All-Grain Beer Kits

A pound of medium crystal, a little wheat for head retention and a bit of roasted barley for color. Five HBUS of Willamette for bitterness. Think malty red ale for the masses.

This Petite Saison is gold in color with a slight hop aroma that is overshadowed by the wonderful spiciness that the yeast brings to the table. Notes of pepper, clove and fruity tartness bring flavorful life to this medium bodied ale and those who are fortunate enough to enjoy it! Great beer to make in the summer because saison yeasts like it hot!

If using Wyeast #3724 Belgian Saison yeast, pitch at around 85-90F and keep your fermentation temperature in the same range. This yeast has a tendency to stick at around 1.035 specific gravity, but will finish, given time and warm temperatures.

What goes better with a load of delicious hop goodness than a rich, malty backbone? With Hop the Atlantic, our collaboration Double IPA made with Grand Junction Brewing Company in Westfield, IN, both of these are in perfect harmony! We worked together to give you a beer that combines ingredients from both sides of the Atlantic into a deceptively easy-drinking double IPA.

This beer can be found on tap at Grand Junction Brewing, but you can also easily take this kit home and make it yourself! Golden Promise malt provides not only alcohol, but also a maltiness that balances out the Columbus and Challenger hops used in bittering. Caramunich and Aromatic malts give some extra malty sweetness and toasted character, while the hop profile is completed with Falconer's Flight 7 C's Blend, a beautiful blend of the big American "C" hops. Balance in a big beer can be a great thing!

Spicy rye malt combined with a load of American hops creates an explosion of taste in your mouth. Citrus and grapefruit notes from the hops are well balanced by a huge malt backbone made up of munich, medium crystal, carapils, flaked wheat and the subtle spiciness from the rye.

The Daddy Mac is our answer to a malty, smooth Scottish ale! Developed by our brewer Wes in his spare time, this recipe won him second place in the Indiana Brewer's Cup in the Scottish and Irish Ale category. Amber malt gives this beer a nice nut character, which is enhanced by crystal 60L and chocolate malt, which give it sweetness and roastiness respectively, while also giving it a nice brown hue. A single hop addition gives this beer just enough hops to balance the malt character and sweetness. Ferment this at cool temperatures with an authentic Scottish yeast strain, and you've got a nice, malty, and highly drinkable Scottish-style ale that will have you thinking you are in the Scottish Highlands!

Crisp and refreshing! Ich Bin Ein Pilsner is a classic German Pilsner originally developed by a former Great Fermentations employee who has gone on to greener pastures and sweeping the 2015 Indiana Brewer's Cup in the professional category! The recipe is relatively simple, but then again, so is a truly good German Pils! Nothing more than some Pilsner malt and noble Saaz hops round out this recipe, which lead to a crisp, refreshing Pilsner beer that can be enjoyed by all. While a traditional lager yeast can be used to ferment this beer, using the California Lager yeast can lead to great lager without too cool of temperatures.

A light session ale in the 3-4% ABV range. Small amounts of munich and flaked wheat provide a neutral palate for fruit, spice or herb beers. If adding any of these, we suggest using a yeast that will provide a little residual sweetness like Wyeast American II 1272 or Ringwood ale 1187. This beer is good on its own but a great base for fruit beers.

A dark, malty brown ale with caramel and chocolate notes that is nicely balanced. Medium and dark crystal paired with chocolate and roasted barley and some wheat for head retention. Willamette for bittering and flavoring hops. Use Wyeast British, 1098 for more of an English flavor profile.

Think of Bonsai Dog as a sessionable hoppy wheat beer. The specialty malts include a little carapils for body but the focus here is on citra and amarillo hops--2.5 ounces of amarillo for the dry hop!.

A unique grain bill using 20L crystal, wheat, honey malt , rye and carapils with a touch of honey at the end of the boil combining to be a very drinkable IPA. Citralumbarillo hops added at 60, 45 15 and dry hop.

A full bodied brown ale featuring complex malty sweetness from the munich, medium crystal and chocolate with a heavy dose of nutty-flavored grain. Hops are subdued to let the grain bill shine.

Ryerish Red Ale is the brainchild of Jonathon Mullens, brewer at the Broad Ripple Brewpub in Indianapolis, Indiana. At the helm of the oldest operating brewery in the state of Indiana, Jonathon has brought his knowledge, expertise, and love of rye to the table to create this spectacular beer! Collaborating with Wes Martin, our brewer here, the two have come up with a fantastic brew! Using a healthy portion of both malted rye and chocolate rye to give the ale its characteristic spicy flavor and slightly red color, the two have also used amber, melanoidin and Special B malts to perfectly round out the beer. On tap at the Broad Ripple Brewpub for a limited time, Great Fermentations gives you the opportunity to make this beer at home for yourself!

