Willamette is one of the most popular hops amongst all types of brewers for its versatility and well-rounded aroma. The moderately spicy, floral and fruity notes compliment just about any style of beer and also blend beautifully with other hops in your recipe. An excellent choice for balanced or malt-forward beers like Pale Ale, Brown Ale, English Ales, or Porters.
Hop Statistics:
Alpha Acids: 4.0 – 6.0%
Beta Acids: 3.0 – 4.5%
Alpha-Beta Ratio: .89 – 2
Cohumulone: (% of alpha acids): 30 – 35%
Total Oils in mls per 100 grams dried: 1.0 – 1.5
Similar Hop Varieties: Glacier, US Fuggle, US Tettnang, Styrian Golding
BERLIN is a popular German yeast strain for producing lagers with soft malt character and balanced esters
An ideal choice for Bocks, Oktoberfests, and American amber lagers
Designed to be sprinkled directly onto the surface of your wort with no pre-oxygenation before pitching required
Ferment between 50-59°F
CellarScience offers high-quality yeast that is easy to use, consistent, and available at a tremendous value
A popular yeast strain with a Berlin lineage that is famous for producing amazing lagers with soft malt character and balanced esters. Like all CellarScience yeast, BERLIN is eligible for direct pitch straight into your wort. CellarScience provides 12g of yeast per sachet, which is up to 9% more than any other brand of dry yeast. Every batch of yeast is PCR tested to ensure quality. BERLIN has been selling to pro breweries for awhile but was just recently packaged down to sachets for homebrewers.
Dosage:
Two sachets are enough to treat a 5–6 gallon batch. When calculating for larger batches, use at a rate of 2.5–4 grams per gallon of wort. We recommend rounding up by one full sachet rather than measuring out the yeast exactly.
Direct Pitch or Rehydrate:
BERLIN yeast is designed to be sprinkled directly onto the surface of your wort with no oxygenation required in the initial fermentation. Our aerobic growth process makes this possible by creating dry yeast with high viability and high sterol levels. BERLIN yeast is pre-loaded with essential nutrients to ensure a successful, complete fermentation. While not required, some brewers prefer to rehydrate yeast. To hydrate yeast, first, sanitize the yeast brick and scissors. Use 10 grams of sterilized tap water between 85-95°F (29-35°C) mixed with 0.25 grams of FermStart per gram of yeast. Sprinkle yeast on the water. Allow the slurry to stand undisturbed for 20 minutes, then swirl. Use small amounts of wort to adjust to within 10°F (6°C) of wort temperature before pitching. Ferment between 50-59°F (10-15°C).
Optimum Fermentation Temp: 50-59°F
Flocculation: High
Alcohol Tolerance: 10-11% ABV
Attenuation: 75-85%
Similar Strains: WLP820, WY2206, S-23
Gluten-free
CellarScience Yeast:
For years liquid yeast has been sold as the higher quality option but times are changing. Yes, 20 years ago dry yeast was made by bread yeast producers and the quality was not as good as liquid yeast. CellarScience is helping to flip that script with a full lineup of high-quality dry yeasts. Cell count and viability is usually higher than commercial liquid yeast pitches, which vary from pouch to pouch and don't ship well. CellarScience yeast can be pitched directly in most batches of wort, offering significant time savings. Yeast that is quick and easy to use, high quality, and available at a reasonable cost adds up to a tremendous value. Quality yeast that doesn't "break the brink".
CellarScience Nutrients:
For high gravity ferments consider rehydrating yeast with CellarScience FermStart yeast hydration nutrient. For high gravity or low nutrient wort, feed your fermentation with CellarScience FermFed DAP Free complex yeast nutrient mix.
One of our best-selling kits of all time, Irish Red Ale is decidedly malt-forward with a distinct caramel flavor
Includes Northern Brewer and Willamette hops
Estimated ABV: 4.8%
Estimated IBUs: 39-46
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
Our Irish Red Ale recipe is hard to nail down as any specific style—similar to a big Amber Ale, but it's so unusual it does not really fit within any category. Malt character utterly dominates this beer's flavor profile, containing dark Crystal malts, including Special B, and a pinch of Roasted Barley for a deep, red color and a very distinctive caramel flavor. Irish Red Ale has been one of our most popular ingredient kits for many years, and continues to receive a lot of positive feedback from satisfied customers to this day. If you're going to be venturing into new realms of taste discovery, this is a winning ticket we can solidly recommend!
