A copper-colored, medium-bodied, German-style ale with lots of malt flavor. "Altbier" means "Old Beer" in German. This name comes from the fact that it's fermented with an ale yeast; which lager-loving Germans consider old-fashioned. This beer has a clean, crisp taste, especially for an ale. Hop bitterness and aroma are moderate, with malt being the primary flavor. Recipe uses two types of imported German hops, combined with a German-style malt extract & German yeast strain. This gives much more authentic results than commonly-used British malt extract.
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A beautiful looking amber ale. Medium body with plenty of malt characteristics including the flavor of caramel malt. Hop flavor and aroma are also apparent, but the beer is not extremely bitter. Three different types of hops are used to achieve a moderately assertive hop character, which balances the caramel malt's sweetness. The effect is both complex and satisfying. A good example of many beers from popular microbreweries.
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This recipe kit is one of our top ten best-sellers, with an inviting red-amber color with a rich white head. This recipe is stronger in every way than our regular amber ale kit.  Our Ultimate Series recipes push the boundaries of the style. Ultimate Amber Ale is very popular with any group of beer drinkers; a medium-bodied beer with assertive hop characteristics and plenty of toasted malt and caramel malt flavor.  This recipe uses a combination of British and American hops for flavor and aroma. Alcohol content is boosted without adding heavy body.
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Do you like beer from the big American breweries?

Pale color, light body, and little hop presence. We use a special combination of malt extracts - made from malted barley and rice.  This recipe doesn't have any nasty off-flavors, because we don't use cheap corn syrup or glucose!  The trick to this style is developing a recipe that is light in color and body, without heaviness of flavor or body while avoiding blandness.  This lager ferments well at a wide range of fermentation temperatures, thanks to the special Tuborg family yeast strain. Good results can be achieved at temperatures between 50 and 74 degrees, so a good comfortable room or basement is all you need.

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Do you like light beer from the big American breweries?

Pale color, light body, and little hop presence. We use a special combination of malt extracts - made from malted barley and rice.  This recipe doesn't have any nasty off-flavors, because we don't use cheap corn syrup or glucose!  The trick to this style is developing a recipe that is light in color and body, without heaviness of flavor or body while avoiding blandness.  This lager ferments well at a wide range of fermentation temperatures, thanks to the special Tuborg family yeast strain. Good results can be achieved at temperatures between 50 and 74 degrees, so a good comfortable room or basement is all you need.

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Do you like Magic Hat Number 9™ Ale?

The secret to that famous microbrewed ale is Apricot, and we've been eager to introduce our own version. This is a relatively straightforward American-style Pale Ale with a modest hop profile, with the addition of three pounds of seedless apricots PLUS natural apricot flavor extract. Those extra ingredients don't make this recipe any harder to brew, and the results are worth a few extra bucks!

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Do you like Foster's™ Lager?

A brisk, refreshing lager. Golden color, with more flavor and body than the American-style pilsner beers. The malt extract we use is designed to give the beer a beautiful pale golden color, and hops from Australia and New Zealand give their characteristic flavor and aroma. This lager ferments well at a wide range of fermentation temperatures, thanks to the special "Tuborg" family yeast strain. Good results can be achieved at temperatures between 50 and 74 degrees, so a good comfortable room or basement is all you need.

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This might be the biggest, strongest beer you'll ever brew! Deep copper color, with very full body and intense malt flavor. The maltiness is balanced with plenty of imported British hops. This recipe comes with 14 pounds of malt extract and 7 ounces of hops! A beer this strong may taste a bit rough around the edges when it's young, but it's fantastic after some bottle aging time. We suggest aging this beer in bottles at room or basement temperature for at least 4-6 months for best flavor. It will continue to improve for over 2 years!
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There is a lot of variation in Belgian and Belgian-style Trappist ales.  Our Belgian Dubbel recipe is brown in color, and moderate in alcohol strength. This recipe is all about malt - lots of malt flavor and aroma with a touch of cognac on the palate from the addition of imported Belgian candi sugar (beet sugar) and raw kosher honey. There is little or no hop bitterness, and no hop aroma. This beer is good to drink right away, but it also ages very nicely into a surprisingly mellow beverage.
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There's a lot of variation in the Trappist style ales.  Our Belgian Trippel is relatively pale in color, has a strong bread-like maltiness, and it's stronger in alcohol.  No lactic acid bacteria are during fermentation, so there is no acidic sourness in the flavor profile.  Made with continental European hops, a combination of German and Belgian barley malts and Belgian candi sugar (beet sugar.)  Trippel should be bottle aged for at least 3-6 weeks, but will continue to improve for many months.
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This is the strongest of the Trappist-style ales.  This is a beer that will hold up to many years of aging, and will definitely improve during its first year in the bottle.  Those choosing to keg this beer should set their system for a moderately low carbonation level, since the head-retention character of this beer is phenomenal!  With twice as much malt as a normal-strength beer, this is an extremely full-bodied, malty beer that's brewed with a combination of toasted, crystal, and de-husked roasted malts, and balanced with classic European hops.
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Despite the name, this is not a bitter-tasting beer. The "ordinary" style is the everyday drinking beer in Great Britain. The word bitter actually refers to the use of hops; in the distant past before hops were commonly used, most beers were sweet. There are stronger, hoppier British ales, such as ESB (Extra Special Bitter) Pale Ale, and IPA (India Pale Ale.) But ordinary bitter is an easy beer to like. Its modest maltiness and modest bitterness, medium body and a lower carbonation level make for easy drinking. This recipe is made from imported British malt, hops, and grains.
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It takes a lot of ingredients to make a fruit-style wheat beer right, but the results are worth it!  After all, you can't expect much if you just throw some blackberry flavoring into a plain wheat beer. Our blackberry wheat recipe kit starts with a full strength wheat beer, which is designed to be very mild so it won't overpower the delicate fruit flavor. Then we add 3 pounds of seedless blackberry puree. The puree is seedless and sterile, which means you don't have to spend time removing tiny seeds and crushing fruit. The natural fruit sugar in the pureed blackberry has the bonus side effect of boosting the alcohol content! To round out the fruit profile, the recipe also includes 4 ounces of natural blackberry flavoring. At bottling time, add the blackberry flavoring until the beer is perfect for your taste.  Also included with this recipe is a packet of pectic enzyme, which is necessary to remove the haze caused by real fruit.

