All-Grain Beer Kits

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.

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.

Ale to the Chief! Thanks to a Freedom of Information request by eager home brewers, we are proudly able to offer you a beer kit of the White House Honey Ale, the same beer the president drinks in his down time. Developed by the White House kitchen staff for the president, this delicious ale is brewed with honey to dry it out, leaving it crisp and refreshing. Whether arguing over politics or making new friends, this is one beer that all sides of the political spectrum can agree upon!

Looks like a porter. Drinks like an IPA. Dark in color but not acrid or overly roasty from the use of Carafa III. Columbus, galena, centennial and cascade provide the citrus hop punch you expect.

Bursting with hops, this West-Coast Double IPA is a beer sure to please you and all of your hophead friends! A little bit of white wheat and biscuit malt give this beer its character, while corn sugar helps to dry the beer out and increase the alcohol content. Layer Galaxy and Chinook hops over this base, and you've got one of the most drinkable big IPAs this side of the Mississippi! Resiny, big and delicious, Pacific Heights always brings huge flavor to the table!

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.

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!

What could be better than a rich, malty traditional German-style bock? How about one that you made yourself? Our Bock of Ages is a delicious bock that uses Munich as the majority of the base for a bready, malty flavor, with a little bit of pilsner malt. Add some melanoidin and Special B malts for character and a slight stone fruit sweetness, and balance that with some Magnum hops. With that, you've got a bock suitable for even the most lederhosen-laden beer festivalst! Why travel all the way to Germany when you can enjoy the taste of authentic German beer in the comfort of your own personal biergarten? Brew up the Bock of Ages for your friends and family!

A full-bodied stout with plenty of roasted malt and a bit of medium crystal to soften the edges. As you pour this one into a glass, the black viscous liquid billows forth a dark brown creamy head (from the full pound of flaked oats) that lingers to the last drop! Each sip coats the tongue with roasted, chocolate, and caramel notes that take hold of your taste buds and relentlessly pamper them with flavor.

Luscious and almost naughty, Scottie MacRocketts is local homebrewer Nathan Compton's contest-winning strong Scotch ale! Malty and delicious, this beer is very well balanced for such a huge brew. Munich and Simpson's Medium Crystal malts contribute extra maltiness and residual sweetness respectively. For the little bit of color and roastiness that are characteristic of strong Scotch ales, a little bit of both chocolate malt and roasted barley are used. The malt character is balanced by two additions of Fuggle hops and give it just enough hop bitterness to cut the malty goodness.

Nathan's beer wowed the Great Fermentations staff, and a decision was made: this recipe must be brought to the masses! Thanks to Nathan's blessing (which he probably gave a little more freely after having a few pints of this beer), you can make it at home yourself!

The flavor is strong with this one! MilleniALE Falcon is an American pale ale that features Falconer's Flight, a blend of popular American hops with a strong citrus and pine character. This blend plays nicely with a simple yet delicious grain bill. Crystal 60 malt adds depth and residual sweetness and contributes to body and head retention, along with carapils malt. Add a toasted note with some victory, and you have the base for a quite drinkable beer! No bittering hops, just flavor and aroma additions that make for a smooth and tasty pale ale. Your taste buds will make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs!

Hop Anonymous is an American IPA brewed in conjunction with Andrew Castner, Head Brewer at RAM Restaurant and Brewery in Indianapolis. A nutty malt character and fruity, spicy, and resin-like hop notes all make this a very tasty pint. Castner describes his great fermentation: I wanted to see what flavors would come from large amounts of Victory Malt. The result was a pronounced nut and toast character in the malt to go along with the citrus and herbal aspects of the American hops. Dry-hop at least a week at room temperature to create character.

We create the Octoberfest flavor palette from lots of munich, toast from biscuit and rich caramel from melanoidin malt. This amber colored beer starts with a firm malt grasp that quickly gives way to a slightly dry finish with lingering hop flavor from the hallertau and saaz. Use Wyeast Octoberfest 2633 if you can lager, Wyeast Bohemian lager 2124 if you don't have control over temperature.

A rich, spicy porter with hints of caramel and dark chocolate and roast, mixed in with a backdrop of sweet orange peel, juniper berries and star anise. There are just enough hops to provide a backbone to the rich character coming from the grains and spices.

Rich, complex caramel flavors from a combination of 20L, 60L and Special B crystal malt paired with the maltiness of munich. Carapils adds body and wheat adds head retention. Three additions of Glacier hops and Cascade at flameout.

Our Classic Dry stout is the genre of Guinness Draught or Murphy's stouts which are light in body and just roasty enough. Almost a dark session ale.

Original Gravity: 1.042 - 1.046
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 3.9 - 4.5%
Intl. Bittering Units (IBUs): 32 - 42

Our secret ingredients are caramel wheat, melanoidin and chocolate wheat for layers of flavors. Spalt and hallertau are used at the beginning of the boil and at 30 minutes.