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.046-53
SRM (Color Range): 20-22
IBUs: 39-46
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 4.5-5.0%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.
Lower bitterness with emphasis on caramel and roasted malt notes
Includes British Kent Goldings hops
Estimated ABV: 4%
Estimated IBUs: 24-28
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
English Pales are not that bitter. There is more emphasis on the malt which tends to have caramel and roasted notes. Traditionally these beers are poured from a cask, usually flat without any CO2. If you're serving this beer at home we encourage you to only carbonate around 6-8psi to have a true English pale ale experience.
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.038-41
SRM (Color Range): 14
IBUs: 24-28
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 4%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All included steeping grains will come milled.
Liquid Malt Extract (LME) vs. Dried Malt Extract (DME)
MoreBeer! recipe kits are offered in both Liquid Malt Extract and Dry Malt Extract so that our customers can choose the format that best suits their needs and brewing style. LME is a viscous liquid, similar in consistency to maple syrup. In addition to being the more affordable option, many brewers find LME easier to handle than dry extract. DME is more condensed and comes in a powder format that is similar to baking flour. Although it’s a little more costly, DME is naturally lighter in color and stays fresher for longer. We highly recommend DME when brewing light colored beers.
A traditional English style beer featuring chocolate and caramel malts for a delicious, biscuit-y character. Balanced by just the right amount of Northern Brewer Hops.
Color/Body: Brown/Full
Bitterness: Medium
Estimated Alcohol: 5%
Genuine Speidel replacement part.
This silicone gasket seals the bottom of the malt pipe to the Braumeister's floor, keeping your grain inside the malt pipe and out of the Braumeister's pump inlet. The gasket can become worn after many batches, it's always a good plan to have a spare on hand.
Deep red in color with a nice malt structure and distinct sour overtones. Requires a two-step fermentation process
Includes Magnum and British Kent Goldings hops
Estimated ABV: 6%
Estimated IBUs: 16-18
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
This Flander's Red ale recipe is deep red in color with a nice malt structure, this beer is based on those from certain regions of Belgium, and have distinct sour overtones to them. This is due to the wild spores that inhabit the air - and some breweries - of the area. While this would normally be a "bad" thing, the infection lends special tart and sour qualities unlike any other beer can. For a more traditional spin on this kit, try aging it on some oak cubes!
We recommend fermenting this Flanders Red Ale with WLP001 California Ale for two weeks. Then add Wyeast 3763 Roeselare Belgian Sour Blend in the secondary fermenter bucket. This kit does require some special instructions, as it is a special beer. Once the gravity hits 1.015 - 1.020, rack the beer into a plastic bucket and pitch the sour blend tube. Age the beer at 65F-70F for 6 months, until the white cap that will form drops. The reason for the plastic bucket aging is so that tiny amounts of oxygen are allowed to be taken in by the plastic and come in contact with the beer. This micro-oxidation adds to the over all flavor of the beer itself.
Reminder: you will need to keep the equipment used to handle the beer after the sour blend is introduced separated from the rest of your brewing equipment, or clean and sanitize very well after use.
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.062-66
SRM (Color Range): 16-18
IBUs: 18-22
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 6%
This kit is not available in a Dry Malt Extract option.
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All included steeping grains will come milled.
Highly drinkable, malt-forward beer with a slight toasty nose from Munich malt
Includes Northern Brewer hops
Estimated ABV: 8%
Estimated IBUs: 19-22
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
The "Original Gatoraid", Bière de Garde was said to give the French and Belgian farmer a much needed boost of energy during the day, due to the low alcohol and relatively high residual sugar content. Our version has a bit more malt than tradition dictates, but we think you will find this beer highly drinkable. The malt is the focus of this style of beer, with a slight toasty nose from the Munich. A yeasty character is not uncommon, and is achieved by an extended period of contact with the yeast bed – some commercial breweries go for up to six weeks! This should be fermented at 64°F.
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.080-84
SRM (Color Range): 15
IBUs: 19-22
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 8%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.
Our Signature Series kits offer a selection of crazy, unique beers developed by MoreBeer! customers, associates, and homebrewing legends!
