The BruSho Altbier
Recipe: German Altbier. Malts: Pilsner, Munich, Carapils, Maramunich III, Carafa I. Hops: Saaz, Czech (3oz) and Hersbrucker (0.75oz). Yeast: Imperial Kaiser. BJCP Style: 2B. Altbier.
I stole this recipe from a recent BruSho episode. I was a little reluctant to brew it since commercially I haven’t found many examples of an altbier I liked. This particular recipe is solid though and makes a perfect fall or winter style beer. I fermented with Kaiser at 70F which is 10F warmer than recommended, and it definitely threw some esters. Because of that, the beer is less cleanly lager-like and something between an altbier and an english brown ale.