Tooheys Old All Grain

[glennheinzel]

I'm thinking about making a Tooheys Old style beer in the near future so I've been digging through the web to see what additional information I can find.

To clear up the debate on whether they use an ale or a lager yeast - the Lion Nathan website confirms that they use an ale yeast.
http://www.lion-nathan.com.au/Great-Brands...ys-Old-(1).aspx

Tooheys Old is a robustly flavoured ale made with top fermentation ale yeast. The beer is lightly hopped and black malt gives it darker colour. The fruity ale-like esters blend well with the subtle hoppiness and hints of coffee/chocolate to deliver a unique beer.

I've also found another link where it is claimed that Tooheys feel that Old was inspired by Alt. If this is remotely accurate, then the alt/kolsch yeast might be close to the mark-
http://www.australianbeers.com/beers/toohe...tooheys_old.htm

 

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I've also found another link where it is claimed that Tooheys feel that Old was inspired by Alt.

Alt is German for Old. At least Babel Fish says so. So nothing to do with beer or beer style.

Regards

Graeme

 

[Hashie]

Altbier (often abbreviated to Alt) is the name given to a form of German top-fermenting beer that originated in Westphalia and spread to parts of the Rhineland later.