Help with a German Alt recipe - Please - Page 2

**jezter6** · 10-16-2008, 01:49 PM

Screw Diebels...look at the HomeBrewTalk recipe database and steal the Alts from there.
I've brewed at least 4 different recipes out of that database (3 of them are mine) - and they have all been extremely fantastic.

Why clone when you can find a NEW favorite Alt?

Flywheel · 12-02-2010, 07:47 PM

<necrothreadder>

I am planning on brewing this in January and doing a 2.5 gal boil. But, To help with IBUs, would it be better to put the DME in @ @60 and the LME in @ 20? Any idea on how that would up the IBUs? Does any of the software out there account for late extract addition?

My other option would be to switch the LME for 5# DME and add 3#DME @ 60 and 3@20.

Which would be the better way to go to get this more "on-style" for IBUs with my partial boil of 2.5 gal?

To help dry it out, I have heard, but never tried, that you can add 1# of 2-row to the steeping grains, keep it at 150 for 30min to help the extract convert and help the beer to dry a little bit more (an issue with extract brews). Any truth to this? Or would it be better to switch to lighter extract and get color/flavor from more steeping grains?

Thanks!

Flywheel · 12-03-2010, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallerstedt

<necrothreadder>

I am planning on brewing this in January and doing a 2.5 gal boil. But, To help with IBUs, would it be better to put the DME in @ @60 and the LME in @ 20? Any idea on how that would up the IBUs? Does any of the software out there account for late extract addition?

My other option would be to switch the LME for 5# DME and add 3#DME @ 60 and 3@20.

Which would be the better way to go to get this more "on-style" for IBUs with my partial boil of 2.5 gal?

To help dry it out, I have heard, but never tried, that you can add 1# of 2-row to the steeping grains, keep it at 150 for 30min to help the extract convert and help the beer to dry a little bit more (an issue with extract brews). Any truth to this? Or would it be better to switch to lighter extract and get color/flavor from more steeping grains?

Thanks!

I started my own thread with this question.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f37/help-german-alt-209541/