German Ale: what would you do?

[Spiesy]

Hey gang,

A while back I had a case of 2 x unidentified cubes - one a JSGA and one a German Pils, both beers similar in colour and similar OG.

Anyway... lesson learnt.

So, I crack one cube that I believe to be the JSGA and begin fermenting with some rinsed 1272 American Ale II... after a day in, I take a taste sample.... yup, it's the German Pils.

My question to you fine folk... what would you do from here on in?
Would you dry hop a shitload with any particular hops, what quantities etc?
Would you just give the German Ale a go?
Something else?

The recipe:
20l batch. BIAB. NC. 70% efficiency.
1053OG. 29.3IBU (no NC adjustment). 3.7SRM.
5.5kg Wey Pils (87.3%)
100g CaraPils (1.6%)
700g Simpsons Maris Otter (11.1%)

60mins - 33g Northern Brewer (US) for 29IBU
Flame out - 20g Hallertauer MF for 0IBU (no NC adjustment)
Cube hopped - 20g Hallertauer MF for 0IBU (no NC adjustment)

Mashed at 64-degrees for 90mins. 90-min boil.

Minerals, BrewBrite & Yeast Nutrient added. Wort oxygenated for 1min with O2.

Inadvertently fermented with 1272 @ 17.5-dgrees.

 

[manticle]

I'd leave it. Many people do faux lagers with 05. I've made noble hopped pale ales before and they are great.

 

[Spiesy]

Thanks mate - that's what I was leaning towards as well.

In other news, the other cube turned into a James Squire Golden Lager - which I'm actually pretty keen to see how it turned out. It's finished fermentation, been filtered and is lagering now, but could be a very nice beer indeed.

 

[Spiesy]

great chats