Suited for use as a bittering hop with some excellent results also being seen in dual purpose applications, with a soft bitterness attributable to the low cohumulone. The citrus aroma and flavour notes work well to temper malt sweetness in “fullish” Ales especially when used moderately as a finishing hop. Pacific Jade™ is also well suited to balance dryer Lager styles when employed as an “up-front” kettle addition to showcase its bittering qualities.

NZ Willamette Hops is an aroma variety with a mid alpha acid content at 7.0%-9.0%.

Although Willamette can contribute good bittering, NZ Willamette dominates its usage for its flavour and aroma. This results in a delicate peppery herbaceous spice that has both fruit and floral essence. This translates well into most beer styles and can be used in Stouts through to Pale ales and lagers. In big hoppy beers Willamette also pairs well with other citrusy hops.

If you want to say “hops” in your beer then this variety says it all. The pure weight of the oil character experienced during selection carries right through to the glass. A punchy addition to the new-world styles of Pale Ale and regional Pilseners. A cult hero that is established in the New Zealand craft beer culture.

This batch is from 2022 harvest.

BRY-97 is an American West Coast-style ale yeast that was selected from the Siebel Institute Culture Collection for its ability to deliver high quality ales. BRY-97 is a neutral strain with a high flocculation ability that can be used to make a wide variety of American-style beers.  Traditional ales made with BRY-97 include but are certainly not limited to Cream Ale, American Wheat, Scotch Ale, American Pale Ale, American Amber, American Brown, American IPA, American Stout, Russian Imperial Stout, Imperial IPA, Roggen/Rye, Old Ale and American Barleywine.

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Diamond Lager yeast is a true lager strain originating in Germany. Chosen for its robust character, Diamond Lager yeast delivers excellent fermentation performance, and has the ability to  produce clean, authentic lagers. Traditional styles brewed with the Diamond include but are not  limited to Munich Helles, Dortmunder Export, German Pilsner, Bohemian Pilsner, American Pilsner,  Vienna Lager, Oktoberfest/Märzen, Dark American Lager, Munich Dunkel, Schwarzbier, Traditional Bock, Doppelbock, Eisbock and California Common.

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Brick Road Hopped Light DME is suitable for all beer, but especially light lagers, pilsners, pale ales and IPA's.

For the best-tasting all-malt beer, mix well with water and your favourite yeast and Brick Road unhopped Malt extract cans (or Brick Road Dry Malt Extract, or dextrose). When mixed to 23L, this pack will contribute a light gold colour up to 8 EBC, and a low-medium bitterness of 23 IBU and 1.017 gravity points.

Brick Road Dark DME is suitable for all beer, but especially stouts, porters and dark ales.

For the best-tasting all-malt beer, mix well with water and Brick Road beer kits or your favourite yeast and Brick Road Hopped Malt. When mixed to 23L, this pack will contribute a brown colour around 40 EBC, and 1.017 gravity points.

Brick Road Amber DME is suitable for all beer, but especially amber ales, red and brown ales.

For the best-tasting all-malt beer, mix well with water and Brick Road beer kits or your favourite yeast and Brick Road Hopped Malt. When mixed to 23L, this pack will contribute an amber colour around 22 EBC, and 1.017 gravity points.

Brick Road Light DME is suitable for all beer, but especially light lagers, pilsners, pale ales and IPA's.

For the best-tasting all-malt beer, mix well with water and Brick Road beer kits to create the finest fresh wort or your favourite yeast and Brick Road Hopped Malt. When mixed to 23L, this pack will contribute a light gold colour up to 8 EBC, and 1.017 gravity points.

Brick Road Extra Light DME is suitable for all beer, but especially light lagers, pilsners, XPA's and pale ales.

For the best-tasting all-malt beer, mix well with water and Brick Road beer kits to create the finest fresh wort or your favourite yeast and Brick Road Hopped Malt. When mixed to 23L, this pack will contribute a light straw colour up to 5 EBC, and 1.017 gravity points.

LalBrew® Wit yeast is a relatively neutral strain which can be used to produce a wide variety of wheat beer styles. Ester and phenol production is lower than for traditional hefeweizen strains such as Munich Classic. 

