Altbier (eBook)

Horst Dornbusch is a well-known brewer, consultant, author and speaker in the international brewing industry. He has contributed hundreds of articles in English and German to North American and European periodicals for brewing professionals and beer lovers alike. For Brewers Publications, he has written three books: Bavarian Helles (2000), Altbier (1999), and PROST! The Story of German Beer (1997). Dornbusch is also the author of The Ultimate Almanac of World Beer Recipes (2010), Die Biersorten der BRAUWELT® (2014), Beer Styles from around the World (2015), and Das Große BRAUWELT® Lexikon der Biersorten (forthcoming in 2017). In addition, he is the Associate Editor of The Oxford Companion to Beer (2011).

Table of Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Altbier throughout History Chapter 2: Altbier profile Chapter 3: Altbier Ingredients Grain Water Hops Yeast Chapter 4: Altbier Equipment for the Homebrewer Home Mash Tun Home Lauter Tun with Recirculation Home Whirlpool Home Heat Exchanger Home Fermentation and Lagering Equipment Home Filter Chapter 5: Altbier Brewing Methods Composing Your Grain Bill Mashing Boiling Hopping Adding Flavor and Aroma Hops Clarifying the Wort Aerating the Cooled Wort Fermenting Lagering Filtering Conditioning and Packaging Chapter 6: Recipe Guidelines Appendix A: Commercial Alt Examples Appendix B: Malting German Grain Appendix C: Mash pH and Water Hardness Appendix E: Calculating Your Grain Bill for Beer Color Appendix F: Calculating Your Bittering Hops Addition Appendix G: Unit Conversion Chart Glossary References and Further Reading Index About the Author