Wow, I must say we have taken quite the Lager swing on the board lately and there is definately some room here for some discussion, especially on this "new" style. I've been doing some reading about Imperial Pale Lagers and many commercial brewers are saying it's a similar grain bill to an IPA but they are shooting for around 45 IBU with the same late additions as an IPA. I don't know that I'm looking to build a recipe here but maybe this could be the next group brew. Hmm...
I'm almost thinking that ideally you'd shoot for something like this:
90 % 2 Row / American Pilsner Malt
5 % Vienna/Munich
3 % Light Crystal >40L
2 % Dextrine Malt
Bitter with 25 IBU of a clean hop
20 IBU late additions
Whirlpool/dry hop the hell out of it
OG: 1.055-65
IBU: 45
Yeast choices?!? I'm not an expert here, 2124/830/W34/70 or would you go American or Mexican Lager Yeasts?
Let's talk about this!
GO!!