Windsor ale yeast is a true English strain that produces a balanced fruity aroma and imparts a slight fresh yeasty flavor. Beers created with Windsor are usually described as full-bodied, fruity English ales. Brewers choose Windsor to produce beers that range from Pale Ale to Porter with moderate alcohol levels and the flavor and aroma characteristics of the best traditional ales. Traditional styles brewed with this yeast include but are not limited to Milds, Bitters, Irish Reds, English Brown ales, Porters and Sweet Stouts.

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Munich Classic is a Bavarian wheat beer strain selected from the Doemens Culture Collection. It imparts the spicy and fruity aroma profile typical of German wheat beer styles. This strain is simple to use over a wide range of recipe variations and fermentation conditions, making it a great choice for a number of traditional styles of wheat beer. A true top-cropping yeast, Munich Classic can be skimmed off the top of classic open fermentation vessels in the traditional manner. Styles brewed with Munich Classic include but are not limited to Weizen/Weissbier, Dunkelweizen and Weizenbock.

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A top fermenting yeast, Voss Kveik offers fast fermentation at very high temperatures whilst retaining a neutral flavour character with subtle citrus fruit notes.

M12 Kveik Yeast is suitable for a range of styles from Norwegian Farmhouse Ales to Pale Ales and IPAs.

Clone recipe of Liberty Brewing's Sauvignon Bomb. Lots of people brewed a clone of Sauvignon Bomb for the Beervana 2018 Beat The Brewer competition, after Joseph Wood released the original recipe. This recipe uses Gladfield Toffee malt to emulate Warminster Caragold.

This clone recipe has been scaled for the Grainfather.

ABV: 7.0%

Recipe pdf

BeerXML File (import into any brewing software i.e. Grainfather App, Beersmith or Brewfather)

Brewed by Annie Johnson at the 2018 New Zealand Home-brewers' Conference, this is a punchy yet highly drinkable example of the Saison style. Featuring a combination of Riwaka and Wakatu hops, with small additions of oats and rye to add complexity

This is the all grain version.

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The League Brewery is the smallest craft brewery in the top of the South. Operating from the League of Brewers' home-brew shop, we make batches of beer of either 60L or 120L, using a Braumeister brew system and SS Brewtech fermenters and glycol systems. Our brew-team has over 50 years of combined brewing experience, and relish in being able to experiment with a wide range of ingredients and equipment that are readily available to home-brewers.

All of our recipes are made freely available as recipe kits via League of Brewers, and you can buy our beer through the webshop too. 

Our kits are fresh! We assemble the ingredients after you place your order. The grain bill will be milled, unless you tell us in your order comments that you prefer it not to be.

This is the highest quality DME you can get. Made in North America from Canadian and US 2-row barley, it is processed through a state-of-the-art modern brewhouse before being carefully dried. It doesn’t age in storage so when rehydrated is just like fresh wort. Perfect for use with any small-scale brewing.

This recipe was not specifically designed to be consistent with the BJCP style guides, but we believe it is similar to 05B - Kölsch.

Kölsch (or Kolsh or Kolsch for people afraid of dots above the o) is a traditional German blonde Ale from Cologne. It's so easy to drink that waiters in Cologne put a line on the edge of your coaster to keep up the count when serving you fresh one, and it's not unheard of to make those lines go full circle. To be fair, Kölsch is traditionally served in 0.2l glasses to drink it always fresh.

The malt bill is as simple as they come: Weyermann Cologne malt (and some acid malt for pH).

This kit comes with 2 packs of the new Kolsh dry yeast by Lallemand.

Our kits are fresh! We assemble the ingredients after you place your order. The grain bill will be milled, unless you tell us in your order comments that you prefer it not to be.

This recipe has been designed to use acid malt to reach the target mash pH. If you wish to use the recommended mineral additions to achieve the intended flavour profile, these are to be added to the boil only. This kit does not include the minerals, but these can be purchased separately.

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Download the BeerXML for direct import into your brewing software here.

Brick Road Wheat DME is suitable for all beer, but especially hazies, Pale Ales, Saison and Wheat Beers.

For the best-tasting all-malt beer, mix well with water and Brick Road beer kits to create the finest fresh wort or your favourite yeast and Brick Road Hopped Malt. When mixed to 23L, 1kg of this Wheat DME (2 x 500g packs) will contribute a pale gold colour up to 10 EBC, and 1.017 gravity points.