Alaskan Amber Clone

I really enjoy Alaskan Amber Altbier and wanted to make a reasonable
copy of their beer. I visited their web page and found a few
specifics to help me out. This is my second try and I believe it is a
very good copy. I hope you enjoy this beer if any of you try my
recipe. Good Brewing!!

Brewer:	David Grainger		Email:	dagrainger@home.com
Beer:	Alaskan Amber Clone		Style:	Düsseldorf Altbier
Type:	Extract w/grain		Size:	5.5 gallons
Color:	17 HCU (~10 SRM)		Bitterness:	17 IBU
OG:	1.051		FG:	1.009
Alcohol:	5.4% v/v (4.3% w/w)
Water:	I use 5 gals. of Distilled water for the steep and boil and add 1 gal. of cold drinking water at the end of the boil. I do this so that the differences based on the water are minimal from one batch to the next.
Grain:	.5 lb. Dextrine malt (Cara-Pils) .5 lb. Raw wheat
Steep:	Using 5 gal distilled water steap the wheat and caripils malts for 45 min at 160 - 165°F.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.056	5 gallons
	6 lb. Williams Brewing German Gold 1 lb. Dutch Light Dry Malt Extract
	Add extract and dry malt at the end of the steep. Bring to boil. Add hops at the times shown. Add three finger pinch of Irish Moss at 10 min. for fining. At the end of the boil add 1 gal cold drinking water.
Hops:	.75 oz. Hallertauer (3.5% AA, 60 min.) .25 oz. Hallertauer (3.5% AA, 30 min.) .25 oz. Tettnanger (4.9% AA, 30 min.) .5 oz. Tettnanger (4.9% AA, 10 min.)
Yeast:	White Labs German/Kolsh (WLP029) yeast in 1/2 quart starter. Created the starter using 1/4 cup DME and White Labs pitchable yeast.
Log:	Brewing date: 05-31-00 Racked to secondary: 06-07-00 Kegged: 06-21-00
Carbonation:	Pressure carbonated at 40°F with 25 PSI for 3 days. Reduced to tap pressure.
Tasting:	This is a great copy of Alaskan Amber. I compared it to the bottled version and my version has a little less bite. The hops and overall flavor of this recipe is VERY close to the tap version of AA. My color turned out a little (very little) browner than the original. I also have to work on clarifying. All-in-all this is going to be my beer of choice for brewing for a while.

Recipe posted 07/04/00.