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This new style is a variation on the "Pale Ale" theme, made popular by microbreweries and brewpubs. The body and color are lighter than British pale ales, which tend towards full body and amber color.  Blond ale's hop bitterness is reduced, but it still has the generous hop flavor and aroma of an IPA. This beer is easy to drink; Blond Ale has been quite popular since we introduced it in 1999. A great hot weather beer, or for any time you want a lighter beer which has interesting flavor and aroma.
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It takes a lot of ingredients to make a fruit-style wheat beer right, but the results are worth it!  After all, you can't expect much if you just throw some blueberry flavoring into a plain wheat beer. Our blueberry wheat recipe kit starts with a full strength wheat beer, which is designed to be very mild so it won't overpower the delicate fruit flavor. Then we add 3 pounds of seedless blueberry puree. The puree is seedless and sterile, which means you don't have to spend time removing tiny seeds and crushing fruit. The natural fruit sugar in the pureed blueberry has the bonus side effect of boosting the alcohol content! To round out the fruit profile, the recipe also includes 4 ounces of natural blueberry flavoring. At bottling time, add the blueberry flavoring until the beer is perfect for your taste.  Also included with this recipe is a packet of pectic enzyme, which is necessary to remove the haze caused by real fruit.

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A strong, full-flavored lager beer. Bock beer has big malty taste, deep copper color, and medium-full body. The flavors of malt and caramel dominate the moderate amount of hops used. There is no hop aroma. With 9.5 pounds of malt extract, we don't skimp on ingredients for our bock kits! (There are a lot of weak bock kits on the market.) This lager ferments well at any steady temperature between 48-65 degrees, but thanks to the "Tuborg" yeast strain we use, you also get good results at room temperature. Bocks fermented at room temperature will benefit from some extra bottle aging time.  Bock, like other strong lagers, benefits from cold aging. You should store the bottles at room temperature for at least 2-3 weeks while carbonation develops, then move the bottles to a cool place or into a refrigerator if you have space.

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This is the strongest light-colored German beer style. Intense gold color with very crisp and clean flavor. Maibock is less sweet and a bit lighter-bodied than the darker traditional bock beers. Maibock also has a bit more hops, but the dominant flavor is still that of malt. With more than 9 pounds of malt extract, we don't skimp on ingredients for our bock kits! (There are a lot of weak bock kits on the market.) This lager ferments well at any steady temperature between 48-65 degrees, but thanks to the "Tuborg" yeast strain we use, you also get good results at room temperature. Bocks fermented at room temperature will benefit from some extra bottle aging time. Bock, like other strong lagers, benefits from cold aging. You should store the bottles at room temperature for at least 2-3 weeks while carbonation develops, then move the bottles to a cool place or into a refrigerator if you have space.

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This is a very strong, full-bodied lager beer. Doppelbock is the strongest of all German-style beers. Roasted malts contribute color to this beer, but the flavor is that of milder, sweeter malts. Alcohol content is quite high, and hop bitterness is just sufficient to prevent the malt sweetness from being cloying. However, hop bitterness is perceived as being low, while hop flavor and aroma are barely present.  With 11 pounds of malt extract, we don't skimp on ingredients for this one! (There are a lot of weak doppelbock kits on the market.) This is a very strong beer so the flavor will improve a lot with age, especially for the first 6 months. Store the bottles at room temperature for at least 2-3 weeks while carbonation develops, then move them to a cool location if you have one available.
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Weizenbock is another strong German beer.  But unlike the other bock styles, it's based on wheat malt and uses an ale-based Bavarian wheat beer yeast instead of a lager yeast. This is the powerhouse of all German wheat beers!  It's very full-bodied and rich compared to other wheat beers, and while the hop level is modest, it's definitely part of the flavor profile.
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Do you like Samuel Adam's Boston Ale™?