This recipe has stood the test of time. First brewed over 13 years ago and has been a Great Fermentations standard ever since. With an original gravity of around 1.054, this beer is so flavorful that it drinks as a much bigger beer. A rich unsweetened to semi-sweet chocolate palate comes from a pound of chocolate malt and 4 oz. of debitterized black. The palate is rounded out with some 60L crystal and enough Cluster hops to bitter. We suggest Wyeast 1007 German Ale for a dry finish or 1728 Scottish Ale for a more malty finish. Want to change it up? Add cacao nibs or cold-pressed coffee in the secondary.

A big, West Coast Double IPA crammed with loads of aroma hops! Piney the Welder is a clone of another similarly-named "elder" beer that has been named the #1 beer in America by the AHA many times over. It gets its bitterness from hop extract, delivering a good hop bite and character that balances out the maltiness of the beer. Using a little bit of Crystal 60L and Carapils to give the beer character. A plethora of American hops give this beer big hop flavor and aroma. Three huge, very American hops contribute to this hoppiness: Centennial, Columbus and Simcoe. With a load of hops going in at the end of the boil and at dry hop time, Piney comes out like liquid hop nectar. The perfect double IPA for true hop heads!

Big on hops, low in alcohol! Big Little Guy Session IPA follows in the footsteps of many commercially-produced session IPAs by delivering a big hop punch without harsh bitterness. In addition, the ABV is kept low, so that you can have several in a session and not fall flat on your face! This Founder's All Day IPA clone includes a combination of Amarillo, Simcoe and Crystal hops that fill out the hop profile, delivering a delicious burst of hops on the pallet that do not linger or become overly bitter. A blend of crystal malts, dark wheat and flaked oats contribute sweetness, body and mouthfeel to balance the beer out. With a quick turnaround, this beer is incredibly easy to make and can be ready to drink quickly! In a few weeks you'll be sitting on the back porch, enjoying several of these with friends. Cheers!

The floral accents of Tettnang hops play off the honey aroma of a pound of honey malt and honey syrup. We recommend Wyeast California Lager yeast for a clean malty finish. Although this is a lager yeast, it ferments well from 58-68F.

Across the Pond ESB is a straightforward beer in the style of the English pub ale. A rich, malty backbone supplemented by Simpson's Medium Crystal and Special Roast malts supports traditional East Kent Goldings hops, with a slightly heavy bittering addition and some hops for the finish. Although the style has bitter in its name, it is not agressively hoppy like an American IPA. Instead, it has just the right bittering hop note that seamlessly balances on the malty body of the beer. A beer just like those pub ales served across Britain, Across the Pond will whisk you away with one sip!

One thing all homebrewers can be bipartisan about, regardless of political affiliation, is good beer! This honey porter recipe was developed for the president by members of the White House kitchen staff. Dark and delicious, with a pound of honey to dry the beer out, this beer goes well whether arguing politics or just trying to get along. Ale to the Chief!

A slightly sweet wheat beer with a strong aroma of fresh chamomile. Munich, wheat and aromatic malts provide a simple background for the banana and clove of the yeast and the chamomile for a sum that is greater than its parts. The Bavarian Wheat yeast strain contributes slight banana and clove undertones.

Life's A Beach is a small session beer that drinks like a big IPA! Very smooth, the low ABV on this beer means that you can have several in a session without falling flat on your face. But that doesn't mean it's light on flavor! Crystal 20 malt provides residual sweetness and body on top of the base, with Maris Otter rounding out the malt character with a bit of breadiness. A melange of hops dominated by Amarillo give this beer its delicious hopiness! A perfect beer for the beach, or any occasion!

The perfect Scottish session ale! 12 Penny is a hit beer from Flat 12, who has graciously collaborated with us to bring you a kit that you can take home, make and enjoy. A plethora of specialty grains make this beer complex, yet a low ABV means that you can have a couple in a session and not be down for the count! Using Scottish ale yeast is recommended, and an extended fermentation at cooler temperatures will make this beer much like those you'd find at a pub in the Scottish highlands. Brew this one up for your friends and turn them on to the fabulous world of malty session ales!