Altbier Recipe - no pilsner malt

[Schreiner]

I am tempted to try a recipe along these lines. Can anyone offer an argument against it?

 

[Spartan1979]

I've done an all Munich malt Altbier. Tasted good but really wasn't right. I have been to Düsseldorf twice so I have some experience with the real thing, fresh.

 

[mblanks2]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=49953

 

[filthyastronaut]

Never made an Alt, but it sounds delicious.

 

[mblanks2]

This is a nice one as well.


Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 7.52 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 5.72 gal
Final Bottling Vol: 5.00 gal
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage

Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %

Ingredients

8 lbs 14.4 oz Borlander Munich Malt (Briess) (10.0 SRM) Grain 1 89.0 %
1 lbs Cara 45 (Dingemans) (47.0 SRM) Grain 2 10.0 %
1.6 oz Carafa Special III (Weyermann) (470.0 SRM) Grain 3 1.0 %
2.00 oz Spalter [2.50 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 4 21.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Spalter [2.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 5 7.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Spalter [2.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 6 4.9 IBUs
1.0 pkg Dusseldorf Alt Yeast (White Labs #WLP036) [35.49 ml] Yeast 7 -


Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.4 %
Bitterness: 34.6 IBUs
Est Color: 16.5 SRM

Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out

 

[dmtaylor]

I'm all for it. Do it. Enjoy it!

 

[Schreiner]

I've done an all Munich malt Altbier. Tasted good but really wasn't right. I have been to Düsseldorf twice so I have some experience with the real thing, fresh.

What wasn't right about it? You have an advantage on me that you have been to Dusseldorf.

Thanks for the tips/ links/ and encouragement folks. No one's talked me out of it yet! On top of all of this, I'm going to end up using yeast from the Kolsch I kegged last week WY 2565 (sinful, I know)!

 

[mblanks2]

What wasn't right about it? You have an advantage on me that you have been to Dusseldorf.

Thanks for the tips/ links/ and encouragement folks. No one's talked me out of it yet! On top of all of this, I'm going to end up using yeast from the Kolsch I kegged last week WY 2565 (sinful, I know)!

1.0 pkg Dusseldorf Alt Yeast (White Labs #WLP036) [35.49 ml] Yeast 7 -

 

[Aristotelian]

Might not be "right" but I am sure it will be good.