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Spalt

Spice-forward, with herbal and floral.

Origin🇩🇪Germany

Flavor profile

0-5 scale. 0s mean no aroma values available.

Spice3
Herbal3
Floral2
Citrus1
Grassy1

Alpha acid

5.0%

What to substitute for Spalt

Floral · 2.3–7.6% AA

Floral · 4.5% AA

German Tradition

Floral · 5.0% AA

Floral · 3.5–6.5% AA

Floral · 4.0–6.5% AA

Floral · 5.5% AA

Floral · 3.9–7.0% AA

Floral · 5.0% AA

Common questions

What can I substitute for Spalt?: Spalter Select (both spice and herbal forward), Tettnang (both spice and herbal forward), and German Tradition (both herbal forward).
What does Spalt taste like?: Spice-forward, with herbal and floral.
What is Spalt's alpha acid?: 5.0%

Standard for these styles

Kölsch German Pils Märzen Munich Helles Dunkles Weissbier Altbier Festbier Kellerbier Czech Amber Lager

Styles where Spalt is a standard pick — from the corpus, not the guidelines.

Brew with Spalt