Uberlegen Altbier

Source: Scott Miller
Recipe added: 04/10/97
Email: OTGoose@aol.com

tasted beer 1 week after bottling and it wasnt very good. Seemed to have a very high diacetyl aroma. After 2 weeks in fridge diacetyl aroma and taste are gone and the resulting beer is great. Munich and chocolate give this beer a great malty taste all the way through. Was hoping for a lower final gravity but the local homebrew shop doesn't give you a choice in DME. They just tell me it's "domestic" Uberlegen means superior in german (according to my german dictionary)

Specifics

Recipe type: Extract
Batch Size: 5 gal.
Starting Gravity: 1.053
Finishing Gravity: 1.028
Time in Boil: 60 min.
Primary Fermentation: 5 days @ 60 degrees
Secondary Fermentation: 15 days @ 60 degrees
Additional Fermentation: 14 days and counting in fridge

Ingredients:

6lbs. dry light malt extract, 1/2 lb. munich malt
1/2 lb. chocolate malt, 1lb.helles malt
1oz. northern brewer pellets
1oz. hallertau pellets
1oz. tettnanger pellets
1tsp. irish moss
Wyeast #1007 German ale

Procedure:

Mash grains @ 148-152 degrees for 1/2 hour sparge with 1/2 gal. 170 deg. water Add 10z. northern brewer and 3/4oz. hallertau @ start of boil add 1/4 oz. hallertau 15 min into boil add 1oz. tettnang 30 min into boil boil time 60 min.

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