
Alternate Route
Northern German Altbier • Extract • 5.5 gal
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 pm 06:11pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5.5 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.
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White Labs WLP029 German Ale/Kölsch
White Labs WLP029 German 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 | |||
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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 | ![]() |