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
You can tell the presenter has a passion for brewing. Very well presented.
I learned a lot from this course and I wish he make more course like this one
Great insight to brewing Helles