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Modern Alt

Modern Alt

Düsseldorf Altbier • Partial Mash • 5 gal

bernie_electric

My take on a traditional alt.

December 10, 2010 pm 07:00pm

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Ingredients (Partial Mash5 gal)

  • 2 lbs Bohemian Pilsner Malt; Weyermann®

    Bohemian Pilsner Malt; Weyermann®

    Czech-grown two-row spring barley “HANKA”. Processed specifically for “Bohemian” characteristics to impart a full body, golden-blond color, and complex maltiness to the finished brew. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill. Suitability (beer styles): All lagers (especially Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener) as well as low-alcohol, “light“, and Belgian ales and lagers.

  • 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

  • 0.2 lbs Black Malt; Briess

    Black Malt; Briess

    Neutral flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Use in all beer styles for color adjustment. • Provides the color and sharp, almost acrid, flavor that is characteristic of Stouts and Porters. • Use 1-10% for desired color in Porter and Stout. • Black Malt has a distinctive malty flavor and is not interchangeable with Roasted Barley. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 6-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 3.3 lbs CBW® Golden Light Powder (Dry Malt Extract); Briess

    CBW® Golden Light Powder (Dry Malt Extract); Briess

    Malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • CBW® Golden Light (Powder) is a dry, 100% pure malted barley extract made from 100% Briess malts 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. • All styles of extract beer, and to adjust the color, flavor and gravity of all grain beers.

  • 1.1 lbs CBW® Bavarian Wheat Powder (Dry Malt Extract); Briess

    CBW® Bavarian Wheat Powder (Dry Malt Extract); Briess

    Neutral, malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • CBW® Bavarian Wheat (Powder) is a dry, 1000% pure malted barley extract made from a blend of base and wheat malts. • CBW® Bavarian Wheat can be used in the production of extract wheat beers, and in the production of all grain beers to adjust color, flavor and gravity of wheat and other styles of beer. • Advantages of using extract in a brewhouse include: o Extends the brew size by adding malt solids to the wort. o Adds wheat characteristics without the added inventory of bags of grain, additional handling and processing, etc. o Adds wheat characteristics without slowing the lauter. • 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 wheat beers, and to adjust the flavor of other styles of beer. • Use in the production of extract wheat beers, and to adjust the flavor of wheat and other styles of all grain brews.

  • 1 oz Northern Brewer - 10.2 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.

  • .5 oz Spalt Spalter - 2.0 AA% pellets; boiled 20 min

    Spalt Spalter

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • .5 oz Spalt Spalter - 2.0 AA% pellets; boiled 10 min

    Spalt Spalter

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • Wyeast 1007 German Ale™

    Wyeast 1007 German Ale™

    Ferments dry and crisp, leaving a complex but mild flavor. Produces an extremely rocky head and ferments well down to 55F.

Notes

O.G. levels coming out a lot higher than the recipe I designed through the beer tools software I had downloaded, as my target was 1.053 with a final gravity at 1.013. I actually hit .002 points short on both. Fermented at 60 F and am secondarying for a month at 48 F. Am gonna try and get the last couple of weeks at under 40 F if I can get good enough temp. control with my limited abilities.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 7 - Amber Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: C - Düsseldorf Altbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.057 1.046 - 1.054
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 1.010 - 1.015
Color: 16.4 SRM 11 - 17
Alcohol: 5.7% ABV 4.5% - 5.2%
Bitterness: 42.9 IBU 35 - 50

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