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Altbier | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain

Altbier | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain

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Description

  • A malty beer with a firm bitterness, this style can be easily enhanced by cold aging for a month or two
  • Includes Perle and Mt. Hood hops
  • Estimated ABV: 5%
  • Estimated IBUs: 28
  • Makes 5 gallons of finished beer

German for old ale, Altbiers are a German version of Brown Ale. A malty beer with a firm bitterness. It is rare to find a good commercial example of Altbier in the U.S.

  • Makes 5 gallons
  • Estimated Original Gravity:1.051-54
  • SRM (Color Range): 16
  • IBUs: 28
  • Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 5%

 


 

Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”.  For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.
 

Please Note: the recommended yeast found on your kit's included recipe sheet may not match the recommendations on this page. The correct yeast recommendations are found above, as well as the add-on drop down menu.

 

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Was in Germany, enjoyed the altbier
WILLIAM LA G on Jan 10, 2023
I like this style, hard to find
James k on Feb 24, 2022
Was in Germany, enjoyed the altbier
WILLIAM LA G on Jan 10, 2023
Its a yummy beer
Michael S on Apr 9, 2022
I like this style, hard to find
James k on Feb 24, 2022
Like the style
John L F on Jan 22, 2022
We like different styles of beer
Michael S on May 21, 2021
Second order of this great tasting, easy-to-brew beer
Wayne H on Mar 31, 2021
because
Jeff on Nov 13, 2020
One of my favourite kits!..
Alfonso Carrillo on Jan 21, 2019
beer club contest
Sam on Jan 22, 2018
Its a yummy beer
Michael S on Apr 9, 2022
Like the style
John L F on Jan 22, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5
Verry Good Brew
Good brew, finished as expected good tasting not too bitter and just slightly malty.
October 31, 2019
Purchased
over 4 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Outstanding alt bier!
This comes out perfect! Nice bready roasty notes. Great mouth feel and head retention. Smooth and low enough ABV to be sessionable. Still drinking this after 2.5 months in the keg, and it tastes just as good, if not better. WIll make again. Good enough to become a house beer.
March 2, 2018
Purchased
over 6 years ago
Rated 5 out of 5
Great Alt Bier!
Its a different grist than what I have used for my past Alts. I've read that many breweries in Dusseldorf have different base malts for their alts so I wanted to try this version with a pilsner base. The past have been Munich as the base. The hops are a good combination but if I make it again I will try spalt throughout. I didn't know what to expect from a pound of crystal and 4oz of chocolate but it blends very well. Tastes pretty close to the ones I have had while in Dusseldorf. Mashed at 149. Fermented at 64 with 1007 for 4 weeks. Kegged and forced carbed to 2.4 vols over 2 weeks. Its a huge hit with everyone. They all comment on the smoothness. You wont regret brewing this beer!
July 24, 2014