German ALTer Ego
Düsseldorf Altbier • All Grain • 5.25 gal
Alt Bier
June 4, 2010 am 09:18am
Ingredients (All Grain, 5.25 gal)
- 8 lbs
Pilsner Malt; Weyermann®
Pilsner Malt; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics:Perfect foundation grist for all lagers. Excellent modification and favorable protein and glucan levels. Excellent lautering properties. Provides finished beer with substantial body and mouthfeel, as well as good foam development and head retention. Very flexible grain with high extract efficiency for reliable lager-making in any brew house, including pub ale systems. Yields optimum results for any process⎯from single-step to multi-step infusion, to decoction. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill. Suitability (beer styles): All lagers, especially Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener, low-alcohol beer, “light“ beer, Belgian beers
- 1 lbs
Munich TYPE I; Weyermann®
Munich TYPE I; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Imparts strongly malty notes to finished beer. Intended mainly for dark ales and lagers. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Oktoberfestbier, Märzen, Bockbier, Dunkel Ales: Dark, Stout
- 2 lbs
Munich TYPE II; Weyermann®
Munich TYPE II; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Imparts strongly malty notes to finished beer. Intended mainly for dark ales and lagers. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Oktoberfestbier, Märzen, Bockbier, Dunkel. Ales: Dark, Stout
- .5 lbs
Caramunich® TYPE II; Weyermann®
Caramunich® TYPE II; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Golden-brown, slightly aromatic kernels. Contributes light-amber to coppery color to finished beer. Adds mouthfeel as well as gentle malt accent to brew. Recommended Quantities: Up to 5% of total grain bill for pler beers, up to 20% for darker beers Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Oktoberfestbier, Bockbier, Dunkel Ales: Red, Brown, Amber, Malt Liquor
- .1 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.
- .65 oz
Perle - 8.3 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Perle
Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy
- .5 oz
Perle - 8.3 AA% pellets; boiled 45 min
Perle
Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy
- 1 oz
Tettnanger - 5.1 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
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Fermentis US-56 Safale US-56
Fermentis US-56 Safale US-56
The most famous ale yeast strain found across America, now available as a ready-to-pitch dry yeast. Produces well balanced beers with low diacetyl and a very clean, crisp end palate. Sedimentation: low to medium. Final gravity: medium. Pitching instructions: Re-hydrate the dry yeast into yeast cream in a stirred vessel prior to pitching. Sprinkle the dry yeast in 10 times its own weight of sterile water or wort at 27C ± 3C. Once the expected weight of dry yeast is reconstituted into cream by this method (this takes about 15 to 30 minutes), maintain a gentle stirring for another 30 minutes. Then pitch the resultant cream into the fermentation vessel. Alternatively, pitch dry yeast directly in the fermentation vessel providing the temperature of the wort is above 20C. Progressively sprinkle the dry yeast into the wort ensuring the yeast covers all the surface of wort available in order to avoid clumps. Leave for 30 minutes and then mix the wort e.g. using aeration.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 7 - Amber Hybrid Beer
Subcategory: C - Düsseldorf Altbier
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.055 | 1.046 - 1.054 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.013 | 1.010 - 1.015 | |
| Color: | 13.7 SRM | 11 - 17 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.5% ABV | 4.5% - 5.2% | |
| Bitterness: | 49.1 IBU | 35 - 50 |
