Recipes: Düsseldorf Altbier

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Style Profile based on 83 recipes

OG

1.054

FG

1.013

IBU

41

ABV

5.4%

BU:GU

0.78

Hops

4.4 g/L

Grain Bill Composition

  • 68% Base
  • 27% Toast
  • 8% Crystal
  • 1% Roast

Median % of grist by malt category

Common Hops

  • 28% Spalt
  • 25% Magnum (GR)
  • 19% Tettnanger
  • 16% Perle (GR)
  • 14% Samba
  • 10% Southern Brewer
  • 10% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
  • 8% Select Spalt
  • 7% Hallertau Taurus
  • 5% Hallertau Blanc

% of Düsseldorf Altbier recipes using each hop

Common Fermentables

  • 40% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
  • 35% Munich Malt
  • 19% Caramunich Malt
  • 13% Vienna Malt
  • 12% Black (Patent) Malt
  • 11% Aromatic Malt
  • 11% Pilsner (Weyermann)
  • 11% Chocolate Malt
  • 10% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
  • 8% Carafa II

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

Common Yeasts

  • 29% Dusseldorf Alt Yeast (WLP036) White Labs
  • 27% German Ale (1007) Wyeast Labs
  • 10% German Ale/Kolsch (WLP029) White Labs
  • 7% SafAle German Ale (K-97) Fermentis
  • 4% California Ale Yeast (WLP001) White Labs

% of Düsseldorf Altbier recipes using each strain

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