Very drinkable when fresh, but gets even smoother and creamier with a couple months of aging
Includes Willamette and Kent Goldings hops
Estimated ABV: 5.3%
Estimated IBUs: 39-43
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
Jim was looking for a dark, smooth, creamy mouth feel stout just like an Australian stout he had tasted years ago. Over the years, Jim found a clone that was close but needed some small changes. After many trials and test batches, he came up with this recipe that is very drinkable when it is fresh. It will get smoother with a couple months of aging and creaminess added by the lactose makes this a very good winter warming stout. Jim hopes you enjoy this beer as much as he has. Jim recommends WLP004 Irish ale yeast.
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.052-56
SRM (Color Range): 41
IBUs: 39-43
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 5.0-5.5%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.
A superlative Doppelbock recipe with high percentages of Munich malt
Includes Northern Brewer and Mittelfruh hops
Estimated ABV: 9.1%
Estimated IBUs: 18-21
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
We are in general agreement in the shop, this is the recipe for the best Bock we have ever tasted. The secret to great Bock is to use high percentages of Munich malt, if decoction brewing is not an option. With over 17lbs of grain included, this recipe would normally overflow your standard mash tun. Due to this, we've included two pounds of extract to make it possible to reach the 1.090+ OG!
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity:1.091-94
SRM (Color Range): 16
IBUs: 18-21
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 9.1%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.
Grow your own 2-row malting barley next to your hops for a great aesthetic look, or learn to malt barley at home and grow all of your own beer ingredients right in your back yard!
The Small seed pack provides enough seed to grow over 50 square feet of barley. The Large seed pack has enough for over 250 square feet.
Lower bitterness with emphasis on caramel and roasted malt notes
Includes British Kent Goldings hops
Estimated ABV: 4%
Estimated IBUs: 24-28
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
English Pales are not that bitter. There is more emphasis on the malt which tends to have caramel and roasted notes. Traditionally these beers are poured from a cask, usually flat without any CO2. If you're serving this beer at home we encourage you to only carbonate around 6-8psi to have a true english pale ale experience.
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.038-41
SRM (Color Range): 14
IBUs: 24-28
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 4%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.
This BrewMaster Series kit was scaled down to a homebrew batch size in collaboration with the brewmasters at Pizza Port Brewing Company
Malt-forward and hoppy, a delicious example of Brown Ale
Includes Magnum and Cascade hops
Estimated ABV: 6.3%
Estimated IBUs: 25-29
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
Pizza Port in Solana Beach was the first of three brewpubs to open under the Pizza Port name. Brandon Edwards, who used to be an employee of Morebeer, has been brewing in Solana Beach for a number of months, and with Pizza Port for a few years. Brandon made this recipe to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Toronado beer bar opening in San Diego. This brown ale is pretty malty and hoppy, but we wouldn't expect anything less from Brandon!
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.062-70
SRM (Color Range): 30
IBUs: 25-29
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 6.3%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All included steeping grains will come milled.
Liquid Malt Extract (LME) vs. Dried Malt Extract (DME)
MoreBeer! recipe kits are offered in both Liquid Malt Extract and Dry Malt Extract so that our customers can choose the format that best suits their needs and brewing style. LME is a viscous liquid, similar in consistency to maple syrup. In addition to being the more affordable option, many brewers find LME easier to handle than dry extract. DME is more condensed and comes in a powder format that is similar to baking flour. Although it’s a little more costly, DME is naturally lighter in color and stays fresher for longer. We highly recommend DME when brewing light colored beers.
A malt-forward beer with a hint of chocolate roastiness and caramel nuttiness
Includes 100% Cascade hops
Estimated ABV: 5.25%
Estimated IBUs: 29-32
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
If you like maltiness emphasized with a hint of chocolate roastiness and subtle caramel nuttiness this is the beer for you. Medium-low to medium hop bitterness. Light brown to dark brown in color, often with ruby highlights.
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.046-1.052
SRM (Color Range): 22
IBUs: 29-32
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 5.25%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.
Our OG American Pale Ale recipe with the malt and hop character kicked up a notch
Includes Magnum, Cascade and Willamette hops
Estimated ABV: 5.3%
Estimated IBUs: 57
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
Looking for the perfect Pale Ale to share with friends this summer? Do you like a Pale Ale with a rich malt flavor and a ton of hop character but without an overwhelming bitterness? Then the Pale Ale II should be your next brew.
