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Dusseldorf Alt Bier by Ryan Barto | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain

Dusseldorf Alt Bier by Ryan Barto | 5 Gallon Beer Recipe Kit | All-Grain

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Description

  • Our Signature Series kits offer a selection of crazy, unique beers developed by MoreBeer! customers, associates, and homebrewing legends!
  • A malt-forward German ale with a sturdy bitterness
  • Includes Magnum, Saaz, and Mt. Hood hops
  • Estimated ABV: 5%
  • Estimated IBUs: 34-38
  • Makes 5 gallons of finished beer

"Ever since the first alt bier hit my lips I've been hooked on this style! Germany has alot more to offer than just their lagers and this is a great example!" Ryan recommends a step mash. He likes to dough-in at 130F for a 15 minute Protein Rest, and then raise to sacharification rest of 154F for 60 minutes before mashing out at 168F. He likes a 45-60 minute sparge with 170F liquor. Ryan also recommends a 90 minute boil for this style, so hold off on those hops until you are 30 minutes into boil. You may need to collect more wort than you normally would to compensate for the additional boil-off. Ferment at 62-64 for 2 weeks in primary, and lager or 4-8 weeks at 40F if you can keep your hands off it for that long. Prost!

  • Makes 5 gallons
  • Estimated Original Gravity: 1.052-56
  • SRM (Color Range): 17
  • IBUs: 34-38
  • Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 5%


 

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im from germany and i miss alt beer
wolfgang w on Dec 12, 2022
I am German and like Bier....simple as that.
WILLI MATZEIT on Jul 7, 2022
im from germany and i miss alt beer
wolfgang w on Dec 12, 2022
This is my favorite style of beer for the fall
Bryce K on Aug 26, 2022
I am German and like Bier....simple as that.
WILLI MATZEIT on Jul 7, 2022
Love Alts
Alan J on Apr 8, 2022
Still snowing here in Colorado - so that means Alt Bier!
Ken M on Mar 26, 2021
Love German bier
Tom B on Feb 15, 2021
Never did a lager before. Now I have temperature controlled conical fermentor
David R on Feb 29, 2020
Fourth time making it, read my review you beautiful person
Scott Felter on Jan 22, 2020
This is my favorite style of beer for the fall
Bryce K on Aug 26, 2022
Love Alts
Alan J on Apr 8, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5
Certainly One of the Top Recipes Here at MB!
I did the all grain kit with an additional 2lb of pale malt for an ABV boost. Used Nottingham, which attenuated well, brought the FG down to 1.011 for a final ABV of about 8%. Amber Balanced water profile per Bru'n Water. Started tasting this beer at 3 weeks of lagering and WOW! Very high drinkability, barely notice the alcohol at all, goes down real easy. Malty and smooth. Probably the best of the MB recipes I have tried thus far. I will definitely brew again, but probably go with one of the liquid yeasts. This one is a "must do," highly recommended.
February 28, 2020
Rated 5 out of 5
3rd time making it
Making it for my third time because it was requested by family who had it at Christmas. A real crowd pleaser. Not too light to insult dark beer drinkers, not to dark to insult light beer drinkers, malty with slight sweetness and a crisp mineral bitterness. German enough to please german beer people, and close enough to an amber to keep those people happy too. Highly complimented by my brother in law who has been to Germany three times and lived in the UK for several years.
January 30, 2019
Purchased
over 6 years ago
Rated 4 out of 5
Wife loves it, good as a lager or ale
I rarely lager but I've done both with this beer. Both came out quite good. But I'll stick to ale.
May 31, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5
My first lager
Brewed this baby for the first lager I ever made. To this day, I still have people (German friends, even!) tell me it was the best altbier they'd ever had.
May 28, 2013