This recipe kit is our version of the most famous microbrewed ale in America. Our version of Boston Ale is stylistically similar to a British pale ale, but it uses lots of noble German hops for flavor and aroma. The flavor of hops is complimented by medium-bodied maltiness with a touch of caramel sweetness in the finish.
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Do you like Samuel Adam's Boston Lager™?

This recipe is our version of America's most famous microbrewed lager. Our version of Boston Lager is an authentic medium-bodied American-style lager with a malty flavor and plenty of hops, not "lite" in flavor and color like beers from the megabreweries. The signature for this beer is the imported European noble Saaz hops which are are added for flavor and aroma.
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Do you like Samuel Adam's Golden Pilsener™?

This is our version of the new breed of Pilsner beers from American microbreweries.  Boston Pilsner isn't like the mass-produced beers the Mega-Breweries.  Boston Pilsner is stronger, with a deep golden color, with enough malt and hops in it to taste them!  The finest quality North American malt extract and grains are used to make Boston Pilsner.  Imported Noble hops are used exclusively for bitterness, flavor, and aroma.
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This recipe kit makes a brown ale in the tradition of many fine American microbreweries.  The beer has deep brown color, medium body, and lots of flavor. American Brown Ale is a moderately malty beer, with the flavor and aroma of hops from the American northwest to add complexity. There are a range of malt flavors, including toasted malt, caramel malt and chocolate roasted malt, but there is much less malt sweetness compared to the English style brown ales. Overall, a nice ale which has real character without heavy body.
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Do you like Newcastle Brown Ale™?

Always one of our most popular recipes. Our version of the famous British ale has the same beautiful reddish-brown color. The beer is medium-bodied but rich in malt flavor. This recipe is made with 5 different British grains, plus British malt extract, British hops, and raw Demerara sugar for authenticity. This recipe's popularity comes from the satisfying blend of toasted-malt, caramel, and toffee flavors. Hops are present as a balancing influence without any aggressive bitterness or strong hop flavors.
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Do you like Anchor Steam™?

This is our recipe for the same beer style. We can't call it "steam beer" because Anchor Brewing Company™ has copyrighted the word, so the style is now called "California Common."  This is a special type of lager which is meant to be fermented at warmer temperatures. Although other lagers can be warm fermented, this one must be.  Temperatures between 65 and 72 degrees are ideal.  This beer has a brilliant amber color, medium-body, with nice full hop flavor and aroma throughout.

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Do you like Anchor Steam™?

This recipe is in the same style, except this ULTIMATE version is stronger. We can't call it "steam beer" because Anchor Brewing Company™ has copyrighted the word, so now the beer style is officially "California Common." This is a special type of lager which is meant to be fermented at warmer temperatures. Although other lagers can be warm fermented, this one must be.  Fermentation temperatures of 65 to 72 degrees are ideal.  This Ultimate version has more of everything - more malt extract for greater body & higher alcohol content, and more hops. The result is a remarkably balanced beer that's strong and hearty without going over the top.

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Do you love Canadian beers like Molson™ or Labatt™?

Canadian Ales like this one are also known as Cream Ales. Cream ales don't contain any actual cream.  They're light golden colored, with a delicate body and a touch more hops than the big American beers. You'll appreciate this beer if you like good beer and your friends drink commercial beer, this recipe bridges the gap.

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It takes a lot of ingredients to make a fruit-style wheat beer right, but the results are worth it!  After all, you can't expect much if you just throw some cherry flavoring into a plain wheat beer. Our cherry wheat recipe kit starts with a full strength wheat beer, which is designed to be very mild so it won't overpower the delicate fruit flavor. Then we add 3 pounds of seedless cherry puree. The puree (made from a blend of sour cherries and dark sweet cherries) is seedless and sterile, which means you don't have to spend time removing seeds and crushing fruit. The natural fruit sugar in the pureed cherries has the bonus side effect of boosting the alcohol content! To round out the fruit profile, the recipe also includes 4 ounces of natural cherry flavoring. At bottling time, add the cherry flavoring until the beer is perfect for your taste.  Also included with this recipe is a packet of pectic enzyme, which is necessary to remove the haze caused by real fruit.

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Extra Special Bitter is a traditional English ale which is stronger than the Ordinary Bitter, but less strong than Pale Ale. You could consider E.S.B. to be the beer on which American microbreweries have based many of their Amber Ales.  E.S.B. is medium-full bodied, with a deep amber color and fantastic head retention. This beer has enough hops for nice aroma and flavor, but hop bitterness isn't as powerful as in Pale Ale or IPA. Imported British malt, hops, yeast and grains are used exclusively in this recipe.

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This is an exceptionally malty brown ale, made with a blend of dark roasted male, special light roasted malt, and crystal malts.  The hop level is kept low to allow for the addition of natural hazelnut flavor.  The hazelnut not only adds characteristic "nuttiness," it's also quite aromatic and complex on the tongue, a property that's best enjoyed against a very mild hop profile.

