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Northern German Altbier • Extract • 5.5 gal

Rocketman

The Local Brewery decided to have a Homebrew contest for its clientele, I entered this recipe and won 1st place. It was designed against an Alt recipe based on a "sticke Alt"

December 6, 2016  06:11pm

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Ingredients (Extract5.5 gal)

  • 1.0 lbs Chocolate Malt;Breiss

    Chocolate Malt;Breiss

    Rich roasted coffee flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Chocolate Malt is used in all beer styles for color adjustment with minor or no flavor contribution. • Use 1-10% for desired color in Porter and Stout Beer. • The chocolate flavor is very complementary when used in higher percentages in Brown Ales, Porters, Stouts and other Dark Beers. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 1.0 lbs Crystal Malt 120°L

    Crystal Malt 120°L

    Pronounced caramel flavor and a red color. For stouts, porters and black beers.

  • 0.5 lbs Cara-Pils® Malt;Briess

    Cara-Pils® Malt;Briess

    Characteristics & Applications: • The endosperm is completely glassy and will appear to be darker than standard Brewers Malt. • Carapils® is a very unique dextrine-style malt that adds body, foam retention, and beer stability without influencing color or flavor. • Use to upgrade all types of beer, including light colored beers. • The non-fermentables in Carapils® are very advantageous in balancing body and flavor of dark colored beers. • May be used with or without other specialty malts. • Low usage of 1-5% will help achieve desired results. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 6.6 lbs CBW® Golden Light Liquid (Malt Extract);Briess

    CBW® Golden Light Liquid (Malt Extract);Briess

    Malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • CBW® Golden Light is a liquid, 100% pure malted barley extract made from 100% Briess malt and water. • CBW® Golden Light can be used in the production of all extract beer styles and to adjust the color, flavor and gravity of all grain beers. • Advantages of using extract in a brewhouse include: o Save time. o Increase capacity/boost productivity. o Extends the brew size by adding malt solids to the wort. o Boost gravity. o Adjust color. o Improve body and head retention. • Briess Malt & Ingredients Company is the only vertically integrated malting company in North America. That means we make our pure malt extracts from our own malt so you are assured of receiving only the fullest flavored, freshest, pure malt extracts for top brewhouse performance. Applications: • All styles of extract beer, and to adjust the color, flavor and gravity of all grain beers.

  • 1.2 lbs Amber Dry;Brewferm

    Amber Dry;Brewferm

    Highest quality malt extract powder. Does not contain any proteins.

  • 1.0 oz Northern Brewer -8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Northern Brewer

    Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.

  • 0.5 oz Hersbrucker -4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Hersbrucker

    Drier, spicier than Hallertauer. Most important aroma variety in Germany.

  • 0.5 oz Hersbrucker -4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Hersbrucker

    Drier, spicier than Hallertauer. Most important aroma variety in Germany.

  • White LabsWLP029German Ale/Kölsch

    White LabsWLP029German Ale/Kölsch

    From a small brewpub in Cologne, Germany, this yeast works great in Kölsch and Alt style beers. Good for light beers like blond and honey. Accentuates hop flavors, similar to WLP001. The slight sulfur produced during fermentation will disappear with age a

Style (BJCP)

Category: 7 -Amber Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: A -Northern German Altbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.061 1.046 -1.054
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 1.010 -1.015
Color: 26.8 SRM 13 -19
Alcohol: 6.0% ABV 4.5% -5.2%
Bitterness: 30.6 IBU 25 -40

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