Craft Beer & Brewing Course
Brewing Award-Winning Helles with Altstadt
Ready to dive deep into some helles? From grist to glass, join Altstadt head brewer Craig Rowan for a focused, detailed course on how to brew a great Munich-style helles.
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Altstadt Brewery in Fredericksburg, Texas, is fully dedicated to brewing and serving traditional German-style beers, from its impressive, copper-plated Rolec brewhouse to its high-ceilinged beer-hall atmosphere. That spirit and attention to detail naturally extend to the beers, including the Lager, a Munich-style helles that won gold—as did their Kölsch—at the Great American Beer Festival in 2019.
In this 57-minute video course, head brewer Craig Rowan breaks down Altstadt’s entire approach to brewing an award-winning helles, including details on water, ingredients, grist ratio, mash steps, fermentation, lagering, carbonation, finishing, and more.
Course contents
4 chapters, 17 lessons, 58m of video
Chapter 1
Welcome
- Welcome, and About Altstadt7:59
- What Is Helles?
Chapter 2
Brewing a Munich Helles
- The Fundamentals of Brewing a Munich Helles7:45
- Selecting Your Ingredients8:00
- More Perspectives: Ashleigh Carter of Bierstadt Lagerhaus on Brewing a Proper Helles
- Brew Day Techniques15:11
- Short and High: The Hochkurz Mash
Chapter 3
Fermentation & Lagering
- Lagering an Award-Winning Helles12:02
- Cold, Healthy & Crowded: Lager Fermentation, Simplified
- Final Quality Assurance and Carbonation4:54
- More Perspectives: Firestone Walker’s Sam Tierney with a Practical View on Lager Brewing
Chapter 4
Conclusion, Recipes & Further Reading/Listening
- Final Thoughts1:39
- Podcast Episode 178: Altstadt Brewery’s Craig Rowan Can Taste the Hard Work in His Beer
- Recipe: Altstadt Lager
- Recipe: Dovetail Helles
- Recipe: Erharting Vollbier Hell 1967
- Recipe: Schilling Münchner-Style Helles
What students say
A Passionate Brewer
You can tell the presenter has a passion for brewing. Very well presented.
Excellent course
I learned a lot from this course and I wish he make more course like this one
Brewing Award-Winning Helles with Altstadt
Great insight to brewing Helles
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Exellent education..
Five stars
Kurset er meget bra.
REALLY DOES A GOOD JOB ON GERMAN STYLE BREWS, ONE I LOVE TO MAKE
LOVE TO VISIT YOUR TASTING ROOM
Intermediate homebrewing course
Why is this geared toward homebrewing? The presenter even tries to explain amylase rests and says things like “what we call ‘trub’.” I don’t think intermediate brewers are subscribing here or maybe I’m wrong
Great