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This recipe kit has become extremely popular since we introduced it in 2000. The color of our Honey Brown really is light brown - unlike some commercial versions. The body is moderately light with more than a touch of honey character. Rice syrup is added to the malt extract for crisp flavor, and to prevent the beer from becoming too heavy-bodied. Special brown roasted malt is used for color and toasted malt aroma. This allows us to avoid heavy caramel sweetness by lightening the load of crystal malt. The flavor and aroma of hops is quite modest.

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Do you like Pete's Wicked Ale™?

This is our version of a justifiably popular microbrew. Our "Assateague's Awesome Ale" recipe kit is a little bit hard to categorize: you could think of it as either a "Dark IPA" or a "Strong Brown Ale." The beer is brown in color, but has the high hop flavor and aroma of a pale ale or IPA. The crisp hop bitterness is derived from generous portions of Northwestern US hops, with German and English hops also present in the mix. There's also plenty of malt for body and strength, and a blend of specialty grains for color and aroma.

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Do you like Dogfish Head 60-Minute IPA™?

The Imperial Pale Ale style has gained popularity in recent years.  Rocketing straight to our top-ten most popular recipes in less than a year, this one is guaranteed to make all hop-heads smile.  A little stronger than your average IPA, and with more hops than a normal IPA would contain.  Additionally, there is less non-fermentable sugar in the beer because crystal malt's presence is quite low.  The result is a medium-full bodied beer wit aggressive hop bitterness, rich hop flavor, and powerful hop aroma.

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Do you like Dogfish Head 90-Minute IPA™?

The Imperial Pale Ale style has gained popularity in recent years.  Our 90-minute version just might be the strongest pale ale you'll actually enjoy drinking, with more than twice the malt of a regular recipe! Think of this as the granddaddy of IPA; it's actually very similar to English Barleywine except for the fact that 90-minute uses American malt and hops.  And speaking of hops, this recipe contains more than almost any other in our collection!  Far stronger than your average IPA, full-bodied but decidedly non-sweet.  This beer's character is almost completely based on hop bitterness, flavor, and aroma.

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Very full-bodied and quite strong, much stronger than the standard Irish-style stout. Surprisingly smooth after only a few weeks of aging, it becomes truly special after a few months in the bottle. This beer boasts a rich blend of roasted malt, chocolate, and coffee-like flavors. There may be plenty of weak "Imperial Stout" kits on the market, with 6 or 7 pounds of malt extract... but we don't skimp on this one - it includes 10 pounds of malt extract plus 2 pounds of specialty grains!

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Very full bodied and quite strong.  Russian Imperial Stout has less hop bitterness than British Imperial Stout.  Legend has it that this style was brewed incredibly strong to survive the cold Russian winter. Russian Imperial Stout's aroma is predominantly malt and roasted malt instead of hops, is concentrates on the delicious flavors of caramel malt, roasted malt, and coffee-like roasted barley.  This beer is at its best after 8-12 weeks of bottle aging, and will continue to improve for months.  There may be too many weak "Imperial Stout" kits on the market, with 6 or 7 pounds of malt extract, but we don't skimp on this one!  Our Russian Imperial Stout recipe kit comes with 11 pounds of malt extract and 2 pounds of specialty grains.

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Do you like Smithwick's™ Irish Ale?

We had a lot of requests for this beer style, and since it's a favorite around here, we spent extra time working on this before it was released. The secret to the style is to achieve full, creamy body without undue sweetness. All too often, "clone" recipes are loaded with sweetness and just don't get it right. We think that the best brewing method involves the use of unmalted barley and a touch of dark roasted barley to build a lovely, smooth beer with low carbonation and very moderate hop levels.  The beauty of the style is in the mouthfeel.

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A very unique German beer style. This is a light-colored ale with medium body. The yeast used to make Kolsch gives the beer a characteristic dry, almost wine-like flavor. Although this is a special hybrid ale/lager yeast strain, it does not require any special care.  You can treat it just like a normal ale fermentation. The results will speak for itself. Hop flavor and aroma are moderate.

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This is truly a connoisseur's beer.  It has tons of fruit flavor and aroma, with a tart sourness that comes from the presence of lactic acid bacteria in the fermentation.  The recipe includes over 6 pounds of sterile, seedless cherries, which saves you lots of time compared to removing seeds and crushing the fruit yourself. There's also 4 ounces of cherry flavoring, pectic enzyme, Belgian candi (beet) sugar, and a special live yeast culture with three strains of wild lambic bacteria. If you keg your beer, you can sweeten your Lambic just before force carbonation, and the results will be in the style of Lindemans™ lambic beers. If you use natural bottle conditioning, which includes mini-kegs or party pigs, the result will be a dry tart flavor similar to Liefmans™ lambic beers.

