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homebrewed Altbier

I've been brewing for 15 years and I have yet to brew with Santiam. Recently I've gotten tired of fruity citrusy American hops. I've got some of these on the way. Thinking about doing a pilsner with Santiam and some Crystal hops I've had in the freezer for a while.

I just ordered 10 lbs of the Viking pilsner and 10 lbs of the Weyermann floor malted Bohemian to do a side by side. The Viking is almost 14 bucks now from Morebeer, so the price is probably not worth it, but I enjoy a good experiment nevertheless.

Yeah I like to use a decent amount, but I've never seen it turn a beer red before. Like you said, it's still beer!🍻

They're a bit old school. Unfortunately I just found out they'll be going out of business. 😔

Oh yeah that'll make quite a difference. I wasn't going for an imperial Kolsch 😉

I'm going to brew the exact same recipe again. I'll do a side by side comparison. 🍻

Local homebrew shop. They always go in the mysterious back room and return with a bag full of grains. You never really know for sure if its accurate until you brew.

This is what I got from Beersmith. Thats with a little acid malt and carahell, which I did add. Definitely quite a bit lighter than what I got. I also don't think my picture really did it justice. That being said, I'm still looking forward to trying it. Of course I want it to be amazing, except...

Definitely gonna dry hop. This batch is drastically underhopped for a malty brew. It won't add IBU's but it should still help. I never give up on a brew.

Yeah it's just the break material as previously stated. 15 years of brewing and I still can't let go of my trusty hydrometer. I used whirlfloc, but I'll agree it's quite a bit more than normal. I'll just attribute that to the mystery ingredients also 😄

Beer was probably invented by mistake so I'm just following tradition I suppose

My thoughts exactly. I rarely let someone else mix my grains for me for this exact reason but I was in a pinch. Lesson learned I guess.

I was thinking the same thing. I really hope not. That would end up way to sweet and malty for my taste. Hopefully it was just some dark Munich or something.

I purchased what was supposed to be 6 lbs of pilsner and 3 lbs of vienna from my LHBS for a Kolsch. Brewed it up today and the results look like anything but a Kolsch. Looks like I've got a mystery beer on my hands. Maybe I'll call it an Altbier. 😄