Ale style beers with lager yeast

[pressure_tested]

I swear I searched first. Went through 5 pages of results and couldn't find what I'm looking for.

It's getting cold and I'm not really prepared to go into the heat belt thing (I can't afford/don't have a power source in my fermentation space {I don't ferment in a fridge})

I have tasted some pretty good hoppy pilsners. I was wondering if you can use lager yeast with an ale malt & hop bill?
Anyone ever made an IPA with a lager yeast? Caramely pale ale? Stout?

I think the brew I just put on will be the last one I can do with Ale yeast. It's sitting at 16 degrees - right on the edge of ale yeast happieness.

 

[Bribie G]

Keg Guinness brewed here under licence is a lager. I'm not sure about the 6% bottled FES style Guinness, maybe it's a lager as well.

Nottingham will plod along nicely at 13 or 14 degrees.

 

[manticle]

1007 will ferment at 14 happily so it will probably chug along under that.
There's also a world of rich, warm malty lagers such as bocks and baltic porters.

Apart from that though, there is no reason it wouldn't work in a hop driven style. Beers that rely heavily on yeast character like belgians and some brit ales might be less successful.

 

[A3k]

There was a section in a BYO magazine that had heaps of IPA variations, and I think they had an IPL (L for lager), but I could have seen it elsewhere.

I actually did Dr Smurtos Golden Ale recently on a lager yeast cake because I had it.
It was ok. Wasn't as hoppy as I'd have liked though, but that was probably because I used cascade over Amarillo.
The major flaw was diacetyl, but that can be overcome (the lager I stole the yeast cake from didn't have this problem) I was just in a hurry and lazy.

as the others said, 1007 or Nottingham should be fine, but if you have a lager, I don't see why it'd be a major problem, just watch out for diacetyl.

[EDIT]: just thought, you probably don't have temp control, hence the post. maybe 1007 or Nott would be easier then.

 

[RelaxedBrewer]

I would recommend looking into Bocks or Alts (maybe even Kolsch, but they are less malty and more lighter lager).

 

[sponge]

You could always brew a california common or kolsch?

 

[dago001]

i recently brewed a English Brown Ale, side by side Ale yeast and Lager yeast. Why - well just because. Worked out well. Malty brown lager, not quite dark enough for a Dark Lager, but pretty good anyway. Easy drinker.
Dont think I would like an IPA done with lager yeast. The few lagers I have tried that have had late hops were less than impressive.
Cheers
LB

 

[pressure_tested]

Thanks all very helpful!

 

[hoppy2B]

Notto gives great beer fermented in the dead of winter but you will need to up the hopping rate as it can strip a bit of hoppy goodness.