We took our American Pale recipe and upped the malt, threw a ton of hops in the finish for flavor, but kept the bitterness the same. We think toning down the perceived bitterness is one reason we consistently get great reviews from brewers sharing this with friends.
Keeping it real: Part of the success of this kit is blending a lot of Willamette and Cascade hops in the finish. This isn't a wild, new or crazy idea... this is old school. Cascade and Willamette were the hops that helped put craft brewing on the map in the 1980's. The reason they are still so popular... they make a damn good beer. We like damn good beer. And yes we like to wear our Sperry Topsiders and listen to Van Halen when we drink this (note if you were born in the 80's ignore this comment).
Truly delectable and different yet still keeping it real.
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity:1.052-56
SRM (Color Range): 9
IBUs: 57
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 5.3%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All grains will come milled, unless you select unmilled base malts.
For use with the 65L BrewZilla Boiler Extension Kit. It does not come with an extra Wire Malt Pipe Support Ring. If you're using the extended malt pipe with the 65L DigiBoil, you will need to purchase the ring separately. If you're using the malt pipe with the 65L BrewZilla you can either move your ring up to the boiler extension, or buy an additional ring so you can remove the malt pipe in two steps.
You will also need the Ricirculation Arm Extension to continue using the BrewZilla's recirculation arm.
Compatible with 65L Gen 3 / Gen 4 BrewZillas.
Example image of the 35L model shown here.
KegLand Part Number: KL32834
Our Sierra Nevada Stout clone is an excellent interpretation of their beautiful, well-rounded American Stout
Includes Bravo™ and Cascade hops
Estimated ABV: 5.7%
Estimated IBUs: 48-53
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
An excellent clone kit of Sierra Nevada's Stout! This kit is a beautiful example of a well rounded American Stout, utilizing both liquid and dry malt extracts, as well as 6 different steeping grains! The end result is a bold but smooth malt flavor, backed by about 50 IBUs and an ABV around 5.7%.
While most people associate darker beers with colder weather, we like to think of this as a "year-round" stout due to it being so well balanced and easy-drinking!
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity:1.054-60
SRM (Color Range): 32-35
IBUs: 48-53
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 5.7%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All included steeping grains will come milled.
Liquid Malt Extract (LME) vs. Dried Malt Extract (DME)
MoreBeer! recipe kits are offered in both Liquid Malt Extract and Dry Malt Extract so that our customers can choose the format that best suits their needs and brewing style. LME is a viscous liquid, similar in consistency to maple syrup. In addition to being the more affordable option, many brewers find LME easier to handle than dry extract. DME is more condensed and comes in a powder format that is similar to baking flour. Although it’s a little more costly, DME is naturally lighter in color and stays fresher for longer. We highly recommend DME when brewing light colored beers.
Packed with flavor and the spicy phenolics you want from a Belgian beer but with a mellow alcohol level
Includes Perle and Mt. Hood hops
Estimated ABV: 5.2%
Estimated IBUs: 20
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
Sometimes you want to drink a Belgian ale but not get too buzzed too quickly. So we created this Belgian Pale Ale that has the spicy phenolics you want but without a lot of alcohol. Still packed with a lot of flavor from the caramunich and special B.
This Belgian Pale Ale includes 8oz of corn sugar to help dry out the beer during fermentation as well. Belgians are suppose be dry but bold in flavor. We give you the MoreBeer! Belgian Pale Ale.
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.050-1.055
SRM (Color Range): 17
IBUs: 20
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 5.2%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All included steeping grains will come milled.
Liquid Malt Extract (LME) vs. Dried Malt Extract (DME)
MoreBeer! recipe kits are offered in both Liquid Malt Extract and Dry Malt Extract so that our customers can choose the format that best suits their needs and brewing style. LME is a viscous liquid, similar in consistency to maple syrup. In addition to being the more affordable option, many brewers find LME easier to handle than dry extract. DME is more condensed and comes in a powder format that is similar to baking flour. Although it’s a little more costly, DME is naturally lighter in color and stays fresher for longer. We highly recommend DME when brewing light colored beers.
