Attila's Ambrosia
Northern German Altbier • All Grain • 10 gal
Make a large (minimum 1/2 gallon) starter 4-5 days before hand, crash chill starter after krausen falls, then rack off liquid and pitch only slurry. Primary fermentation at as close to 58F as you can manage. After kegging or bottling cold condition for 30 days, and you will have a wonderfully clear, beautiful amber Alt, with toasty malt and hop bitterness balanced just so. Dry hopping with 1 oz. Tettnanger gives it another twist as well, with a lovely spicy hop aroma rising from every pour.
July 12, 2008 pm 07:01pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 10 gal)
- 14 lbs
German 2-row Pils
German 2-row Pils
- 1 lbs
Weyermann CaraMunich® I; Weyermann
Weyermann CaraMunich® I; Weyermann
Provides body. For Oktoberfest, bock, porter, stout, red, amber and brown ales.
- 2 lbs
German Light Munich
German Light Munich
For a desired malty, nutty flavor. Lagers, Oktoberfests and bock beer.
- 1.50 lbs
German Wheat Malt Light
German Wheat Malt Light
Typical top fermented aroma, produces superb wheat beers.
- .33 lbs
Weyermann Carafa® I; Weyermann
Weyermann Carafa® I; Weyermann
Gives deep aroma and color to dark beers, bocks, stout, alt and schwarzbier.
- 1.50 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.
- 2.00 oz
Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
- 1.00 oz
Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
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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
This is one of my favorites,pretty much my house beer. The cold conditioning makes this one as crisp as most lagers.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 7 - Amber Hybrid Beer
Subcategory: A - Northern German Altbier
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.050 | 1.046 - 1.054 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.012 | 1.010 - 1.015 | |
| Color: | 13.5 SRM | 13 - 19 | |
| Alcohol: | 5.0% ABV | 4.5% - 5.2% | |
| Bitterness: | 36.6 IBU | 25 - 40 |