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This is truly a connoisseur's beer.  It has tons of fruit flavor and aroma, with a tart sourness that comes from the presence of lactic acid bacteria in the fermentation.  The recipe includes over 6 pounds of sterile, seedless peaches, which saves you lots of time compared to removing seeds and crushing the fruit yourself. There's also 4 ounces of peach flavoring, pectic enzyme, Belgian candi (beet) sugar, and a special live yeast culture with three strains of wild lambic bacteria. If you keg your beer, you can sweeten your Lambic just before force carbonation, and the results will be in the style of Lindemans™ lambic beers. If you use natural bottle conditioning, which includes mini-kegs or party pigs, the result will be a dry tart flavor similar to Liefmans™ lambic beers.

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This is truly a connoisseur's beer.  It has tons of fruit flavor and aroma, with a tart sourness that comes from the presence of lactic acid bacteria in the fermentation.  The recipe includes over 6 pounds of sterile, seedless raspberries, which saves you lots of time compared to removing seeds and crushing the fruit yourself. There's also 4 ounces of raspberry flavoring, pectic enzyme, Belgian candi (beet) sugar, and a special live yeast culture with three strains of wild lambic bacteria. If you keg your beer, you can sweeten your Lambic just before force carbonation, and the results will be in the style of Lindemans™ lambic beers. If you use natural bottle conditioning, which includes mini-kegs or party pigs, the result will be a dry tart flavor similar to Liefmans™ lambic beers.

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Do you like Corona™ or Dos Equis™?

This recipe was an instant hit, and has remained one of our best sellers. It has a light golden color, and a flavor that's lively and refreshing on the palate. The body is light and delicate, making this a very easy-drinking beer. The strain of lager yeast used in this beer is tolerant of a wide range of temperatures, so even room temperature will give good results.  If you ferment the beer at room temperature, the flavor will smooth out if you can refrigerate your bottles for a week or two after giving them a chance to carbonate.  The "Cervesa" style is actually a new-world version of classic German beer. This is a great recipe to brew for your friends who aren't interested in exotic beer styles, but everyone can enjoy our "North Of The Border" Cervesa. You supply the limes!

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Do you like Corona™ or Dos Equis™?

This is a lighter version of our popular Mexican Cervesa recipe kit.  Everything has been lightened a little bit compared to the regular version.  Less malt and hops are used, which results in lower alcohol, calories, and carbohydrates.  The color is pale golden and body is very light.

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This is the classic British version of "lite" beer. In England, these are often referred to as "session" beers because they're particularly suited to long public drinking sessions, or for having a beer or two at lunch before returning to work.  Mild ale is relatively low in alcohol and body, but it still has plenty of flavor. The color is brown, with a nice blend of hop and malt flavors. You'll taste a hint of caramel malt and chocolate malt. This is a great beer for everyday drinking, you won't find a low calorie, low carbohydrate beer with more character..

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Do you like Beck's Dark™?

Our "Martinak Dunkel" recipe is a dark German-style lager that isn't heavy. It has a clean malty flavor and aroma, deep color, and moderately light body. The flavor and aroma of toasted and roasted malt are dominant, due to the moderate amount of German hops used in this recipe. This lager ferments well at a wide range of fermentation temperatures, thanks to the special "Tuborg" family yeast strain we use. Good results can be achieved fermenting at temperatures between 50 and 74 degrees, so a good comfortable room or basement is all you need.

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This is the "Light" version of our Munich Dunkel recipe kit.  Martinak Lite is an interesting beer, because it's a "Light" German-style beer that's dark in color and has more flavor than most other light beers.  Everything has been reduced a little bit compared to the regular-strength version.  Less malt and hops are used, which results in lower alcohol, calories, and carbohydrates.  The color is brown and body is very light.

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Do you like European Imports like Beck's™, Heineken™, or Lowenbrau™?

Our "Tuckahoe Helles" recipe is a German-style lager with an easy-drinking, clean malt flavor, light golden color, and light body. This beer style has more flavor compared to the popular American pilsners. Hop flavor and bitterness are medium to low.  This recipe is lighter colored, and has less malt-sweetness than Oktoberfest style. This lager ferments well at a wide range of fermentation temperatures, thanks to the special "Tuborg" family yeast strain we use. Good results can be achieved fermenting at temperatures between 50 and 74 degrees, so a good comfortable room or basement is all you need.

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Do you like light beer imports like Amstel Light™ or Beck's Light™?

This is a "lite" version of our standard Munich Helles recipe kit - everything has been "lightened" a little bit compared to the regular version.  Less malt and hops are used, which results in lower alcohol, calories, and carbohydrates.  The color is golden and body is very light.

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Our "Steinful" recipe kit is an Oktoberfest in the more modern tradition of the style. That means it's designed to be crisp, clean, and golden-amber colored rather than dark and bitter. This is by far our most popular German-style recipe kit - it enjoys top-ten recipe status all year long. Oktoberfest has less hop bitterness than traditional German beers like Bavarian pilsner and Bohemian pilsner. The flavor is that of malt with a slight sweetness. Steinful ferments well at a wide range of temperatures, a steady temperature between 58 and 72 degrees will give good results. Beers fermented at the warmer end of the temperature range will benefit from bottle aging, especially if you can refrigerate the bottles for a week or two after they've had a chance to develop carbonation.

