Extract Beer Kits

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!.

It's the beer of the living dead! This Zombie Dust Clone is loaded with Citra hops that invigorate the senses and engage the palate. A very light first wort hop addition keeps the bitterness down, while hop-bursting the beer and aggressively dry hopping with Citra hops give it a very pronounced hop flavor and aroma. The bite of Citra is offset by crystal 60L and melanoidin malts, which contribute body, sweetness and character to the beer, A touch of carapils for body and foam stability is included as well, perfectly balancing this beer. Delicious and inviting, Brain Eater Pale Ale is sure to please your hopheaded friends. It is the perfect beer for the impending zombie apocalypse!

The balance between hops and malt are the hallmark of this recipe. A combination of Centennial, Simcoe, Warrior and Cascade hops blends well with the background of munich, wheat, 20L crystal, carapils and aromatic malts. This pale ale is Pretty Darn Good (PDG). Cheers!

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.

Heavy on munich malt, with Special B and light crystal adding caramel and dark fruit notes. A pinch of chocolate and roasted barley bring up the color and roastiness. Liberty is used to bitter and tettnang for finishing.

A very drinkable Belgian ale, even for those who don't care for Belgian beers. The flavor is a melange of smooth malt, subtle spicy phenols with a dry finish.

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.

An easy drinking American Pale Ale using super late additions of Mosaic Hops for a huge hop flavor and aroma. Mosaic is a newer hop on the market, crossed between Simcoe and Nugget. Look for big tropical fruit and floral notes, with some earthiness tossed in for good measure. A well rounded sessionable APA that you'll want to have a couple of.

Think stout with a hint of sweetness from the addition of lactose in the boil. The resulting sweetness takes the sharp dark grain edge off the stout . The sweetness isn't so pronounced to take away from the beer.

From the Mr. Beer standard series, the American Ale has a rich golden color, citrusy hop aroma with a crisp bitterness, and a light toasty malt character.

This recipe will yield 2 gallons of beer in approximately 2 weeks. The kit includes the following items:

• 1 Can Hopped Malt Extract (HME)
• 1 Packet Dry Brewing Yeast

Using a time tested porter recipe, we decided to pair it with Bjava Guatemalan Rio Azul coffee. Rich chocolate and caramel flavors are accentuated by 'dry coffeeing' in the secondary fermenter. Nothing like a good 'ol cup of coffee in the morning! We like to use Wyeast Scottish Ale yeast 1728 to provide some residual sweetness.

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!

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!

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!

Rich chocolate malt mingles with 2 lbs. of PB2 powdered peanut butter to make a truly decadent porter. Golden Naked Oats add body and creaminess, turning this classic robust porter into something so much more. So good you will say, I'll have a nutter, please. Consider adding cocoa nibs into the secondary fermenter to make this porter truly over the top! Note that this recipe is written for a 6 gallon batch to account for the extra sediment from the peanut butter. Final yield will be 5 gallons after racking off of layer of sediment.

Loads of Amarillo hops make this wheat beer taste more like a very aromatic pale ale. It's strikingly familiar to an Indiana favorite from 3 Floyds.

A great Belgian dubbel is a thing of beauty. Rich, fruity and delicious, they drink easily without revealing their strength. Instead, they are smooth on the palate, and land on the tongue with notes of stone fruit and slight hints of caramel sweetness. Our Dubbelicious is just what it sounds like...a delicous Belgian dubbel!

Munich and Vienna malts give a bready malt character that is highlighted with a little bit of Caramunich Belgian caramel malt. A little Belgian candi syrup adds to the color and flavor of the finished beer, while the sweet character is balanced by a generous addition of Tettnang hops. When fermented with a Belgian yeast, this beer turns out beautifully! For a real treat, try adding some Montmorency Tart Cherry Juice at bottling or kegging time!

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 blend of wheat and pale malts with flaked oats give this Belgian wit beer a creamy texture and a thick moosey head. Bittered with Saaz hops and finished with bitter orange peel and coriander this is your home brewed answer to Blue Moon. There is a little extra coriander and orange peel in the kit if you want to add more in the secondary to kick up the aroma. Use Wyeast 3944 Belgian Wit yeast for the rest of the flavor profile. Doesn't take a lot of aging to reach its peak.

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.

Ivan the Terribly Delicious will dominate your taste buds! A big imperial red ale that looks and drinks like a red double IPA, Ivan will storm your mouth with a satisfying combination of huge malt flavor and delicous American hops! Cara-Amber malt gives this beer a red hue and fullness, while Columbus, Amarillo and Citra hops provide a wonderful citrus character. Using an English yeast strain to ferment this beer allows the malt and slight residual sweetness to perfectly balance the hop character.

Developed by Great Fermentations employee Brandon, this beer has found favor with our whole crew. Now, thanks to his liberty with the recipe, we bring the opportunity to brew his fabulous imperial red ale to you. Ivan the Terribly Delicious will make you the unquestioned beer Tsar among all your friends!