Maibock Pale Ale

So the title of this post is a bit confusing, is it a maibock is it a pale ale?  But trust me, it makes sense.  My buddy and I brewed up a batch on Saturday, we wanted something with nice malt presence and a good amount of hop flavor and aroma.  Instead of the typical American citrus hop we decided to change it up and went with the spicy German hop Tettnanger.

The recipe I came up with used a lot of German pilsner and German munich malt and a bit of caramel malt, hence the maibock part of the beer recipe, basically similar malts I would use in a maibock recipe.  We bittered with Perle and made a 15 minute, 5 minute and zero minute addition of Tettnanger hops.  For yeast we went with Wyeast 1007 German Ale yeast, as this should give a rather clean fermentation, allowing the hops and malt to shine.  If you want the recipe, give me a shout, otherwise here are a few pictures of the fermentation that is going strong in my basement.