Altbier

Inspired by the festive, seasonal releases from Düsseldorf’s altbier breweries, this sticke recipe takes what’s great about altbier and kicks it up a notch for special occasions.

Altbier is the perfect style, and you can’t improve upon it... but sometimes you need to push the envelope.

For Josh Weikert, author of our Make Your Best series, altbier is the all-around perfect style and the one he brews most often at home. Here’s his own recipe.

This riff on an altbier recipe includes three different types of rye malt, making it a great way to get to know the ingredient and what it can contribute to a beer.

As summer turns to autumn, here is Josh Weikert's recipe for a slimmed-down, session-strength, but still full-flavored Altbier.

Some specialty categories seem frivolous or unnecessary, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find uses for them in particular circumstances. So it was with my Light Altbier, and the resulting beer is a fun year-round lighter-bodied but fully-flavored option.

A malty, hoppy amber ale.

Hop-forward German ale with plenty of complex malt character to back it up, true to style.

A new take on an old classic. Brewed in the tradition of the classic Dusseldorf Alt, rich malty and chewy, but with American noble hops.