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Our regular Oktoberfest recipe kit has become a best-seller, but we had people asking for a stronger version. Well, here it is! We increased the alcohol content by including more malt extract, plus enough German hops to put a bit more edge on this version of Oktoberfest. If you're a fan of strong, hoppy beers and want to celebrate the German way, this is just the ticket!  Ultimate Oktoberfest uses a combination on Pale, Munich, and Crystal malts to achieve rich malty flavor and full body.

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Old ale is probably the strongest beer style that doesn't need long aging in order to taste good.  That's because it's well-balanced to avoid harshness when young.  Like all strong beers, however, it does improve with age.  Our "Thomas Nonsense!" recipe kit is very strong and medium-full bodied.  The color is deep copper to brown.  Malt characteristics are quite strong, and balanced by generous hop additions.  As it ages, these flavors marry... they blend and mellow each other.  Thomas Nonsense! contains not only British yeast strain, British hops, and British malt extract, but also two different British sugars.  The special sugars give Thomas Nonsense! the characteristic vinous (sherry or cognac-like) flavor of old ales.

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Do you like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale™?

We started designing this recipe to duplicate this famous microbrew.  In the end, our Ultimate IPA came out a little stronger, but it was so good that we stuck with it.  Many customers who are big Sierra Nevada™ fans have reported that this recipe is even better, which is a great compliment!  This beer is not only one of our top 10 best-sellers, it's often the top seller.  This award-winning recipe produces a medium-bodied American-style IPA with amber color and lots of hop character.  Ultimate Pale Ale includes 6 separate hop additions!  We use 8 pounds of quality malt extract, plus a blend of toasted malt and several crystal malts in this recipe, along with hops from Washington and Oregon.  Dave Miller (author of "The Complete Handbook Of Homebrewing") once judged this beer and called it "A very nice example of the style."

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Do you like Bass Ale™? 

Our "Rockfish Ale" was designed for fans of this popular British import, but Rockfish is a little bolder, a little stronger.  One of our top 10 best-selling recipes.  It's a very British pale ale, containing 3 British grains, British malt extract, British yeast strain, and 3 different British hops.  The result is a medium-bodied, amber-colored beer with nice aroma and head retention.  Hops for this recipe come in 5 separate additions!  Fortunately, there's plenty of malt flavor and caramel sweetness to balance the hops.  We've heard quite a few reports that Rockfish Ale has been used to change the opinions of people who don't like "homebrew" or "bitter beers" or "dark beers."  That's probably because although Pale Ales are very different than the big commercial beers they're accustomed to, a well-designed Pale Ale should make almost anybody happy.

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We're offering a second British Pale Ale, "Pepperpot Pale Ale," to satisfy popular demand.  Back in 1999 we had a promotional Pale Ale recipe kit that was such a huge success that our customers demanded more after the coupon ran out, so here it is!  Compared to Rockfish Ale, It features a little more caramel and toffee flavors, and cuts back a bit on the hops.  You'll enjoy the deep amber color, moderately full body, and clean flavor profile.  The "fruity" ester flavors (one person's wonderful fruity flavor is another person's dirty fermentation profile) which predominate so many microbrewed Pale Ales are very subdued in this recipe, due to the clean-tasting yeast strain used.  This is what makes the flavor of Pepperpot Ale so clean.  The effect is emphasized even more if you can ferment it at a slightly cooler temperature, in the range of 60-68 degrees, but normal room temperature also gives good results.

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Do you like Yuengling Lager™?

We developed our Pennsylvania Lager recipe kit in response to the incredible rise in popularity of this historic microbrew.  This style has more color and flavor than the beers from the American megabreweries, yet it has been a big hit with almost all groups of beer drinkers.  We use a special combination of barley malt extract, invert sugar, and premium American hops to make this recipe.  While this is a great beer all by itself, you can brew Pennsylvania Lager and Pennsylvania Porter to combine them in the glass for authentic Black & Tan.  Real Black & Tan flavor is derived from the combination of a lager and an ale, so you must ferment two separate beers to get it right.  You can also choose to combine the two beers at bottling time to create Black & Tan in each bottle.

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Do you like Yuengling Porter™?

We developed our Pennsylvania Porter recipe in response to the incredible rise in popularity of this historic microbrew. Pennsylvania Porter makes a medium-bodied porter with moderate hop and malt character.  This beer is milder than British-style porter. While this is a great beer all by itself, you can brew Pennsylvania Lager and Pennsylvania Porter to combine them in the glass for authentic Black & Tan. Real Black & Tan flavor is derived from the combination of a lager and an ale, so you must ferment two separate beers to get it right. You can also choose to combine the two beers at bottling time to create Black & Tan in each bottle.

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This is one of the classic German beer styles.  Bavarian Pilsner has medium-light body and deep golden color.  The malt flavors are clean and crisp, with very little sweetness.  German hops are used exclusively in this recipe.  Hop flavor and aroma are considerably lower than in the Czech-style pilsner.  There is a definite clean hop bitterness which is a bit stronger than Oktoberfest, and much stronger than American-style Pilsner.

