a powerful yet not overpowering beer that kicks you in the throat and also the tongue front and back.

I'm sure this type of beer has already happened. I saw something called Helles or Hell possibly?

The IBU is 40-45 and the image of what it may look like according to Beersmith makes it appear like a standard Ale.

It has Maris Otter Pale Malt, 2 Row Brewers (Breiss) Malt, Caramel Crystal Malt 40 and 60, Northern Brewer Hops and Cascade Hops.

In short, my goal is to make an American Pale Ale that has a more potent malt then most APAs have, just because it will be fun.

 

Will do, what Pale Ales were popular back then? Could sure help me out.

Likely Sierra Nevada?

Scratch that^

What Pale Ales have an IBU of 45

 

I double ninjaed you with the IBU question haha.