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My Test Altbier

My Test Altbier

Northern German Altbier • All Grain • 5 gal

vhays

Test for all grain altbier on the calculator

March 29, 2010 pm 10:26pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 8.65 lbs 2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess

    2-Row Brewers Malt; Briess

    Mild malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Base malt for all beer styles • Smoother, less grainy flavor than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slightly higher yield than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Slight lower protein than 6-Row Brewers Malt. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 0.93 lbs Crystal Malt 80°L

    Crystal Malt 80°L

    Body and Richness. Distictive Nutty flavor and or sweet, smooth caramel flavor and a red to deep red color. For porters, old ales.

  • 0.10 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.

  • 0.10 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.

  • 1.3 oz Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 0.50 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 0.50 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • White Labs WLP001 California Ale

    White Labs WLP001 California Ale

    This yeast is famous for its clean flavors, balance and ability to be used in almost any style ale. It accentuates the hop flavors and is extremely versatile.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 7 - Amber Hybrid Beer

Subcategory: A - Northern German Altbier

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.049 1.046 - 1.054
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.010 - 1.015
Color: 17.9 SRM 13 - 19
Alcohol: 4.9% ABV 4.5% - 5.2%
Bitterness: 33.4 IBU 25 - 40

Discussion

vhays

Haven't brewed yet

2010-05-10 3:26pm

I am in the process of creating my all grain set-up and entered this recipe as a test for the program when I purchased it and it will be my test all grain when I finally get everything set up, so I haven't done the recipe yet. I'll comment when I actually brew this.

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