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Bohemian Pilsner is one of the world's classic beer styles.  This recipe has a moderately light body with a hint of malt sweetness. The color is golden, and malt flavors are rich, complimented by the use of Noble Czech and German hops for rounded bitterness and strong floral noble hop aroma.

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Do you like Pilsner Urquell™ or Budvar™?

This is our version of the style that originated the Pilsner name.  Czech pilsner is a moderately-light bodied beer with golden color.  Imported hops from the Czech Republic and Germany are used for flavor and aroma.  Our "Home Brewdvar" recipe uses a large amount of relatively low-power hops to achieve its highly-hopped flavor, so it's rich in secondary hop characteristics instead of just plain bitterness.  This recipe ferments well at a wide range of fermentation temperatures, thanks to the authentic Czech strain of "Tuborg" pilsner yeast we use.  Good results can be achieved at temperatures between 50 and 74 degrees, so a good comfortable room or basement is all you need.  Czech Pilsner that's warm-fermented will mellow out a lot if you give the bottles some cold lagering time in the refrigerator after they've had a chance to carbonate.

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Steel Mill Porter is our version of an ordinary porter.  These are moderate beers in body and flavor, with a deep reddish-brown color.  Porter does not have the full thick body that you would find in a stout.  Steel Mill Porter's sweet malt flavors are counterbalanced by roasted malt flavors.  The flavor and aroma of hops are also quite moderate and easy to enjoy.  All of the malt extract, grain, and hops used in this recipe are British imports.

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Our "Woodbridge Porter" recipe is a modest brown porter which has benefited from the addition of honey.  The color is deep copper brown, the body is moderately full, and there is a wealth of honey-roasted malt aroma.  The malt aroma is reminiscent of roasted coffee thanks to the exclusive use of chocolate roasted malt for color.  The addition of honey yields complexity to an otherwise straightforward recipe, and also increases the alcohol content and mouthfeel of the beer. Hop flavor and aroma are moderate to low.

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Do you like Theakston's Old Peculier™?
Ultimate Porter is our most popular porter recipe kit, based on a hard-to-find but fantastically good British porter with a funny name.  Ultimate Porter is one of out top 10 best-selling recipe kits.  The color is almost opaque black, like a stout, but Ultimate Porter doesn't have the full thick body of a stout.  The body is medium, and holding the glass up to light reveals beautiful red highlights in the deep black color. Compared to the ordinary porter, Ultimate Porter has more caramel, chocolate, and coffee-like roasted malt flavors. To make it Ultimate, we've added imported Demerara sugar and a highly-refined version of molasses called Black Treacle. This is a truly dark beer that has changed the minds of people who previously though that they didn't like dark beers, because it's strong and full of flavor but not heavy.

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It takes a lot of ingredients to make a fruit-style wheat beer right, but the results are worth it!  After all, you can't expect much if you just throw some raspberry flavoring into a plain wheat beer. Our raspberry wheat recipe kit starts with a full strength wheat beer, which is designed to be very mild so it won't overpower the delicate fruit flavor. Then we add 3 pounds of seedless raspberry puree. The puree is seedless and sterile, which means you don't have to spend time removing tiny seeds and crushing fruit. The natural fruit sugar in the pureed raspberry has the bonus side effect of boosting the alcohol content! To round out the fruit profile, the recipe also includes 4 ounces of natural raspberry flavoring. At bottling time, add the raspberry flavoring until the beer is perfect for your taste.  Also included with this recipe is a packet of pectic enzyme, which is necessary to remove the haze caused by real fruit.

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Do you like Killian's Irish Red™?

Our "Old Hound Dog" recipe is our answer to the demand for this popular beer style.  This recipe kit has long enjoyed a position on out top-10 best seller's list.  Old Hound Dog has a pale golden-red color, moderately light body, and lively carbonation.  We use a special blend of barley and rice malt extracts to achieve crisp flavor and easy-drinking mouth feel, and a special combination of caramel malts, toasted malt, and roasted malted barley for color and flavor.  A guaranteed crowd-pleaser which is great for parties or friends and family members who are intimidated by some of the more exotic-sounding beer styles. "Red Lager" is something that everybody has heard of, so anybody will be ready to appreciate this beer.

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Schwartzbier is an interesting style, but not one you'll find for sale very often. It's almost completely black, yet medium light-bodied - completely unlike a stout or porter. Besides a few microbreweries who brew Schwartzbier, the only one most of us can find in stores is Japan's Sapporo Black - and that's hardly ever imported nowadays. Schwartzbier has a nice roasted malt flavor yet it's easy-drinking and refreshing, with much livelier carbonation than stouts or porters. This is a great beer to introduce lager-loving friends to "the dark side," and you'll like it too!

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Scotch Ale is a strong beer with the predominant flavor of malt.  Our "Angus' Kilt" recipe is a rich brown color and is dominated by sweet malty character, including caramel malt, chocolate malt, and a hint of smoked malt.  Hop bitterness is low; there is little hop flavor and nearly no hop aroma.  The beer is quite full bodies and forms a tight, lacy head when poured. 

