Dusseldorfer Altbier
- Dusseldorfer Alt - Altbier (7 B)
Description:
Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 23.0 l
Pre Boil Volume: 29.6 l
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.039
Boil Time: 90 min
End of Boil Vol: 26.2 l
Final Bottling Vol: 22.5 l
Fermentation: Cool fermented Ale 12-16 °C, plus lagering
OG: 1.046
FG: 1.009
ABV: 4.9 %
Bitterness: 32.5 IBUs
Color: 14.7 SRM
Mash: 65°C, 2.75 : 1 (water vs grain), no mash out
Mash Step: Add 14.0 l of water at 72.7 °C, 60 min
Sparge Water: 21.2 l
Sparge Temperature: 77.0 C
Brewer: !@MMi
Equipment: Robobrew
Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 77 %
Carbonation: 2.5 Volume of CO2, 150 gr dextrose
Ingredients:
3.20 kg Pilsner, Franco Belge, L=1.7
0.60 kg Munich, L=8
0.40 kg Caramunich-40, L=40
0.40 kg Melanoidin, L=25
0.40 kg Vienna, L=4
0.10 kg BlackPrinz, L=500
16 g Magnum [12.0 %] - First wort 90 min
14 g Hallertau [4.8 %] - Boil 30 min
1 tab Whirfloc - Boil 15 min
14 g Hallertau [4.8 %] - Boil 15 min
1 pkg German Ale (Wyeast #1007)
1 pkg Nottingham (substitute)
Dusseldorfer Altbier is a style of beer that originated in the Dusseldorf-region of Germany.
Altbier - which means 'old beer' in German - refers to the period before brewers started to make lager fermented beers. Alt is an ale fermented beer and after fermentation, the beer is lagered (cool stored), leading to a cleaner, crisper beer than is the norm for some other top-fermented beers such as British ales.