Medium bodied, beautiful red color, and toasty, graham cracker malt character. Where Helen’s was the face that launched 1,000 ships, this is the beer that’s launched thousands of homebrewing careers. One of our all time best-selling recipes--one sip and you’ll understand why!
Color/Body: Red/Medium
Bitterness: Medium
Estimated Alcohol: 4.5%
A classic ESB recipe with a firm hop bitterness and mellow hop flavor
Includes Northern Brewer and British Kent Goldings hops
Estimated ABV: 4.5%
Estimated IBUs: 39-42
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
Big, smooth malt flavor and the mellow aroma of British Kent Golding hops. In the English draft style, with a firm hop bitterness and mellow hop flavor.
A fantastic beer to keep on tap that all of your guests will love.
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity:1.045-49
SRM (Color Range): 11
IBUs: 39-42
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 4.5%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All included steeping grains will come milled.
Liquid Malt Extract (LME) vs. Dried Malt Extract (DME)
MoreBeer! recipe kits are offered in both Liquid Malt Extract and Dry Malt Extract so that our customers can choose the format that best suits their needs and brewing style. LME is a viscous liquid, similar in consistency to maple syrup. In addition to being the more affordable option, many brewers find LME easier to handle than dry extract. DME is more condensed and comes in a powder format that is similar to baking flour. Although it’s a little more costly, DME is naturally lighter in color and stays fresher for longer. We highly recommend DME when brewing light colored beers.
Our Signature Series kits offer a selection of crazy, unique beers developed by MoreBeer! customers, associates, and homebrewing legends!
Lightly hopped with loads of honey to penetrate through the malty flavor profile
Includes 100% Cascade hops
Estimated ABV: 4.7%
Estimated IBUs: 13-17
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
We would not have put 3 lbs of honey with 4.5 lbs of malt extract in a pale ale, but Jim had no fear and did just that. The result - a really nice mix of malt and honey flavors. There is enough honey to make it through into the flavor. Just a little Cascade hops in the beginning and finish keep the flavor emphasis on the honey. He suggests WLP002 because it is less attenuative and leaves more malt behind.
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.047-52
SRM (Color Range): 5-6
IBUs: 13-17
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 4.7%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All included steeping grains will come milled.
Liquid Malt Extract (LME) vs. Dried Malt Extract (DME)
MoreBeer! recipe kits are offered in both Liquid Malt Extract and Dry Malt Extract so that our customers can choose the format that best suits their needs and brewing style. LME is a viscous liquid, similar in consistency to maple syrup. In addition to being the more affordable option, many brewers find LME easier to handle than dry extract. DME is more condensed and comes in a powder format that is similar to baking flour. Although it’s a little more costly, DME is naturally lighter in color and stays fresher for longer. We highly recommend DME when brewing light colored beers.
Our Signature Series kits offer a selection of crazy, unique beers developed by MoreBeer! customers, associates, and homebrewing legends!
Paler in color and more hop-forward than a traditional bock
Includes Magnum and Saaz hops
Estimated ABV: 6.7%
Estimated IBUs: 54-58
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
Gary Glass started homebrewing in 1992, shortly after tasting his first homebrew while attending while attending college at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Gary brews on a home-built HERMS system, and he's never brewed the same recipe twice and can't brew any recipe without some kind of tweaking. Gary is a BJCP judge who has judge in many competitions including the World Beer Cup and the Great American Beer Festival. Gary is also now president of the American Homebrewers Association!
Gary holds a Masters Degree in American Diplomacy from the University of Colorado at Boulder. When not homebrewing, he enjoys fly fishing, hiking, and backpacking in the Rocky Mountains. He's also into gardening (his Cascades finally produced a good crop this year!), home improvement projects, and building furniture.
Gary lives in Longmont, Colorado with his wife Erin, who fully supports his brewing habits she bought him a conical fermenter and is encouraging him to install taps in their family room. He knows you are jealous. Gary is looking forward to teaching his daughter, who is due in November, to brew someday.
Gary enlightens us on how to authentically brew his beer: "This recipe can be brewed as either a Maibock or a Belgian strong ale. The beer was originally brewed as a 10.5 gallon batch split into two carboys with yeast slurry from previously brewed pilsner. To accurately recreate the Belgian strong ale, one should accidentally pour hot wort (due to user error with a counter-flow chiller) onto lager yeast slurry, being sure to thoroughly cook the yeast. Chill, then pitch a vial of Belgian ale yeast. The Maibock came out great, the Belgian strong even better. Of course, if you don't feel like attempting to cook yeast to make this beer, a nice big starter of Belgian ale yeast should do the trick."
