Brew your on version of Fork Brewcorp's "Golden Handshake" Pilsner. This beer is a play on a German pilsner, but dry hopped with German noble hops. Also known as an Italian Pilsner.

A bit of malt sweetness to balance the hop bitterness with a refreshing dryness. BRONZE MEDAL at the 2019 Brewers Guild Awards.

ABV: 5.2%

This recipe is an American spin on the New Zealand Pilsner 2021 BJCP Style guide X5, created specifically to showcase the newly arrived American hop Alora.

Green Card is a recipe created for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery.

Alora hops boast an abundant and unique oil profile. They deliver flavour and aroma of peach, apricot, sweet melon and yuzu, and are just begging to be unleashed on a hoppy NZ style Pilsner.

It is built upon a pale slightly bready malt base of Gladfield pilsner and wheat malt, with moderate bittering and herbal and citrus notes from the use of US cashmere hops in the boil, followed by generous late additions and dry hopping with Alora hops. It’s likely that you will want to drink this beer as soon as you can, so to put an additional new spin on things a cool hybrid lager strain, NovaLager, is used. The finished beer will pour a pale golden colour with a frothy white head. It will drink dry, with a malty perception of sweetness, and an abundant and unique hop profile. You might just end up brewing and drinking this one all summer long.

This recipe was not specifically designed to be consistent with the BJCP style guides, but we believe it is similar to 20A - American Porter.

This recipe is closely inspired by Denny Conn's famous porter recipe. Using all New Zealand malt, the hops are Tettnang and a bit of US Cascade (it's an American porter after all). The result is dark chocolate and coffee flavours balanced by caramel leading to a full body - the perfect brew for a cool evening.

Target ABV: 6.3%

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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This recipe was not specifically designed to be consistent with the BJCP style guides, but we believe it is similar to 23A - European Sour Ale.

This is a great summer beer for those folks that'd like to have a tasty low ABV thirst quencher on tap. Targeting 3% ABV, easy to brew by avoiding kettle sour using the fantastic Philly Sour Yeast. Using Citra gives this beer a delicious citrus nose.

This German/American collaboration is a winner!

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.

Click here to download the recipe.

Click here to download the BeerXML file (to directly import into your favorite brewing software)

This recipe uses some ingredients that are not included and must be sourced locally - frozen boysenberries (or another red berry), non-ionised salt and coriander seeds. See the recipe for details.

Cemetery Sunset - Boysenberry Gose is a recipe designed for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery.

As an advocate of mixed ferment sour beers over and above kettle souring, Jamie put this recipe together as an alternative for brewers fearful of introducing live souring lactobacillus bacteria into their brewery. It has a simple grain bill of pilsner malt and wheat malt, a sprinkling of herbaceous Saaz hops, salt and coriander. The driving force behind this unique take on a Gose is Lallemand’s WildBrew Philly Sour™ yeast. The yeast is a unique species (Lachancea) which produces lactic acid during the ferment. It was isolated from a cemetery of all places!

Careful adherence to the fermentation instructions will yield a delicious low abv (4.8%) sour beer with red apple and stone fruit notes. Further refermentation on boysenberries will add a wonderful blood red (cemetery sunset) colour, a big, juicy fruit flavour and additional acidity. Pucker up!

ABV: 4.8%

A delicious Oatmeal stout we brewed in collaboration with Craig Boon from Dunedin. It's the perfect winter warmer.

A great malt bill supported by Goldings fermented with a neutral yeast (US-05).

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.

Click here to download the recipe.

Click here to download the BeerXML file (to directly import into your favorite brewing software)

This recipe was not specifically designed to be consistent with the BJCP style guides, but we believe it is similar to 20B - American Stout.

40 Nights is one of our quarantine brews, making sure that we are ready for these cold winter nights that have suddenly arrived. Brewed with Gladfield malts, showcasing roast barley, light chocolate, dark crystal and rolled oats for body on an American Ale and Munich malt base.

We still love hops, so it's an American Stout with a heap of Cascade in the boil and again as a 5 minute boil addition.

ABV: 5.3%

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.

Click here to download the recipe.

Click here to download the BeerXML file (to directly import into your favorite brewing software)

This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 16A – Sweet Stout.

Milky Way is a Sweet Stout recipe designed for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery.

Milk Stouts date back to the 1800s and are said to have arisen from the practice of English labourers adding milk to their lunchtime pint of dark beer, boosting its nutritional value and restorative power. Milk was eventually replaced with milk sugar (lactose) during the brewing process, giving rise to the modern day Sweet Stout.

True-to-style, Milky Way is perfect for the winter months, dark with soft roasted malts, silky smooth with notes of coffee and cream and a complementary low level of fruity esters. Moderate levels of carbonation will enhance the beer’s full and smooth mouthfeel and ease of drinking. Best consumed under the stars or next to a roaring fire.

ABV: 5.0%

This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 15B Irish Stout.

The Blarney Stout Is an Irish Stout/Dry Stout recipe designed for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery.

With a history dating back to the 1700’s, evolving from London porters into what was once called a stout porter, the Irish or ‘dry stout’ was popularised by Guinness. In the simplest of terms, it is a black beer with a pronounced roasted flavour similar to coffee and/or dark chocolate. While some versions may have a level of caramel malt sweetness, this recipe is firmly in the dry stout camp, utilising a simple grain bill built upon lovely Marris Otter ale malt, classic roasted barley for roasted coffee notes and colour, and flaked barley for a creamy mouthfeel. Fuggles hops are used for a moderate level of bittering and background earthy notes. Roasty, bitter and restorative mid strength drinking perfect for the cooler months. Go on give it a kiss!