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Brew kits

Grain milled, hops bagged per addition, yeast in the box.

All-grain recipe kits for five gallons, each one a style from the beer catalogue with that beer's own gravities, hop schedule and grain bill. Plus the equipment every recipe assumes you already own.

Brewing starter kit

$139

Everything the recipe assumes you already own. Buy it once; every kit after this one is just grain, hops and yeast.

BRW-EQP-01Ships in 2-3 days

In the box

  • Six-gallon fermenter with a drilled lid
  • Airlock and bung
  • Auto-siphon and 6 ft of tubing
  • Hydrometer and trial jar
  • Dial thermometer
  • Bottling wand
  • Bench capper and 100 crown caps
  • No-rinse sanitiser, 8 oz

Specification

Fermenter
6 US gal — one gallon of headspace for a five-gallon batch
Not included
A brew pot. Five gallons wants an 8 gal kettle.
Hydrometer
Triple scale — gravity, Brix, potential alcohol
Capper
Bench, adjustable height
Sanitiser
No-rinse acid, makes 40 gal of solution

American Amber Ale kit

$59

Caramel and toast up front, a clean citrus-pine finish that does not linger. One mash rest, one ale temperature, nothing to time tightly — the one to brew first.

BRW-AMB-01Ships in 2-3 days

  • One gallon — trial batch$29
  • Five gallons$59

In the box

  • Pale 2-row 8 lb, Munich 1 lb, Crystal 60L 12 oz, Victory 4 oz — milled
  • Centennial 0.75 oz and Cascade 2 oz, bagged per addition
  • SafAle US-05 yeast
  • Priming sugar
  • Printed recipe and brew-day sheet

Specification

Style
American Amber Ale
Batch
5 US gallons, all grain
OG / FG
1.054 / 1.013
ABV
5.4%
Bitterness
32 IBU
Colour
13 SRM
Mash
60 min at 152°F
Boil
60 min
Yeast
SafAle US-05, American ale
Fermentation
66-68°F for two weeks, then a week cold
Brew day to first pint
about 35 days

West Coast IPA kit

$64

Grapefruit and resin over a bone-dry finish. The dry hop has to go in on the right day and come out before it turns grassy — the sheet says which day.

BRW-IPA-01Ships in 2-3 days

  • One gallon — trial batch$29
  • Five gallons$59

In the box

  • Pale 2-row 12 lb, Munich 8 oz, Carapils 8 oz — milled
  • Columbus 0.75 oz, Simcoe 1 oz, Citra 2 oz for the dry hop
  • SafAle US-05 yeast
  • A muslin dry-hop bag and priming sugar
  • Printed recipe and brew-day sheet

Specification

Style
West Coast IPA
Batch
5 US gallons, all grain
OG / FG
1.065 / 1.012
ABV
7.0%
Bitterness
65 IBU
Colour
6 SRM
Mash
60 min at 150°F
Boil
60 min
Yeast
SafAle US-05, American ale
Fermentation
66°F for ten days, dry hop on day seven
Brew day to first pint
about 24 days

Kölsch kit

$62

Bright, dry and almost clear, with a faint white-wine note and no aftertaste at all. Cool fermentation and a month of cold conditioning — nowhere for a flaw to hide.

BRW-KOL-01Ships in 2-3 days

  • One gallon — trial batch$29
  • Five gallons$59

In the box

  • Pilsner malt 8 lb, white wheat 1 lb — milled
  • Hallertau Mittelfrüh 1.5 oz, bagged per addition
  • Wyeast 2565 Kölsch, liquid, in a cold pack
  • Priming sugar
  • Printed recipe and brew-day sheet

Specification

Style
Kölsch
Batch
5 US gallons, all grain
OG / FG
1.048 / 1.010
ABV
5.0%
Bitterness
22 IBU
Colour
4 SRM
Mash
60 min at 149°F
Boil
90 min
Yeast
Wyeast 2565 Kölsch
Fermentation
60-62°F for two weeks, then four weeks at 38°F
Brew day to first pint
about 56 days

Robust Porter kit

$61

Maris Otter under chocolate malt and a little black patent. Forgiving in the way dark beer is forgiving, and the one that tastes best on the coldest night of the year.

BRW-POR-01Ships in 2-3 days

  • One gallon — trial batch$29
  • Five gallons$59

In the box

  • Maris Otter 10 lb, chocolate malt 12 oz, Crystal 60L 8 oz, black patent 4 oz — milled
  • East Kent Goldings 2 oz, bagged per addition
  • SafAle S-04 yeast
  • Priming sugar
  • Printed recipe and brew-day sheet

Specification

Style
Robust Porter
Batch
5 US gallons, all grain
OG / FG
1.060 / 1.015
ABV
5.9%
Bitterness
33 IBU
Colour
32 SRM
Mash
60 min at 154°F
Boil
60 min
Yeast
SafAle S-04, English ale
Fermentation
65-67°F for two weeks
Brew day to first pint
about 38 days

Fermentation temperature control

$89

Temperature control during fermentation matters more than almost anything else in the box. This is the cheapest way to get it, and it is what the Kölsch actually needs.

BRW-TMP-01Ships in 2-3 days

In the box

  • Dual-stage thermostat controller with a probe
  • Fermentation heat belt
  • Insulated fermenter jacket
  • Adhesive stick-on thermometer strip

Specification

Controller
Dual stage — drives a heat belt and a fridge from one probe
Range
-40 to 210°F, ±1°F
Probe
Taped to the fermenter wall under the jacket, not in the air
Heat belt
25 W, fits a 6 gal fermenter
Needs a fridge
For the lagers and the Kölsch. Ales manage on the belt alone.

Before you order

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