Düsseldorf

Why it matters to beer

Altbier — literally "old beer", meaning the older top-fermenting method — survived in the Rhineland as lager displaced ale elsewhere in Germany. It is fermented with ale yeast but conditioned cold, giving a clean profile with distinct ale character.

Styles from here

• Altbier

  Düsseldorf’s copper-coloured hybrid: ale-fermented and cold-conditioned, with firm bitterness over nutty, toasty malt.

Beers brewed here

• Uerige Altbier

  The reference Düsseldorf Altbier: copper, firmly bitter, cold-conditioned, and a direct counterpoint to Cologne’s Kölsch fifty kilometres away.

Breweries

Uerige