Sounds great to us!
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity: 1.067-73
SRM (Color Range): 7
IBUs: 54-58
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 6.7%
This kit is not available in a Dry Malt Extract option.
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All included steeping grains will come milled.
For use with the 65L BrewZilla Boiler Extension Kit. It does not come with an extra Wire Malt Pipe Support Ring. If you're using the extended malt pipe with the 65L DigiBoil, you will need to purchase the ring separately. If you're using the malt pipe with the 65L BrewZilla you can either move your ring up to the boiler extension, or buy an additional ring so you can remove the malt pipe in two steps.
You will also need the Ricirculation Arm Extension to continue using the BrewZilla's recirculation arm.
Compatible with 65L Gen 3 / Gen 4 BrewZillas.
Example image of the 35L model shown here.
KegLand Part Number: KL32834
Genuine Speidel replacement part.
This silicone gasket seals the bottom of the malt pipe to the Braumeister's floor, keeping your grain inside the malt pipe and out of the Braumeister's pump inlet. The gasket can become worn after many batches, it's always a good plan to have a spare on hand.
A German Lager/Ale hybrid style. Blonde in color with low hop bitterness and smooth flavor
Includes Perle and Saaz hops
Estimated ABV: 4.3%
Estimated IBUs: 24
Makes 5 gallons of finished beer
A German Lager/Ale hybrid style that is traditionally made in Köln, Germany. Ideally, this beer is fermented between 58 - 64F, followed by cold aging for several weeks. It is a very tasty summer brew! Blonde in color, with low hop bitterness, a smooth flavor; grab a few bottles and head for the pool! This kit includes 4 pounds of our Pilsner liquid malt extract for authentic pils type flavor and 2 pounds of golden DME to give a more complex malt flavor to this light beer style. Also comes with 4 ounces of Maltodextrin powder to boost mouthfeel.
Makes 5 gallons
Estimated Original Gravity:1.042-46
SRM (Color Range): 5
IBUs: 24
Estimated Alcohol Percentage: 4.3%
Our recipe kits DO NOT include grain bags, yeast or priming sugar. To find our yeast recommendations, choose your preferred kit option above and then select the drop-down menu under “Yeast Options”. For more info, click on the recommended yeast(s) below in the “You Might Also Need” section below. All included steeping grains will come milled.
Liquid Malt Extract (LME) vs. Dried Malt Extract (DME)
MoreBeer! recipe kits are offered in both Liquid Malt Extract and Dry Malt Extract so that our customers can choose the format that best suits their needs and brewing style. LME is a viscous liquid, similar in consistency to maple syrup. In addition to being the more affordable option, many brewers find LME easier to handle than dry extract. DME is more condensed and comes in a powder format that is similar to baking flour. Although it’s a little more costly, DME is naturally lighter in color and stays fresher for longer. We highly recommend DME when brewing light colored beers.
A great addition to the small brewers equipment lineup for mixing of small all grain batches, or to dissolving Malt Extract more easily.
24 inches overall length. Handle is 5 inches long.
White Labs Yeast Nutrient is used to help increase the health of your yeast. Healthy yeast is vital for a clean and complete fermentation, which will also help to prevent off-flavors in your homebrew. Contains diammonium phosphate, essential vitamins and co-factors, nitrogen (amino acids, proteins, and peptides) and minerals. The White Labs Yeast Nutrient provides an effective boost for first and/or late generation yeast slurry. If grist is not 100% malt, then yeast nutrient can help make up for lack of nutrients.
For commercial use, each package contains 1.0 oz, enough for 5bbls. For homebrew use, each 1/2 tsp. from the package is good for 5 gallons.
Specifically designed for maximum strength and rigidity. This redesigned top screen features a hole for the probe of the RAPT Bluetooth Thermometer for monitoring and controlling your BrewZilla Gen 4. KegLand Part Number: KL27373
Specifically designed for maximum strength and rigidity. This redesigned top screen features a hole for the probe of the RAPT Bluetooth Thermometer for monitoring and controlling your BrewZilla Gen 4. KegLand Part Number: KL27380