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Chocolate Stout is similar to classic Irish-style stout, except that the dark grains used in Chocolate Stout include chocolate malt in addition to the roasted barley that's used in Irish Stouts.  As you would expect from a stout, this beer is very dark and full-bodied.  Chocolate malted barley is named for the color of the grain - it's dark brown when it comes out of the kiln.  The resulting flavor is something between chocolate and roasted coffee.  Instead of using chocolate or cocoa powder, which just makes the beer an oily mess, we include a liquor-grade chocolate flavoring extract with this recipe.  This is similar to the process used to make Young's Chocolate Stout™.

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A full-bodied beer with deep reddish-black color.  Don't expect this stout to taste really sweet, but it is significantly smoother, maltier, and less bitter than Irish stout. The use of lactose (milk sugar) in this recipe makes a very smooth beer, and also means that this isn't a great beer for the lactose intolerant. Lower hop bitterness allows the complex flavors of malt, caramel, and roasted grains to dominate, and a generous portion of raw barley give this beer full body and dense heading characteristics.

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Do you like Irish Stouts like Guinness™ or Beamish™?

The beer is full-bodied with an almost opaque black color which will show red highlights in strong light.  The flavor and aroma of roasted malts are combined with clean hop bitterness, with no hop flavor or aroma.  The low carbonation level allows it to develop a dense head of foam.  We add a generous portion of raw barley for body and mouthfeel.

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Oatmeal stout has an opaque black color and is very full bodied. In addition to raw barley, this beer owes its smooth texture to use of steel-rolled oats. This oatmeal also adds the characteristic flavor of the Oatmeal Stout to the roasted grain flavors and aromas of coffee, chocolate, and roasted malt.  Bitterness from hops and roasted grains is moderate, and are secondary to the malt character of the beer.

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Everyone loves this style, but we had a tough time replicating it. Real strawberries added to blond ale were messy and lacked enough "punch" to effect the flavor, and regular strawberry extracts tasted very fake - or they tasted like the wrong thing. Finally we found a great natural strawberry extract that did the job, just remember to refrigerate it (along with the yeast) when it arrives. This is a golden-colored beer with a hint of pink, and the hops are present but toned-down to allow strawberries to shine through.

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This is a very refreshing beer, with medium body and a moderate hopping level that compliments the fruit flavor rather than competing with it. After experimenting with real lemon juice (too acidic!) we settled on a great natural lemon extract that works perfectly with this style. The lemon flavoring extract we use doesn't have preservatives in it, so remember to refrigerate the little lemon extract packet when you unpack your shipment.

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This medium-bodied German lager is characterized by the flavor and aroma of toasted malt. Vienna Lager is a great recipe for anyone who likes German-style beer. With a fine balance of moderate maltiness, moderate hop flavor and aroma, and beautiful amber color, this recipe is easy to love.

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American wheat beer has a light, crisp, refreshing flavor.  They're fermented with yeast strains which produces little or no fruity-ester flavors, giving them a "cleaner" flavor compared to most German or Belgian wheat beers. We use American wheat malt extract instead of a British extract - British extracts are a bit cheaper but usually darker and lower in wheat content. This recipe uses 65% wheat extract - usually more above 50% = more wheat character.

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German wheat beer is light and crisp, and has less hop character than American wheat beer.  The predominant flavor of German wheat beers comes from the use  of special yeast, which produces fruity-esters to a greater or lesser degree. These fruity esters can make the beer taste like someone spiced it with banana, clove, and nutmeg - but these flavors all derive from the yeast, no fruit or spice is used.  Higher fermentation temperatures of 75-80 degrees will increase ester production in almost any yeast, while lower temperatures 65-70 degrees will minimize ester production.

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Do you like Wild Goose Snow Goose™?

This is our version of the critically acclaimed 1997 vintage of a fine Maryland seasonal microbrew.  Our "Cambridge Winter Ale" recipe is a big, hoppy, deep copper colored and full-bodied ale.  The recipe uses almost 9 pounds of malt extract, 4 different grains, and 6 different kinds of hops.  This beer is quite robust but not too heavy for microbrew drinkers.

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Our "Ice Melter" recipe makes a strong dark ale which is quite full-bodied and rich in flavor.  Alcohol content is high enough to achieve that "warming" feeling!  The recipe includes a special blend of 11 pounds of malt extracts, combined with three generous additions of American hops.  Noble-type hops are used for flavor and aroma. You'll taste a bold flavor combination of caramel malt, brown malt, and roasted malt.  Put a few bottles aside for next winter, because this beer ages nicely for a year.

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Wit beer is a very pale beer that's served cloudy.  This recipe has a moderately light body and a low level of flavor and aroma hops.  It's a light and delicate wheat beer made with a special yeast culture that produces flavors which are tart and slightly phenolic. This recipe is also spiced with coriander and curacao orange peel in addition to noble hops. Witbier is different from other wheat beers not only because of the spices, but also due to the use of raw, unmalted wheat.

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