Style: Northern German Altbier

• 36% Toast
• 30% Pale
• 25% Pilsner
• 7% Crystal

% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%

• 85% Toast (31%)
• 72% Crystal (9%)
• 49% Pale (39%)
• 46% Pilsner (75%)
• 41% Roast (2%)

% of Northern German Altbier recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)

• 33% Tettnanger
• 21% Saaz (CZ)
• 21% Southern Brewer
• 13% Hallertau Taurus
• 13% Magnum (GR)
• 13% Spalt
• 8% Hallertauer Hersbrucker
• 8% Cascade

% of Northern German Altbier recipes using each hop

• 36% Munich Malt
• 28% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
• 28% Pilsner (2 Row) Ger
• 26% Caramunich Malt
• 18% Black (Patent) Malt
• 15% Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L
• 15% Carafa II
• 13% Vienna Malt
• 13% Aromatic Malt
• 10% Melanoiden Malt

Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes

• 36% German Ale (1007) Wyeast Labs
• 13% Dusseldorf Alt Yeast (WLP036) White Labs
• 10% German Ale/Kolsch (WLP029) White Labs

% of Northern German Altbier recipes using each strain