HANK SPEAKS SO LISTEN
I MAY NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT POLITICS BUT I LIKE OUR PRESIDENT-HE’S TERRIFIC AND IN FACT I WROTE TO HIM AND HE WROTE BACK!!
“I tasted some Alt which I was informed was your product. If so please share the ENTIRE recipe the grain bill, yeast and procedures such as various temps”
. . . and the response of the President
Hank, I will be more than glad to share everything with you…
Dusseldorf Altbier (6gal)
Grain bill:
- Pilsner malt – 8 lb
- Munich malt- 2 lb
- Aromatic malt – 1 lb
- Caramunich type I – .5 lb
- Carafa special type II – 3 oz
Hops:
- Magnum (.75 oz @ 60 min)
- Tettnanger (.5oz @ 15 min)
Yeast:
White Labs WLP036 Dusseldorf Alt
This is the most important ingredient! It gives the malt character needed for this style. I had to special order from Brewstock.
Mash @ 149 for 90 min, ferment @ 60, lager 4 weeks.
OG – 1.049
FG – 1.012
Keith St. Pierre
Hank continues: As one who is 48% Cajun and descended from the earliest settlers along Bayou Lafourche, I don’t think St. Pierre is such a furrin name . . . and he makes good beer!
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