Martin's Altbier Recipe Kit

Martin's Altbier Recipe Kit

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Why you'll love it

  • A true-to-style Altbier, one of the 99 beers Martin Keen brewed during his Homebrew Challenge.
  • Every fermentable, hop, and yeast portioned and matched to the recipe, so there is no math and no guesswork on brew day.
  • Sized for a 5-gallon batch and ready for all-grain or brew-in-a-bag, so it works with whatever homebrew gear you already own.
  • Fresh ingredients, shipped fast, so your brew day starts with the good stuff.
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Brew shop-quality beer at home, no brew shop required. This Altbier recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's Altbier, a

Brew shop-quality beer at home, no brew shop required. This Altbier recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's Altbier, a 5-gallon all-grain batch, from grain to glass.

Altbier belongs to Duesseldorf, where it has been poured in the old town's brewpubs for generations. The name means "old beer," a nod to the top-fermenting method that predates the lager era. Brewers ferment it warm with an ale yeast, then condition it cold for weeks, which yields a copper beer that is lager-smooth but firmly bitter.

This recipe leans into that bitterness, close to forty IBUs, set against a malt base with a hint of chocolate malt for color. Perle and Tettnang carry the hopping. K-97 stands in as the German ale strain that gives the style its restrained fruit and crisp edge. Served cool from a small straight glass, it is one of Germany's most underrated everyday beers.

What's In The Kit

Your Altbier recipe kit includes everything below, portioned and ready to brew. All you add is water.

Fermentables

  • 9 lbs · Pilsner; German
  • 1 lbs · Munich Malt - 10L
  • 4.0 oz · Caramunich® I → we include Crystal 50
  • 4.0 oz · Chocolate Malt

Hops

  • 1.25 oz · Perle Pellets (Boil, 60.0 min)
  • 0.75 oz · Tettnang Pellets (Boil, 15.0 min)

Yeast

  • German Ale/Kolsch (White Labs WLP029) → we include SafAle K-97 (German Ale / Kölsch)

Water treatment salts and any specialty extras are noted with the recipe.

Recipe At A Glance

Batch Size
5.00 gal 		Original Gravity
1.051 SG 		Final Gravity
1.010 SG 		ABV
5.4 % 		Bitterness
41.9 IBUs 		Color
13.5 SRM

A Note On Substitutions

This kit includes Crystal 50 in place of the recipe's Caramunich® I. We stock dry yeast only, so SafAle K-97 (German Ale / Kölsch) dry yeast stands in for the recipe's German Ale/Kolsch (White Labs WLP029).

  • This kit is built for brew-in-a-bag (BIAB), the simplest way to make all-grain beer at home. The basic brew day looks like this:

    1. Heat your water and steep the milled grain to make wort.
    2. Boil the wort, adding the hops on the schedule in the recipe.
    3. Cool the wort down quickly, then transfer it to your fermenter.
    4. Pitch the yeast and let it ferment for about two weeks.
    5. Bottle or keg, wait for carbonation, then enjoy.

    That yields roughly 53 bottles of fresh Altbier. It works great with our digital electric homebrew systems, which hold your temperatures for you, though any kettle and burner will do.

  • This is a recipe kit, so it includes the ingredients only. To brew it at home you will also need:

    • A brew kettle or an electric all-in-one brewing system
    • A grain bag for brew-in-a-bag (or a mash tun for a traditional mash)
    • A fermenter with an airlock
    • A thermometer and a way to chill the wort
    • Sanitizer, and bottles or a keg for packaging