This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 6B - Rauchbier.

The Rauchbier is a German style lager exhibiting the classic toasty-rich malt, restrained bitterness and clean fermentation profile of a Märzen. A relatively dry finish is accentuated by beechwood smoked malt, which can range in intensity to subtle to strong. Don’t fear the smoke though. Beers brewed with up to 90% of beechwood smoked malt can have a surprisingly soft smoke character and this recipe is a deliberately restrained and balanced example for brewers wanting to play with smoke, but not jump in the fire.

Up In Smoke pours a deep amber hue with great clarity and creamy head. The smoke and malt are carefully balanced so that neither overwhelms the other. The level of smoke should entice the drinker at the first sniff and not overly dominate, and also add a chewable savoury note. This is helped along greatly by the German beechwood smoked malt League of Brewers stocked especially for this beer, layered on a malty base of German Munich Dark and Vienna malts. All of this is rounded out with gentle bittering and floral and spicy undertones from the German-grown Hallertauer Mittelfrüh hops. Best brewed with German precision, just ask Ed.

This recipe was not specifically designed to be consistent with the BJCP style guides, but we believe it is similar to 07A - Vienna Lager.

Mexico - known in the world for bland beers you need a lime to give flavor to - has also been strongly influenced by Austrian brewers sometime in the 19th century.
The Mexican Vienna style lager is a beautiful malty amber lager - clean bready & toasty malt flavors just balanced enough by noble hops to make this beer highly sessionable.

ABV: 4.2%

This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 9A - Doppelbock.

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

Doppelbocks originate from Munich, having been brewed by St. Francis of Paula as early as the 1700s. Referred to as liquid bread, Doppelbocks are strong, rich, malty German lagers with plenty to chew on. This is particularly true for darker versions such as this one, although lighter more recent interpretations that are hoppier with a  drier finish, do exist. Pouring a deep copper colour with a lingering off-white head, The Doppler Effect is gently bittered with a low hop profile and should drink with the perception of sweetness and a clean fermentation profile. The use of a decoction mash will help to bring out caramelisation and milliard reactions, bringing increased depth of malt character which is complemented by soft, toasted notes.

Grizzly American Brown is a recipe designed for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery.

This beer was created to push the upper limits of the American Brown Ale style and verges on a Brown IPA. It pours a deep, dark brown colour without any harsh roasted notes and displays a lasting tan head. Soft and rounded toasty chocolate notes give way to a firm balancing bitterness and lingering resinous grapefruit and pine, thanks to generous additions of Centennial and Simcoe hops. At an easy drinking abv of 6.3%, this beer you will leave you with nothing to grizzle about.

ABV: 6.3%

This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 13A: Dark Mild.

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

Originating in the United Kingdom, Milds have a long history and have changed a great deal with the passing of time. The Dark Milds of today are a style with a wide scope of interpretation, ranging in colour from copper to deep brown in colour.  They are a great low alcohol British-style session ale that pack a flavour punch well above their abv.

Britannia pours a deep copper colour, with soft notes of caramel, chocolate and roasted coffee on the nose and palate. A medium body and smooth mouthfeel are well suited to low to medium levels of carbonation, especially on hand pull as is traditional for this style.  English grown Target hops provide a supporting bitterness and undertones of earthy and floral flavours. Thirst inducing, thirst quenching!

This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 13B - British Brown Ale.

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

British Brown Ales provide excellent, restorative drinking for any hard-working individual, hobnail boot-wearing or otherwise. The modern British brown ale is usually a little stronger than most average UK beers, and as a style has considerable scope for interpretation. They can range from lighter more hoppy versions through to darker malty versions with caramel notes. However, strongly roasted flavours should not be present, even in a darker iteration such as this one.

An exercise in moderation, this take on the style delivers moderate caramel sweetness balanced out with balanced levels of bittering from English grown target hops. Gentle, fruity British ale yeast notes are rounded out by earthy and floral East Kent Goldings hops. Get your boots on and brew it!

This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 8A-Munich Dunkel.

Ein-Stein is a Munich Dunkel recipe designed for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery.

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out where this dark European lager originates from. It hails from Munich in Germany way back in the 1830’s, coinciding with the development of Munich malt.  As it turns out, Gladfield malt here in NZ makes some very fine Munich malt of their own. If you haven’t tried it then this a great recipe to give it a whirl as the base malt.

Munich Dunkels are great mid-strength drinking. They present deep coppery brown and malty with toasted bread notes, hints of chocolate and caramel and a notable absence of roasty burnt notes. They are medium in body but with no cloying sweetness and a gentle bittering that makes for a smooth rich and nourishing lager. For the more adventurous brewer, this recipe is an ideal place to try out your skills with decoction mashing. The option of a simple double decoction approach is included in the instructions to get you started, after which you might want to explore the possibility of a more intensive triple decoction to further develop those deep malty flavours. Experiment and have fun, it’s definitely not quantum physics. Prost!

This recipe was not specifically designed to be consistent with the BJCP style guides, but we believe it is similar to 19C - American Brown Ale.

Brew our Marchfest 2018 beer at home. Our tribute to Mike "Tasty" McDole's award-winning "Janet's Brown", Tasty AF is all about the malt AND the hops.

Uses lots of classic American hops, Cascade leading supported by Willamette.

ABV: 6.5%

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

This recipe was not specifically designed to be consistent with the BJCP style guides, but we believe it is similar to 21A - American IPA.

If you miss a proper IPA with good bitterness in today's flood of hazy - this is it. You get a big punch (it's Rocky after all) of citrus & tropical fruit flavours from Simcoe & Mosaic with a light dry malt base to let the hops shine.

6% ABV

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)