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.

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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!

This recipe was not specifically designed to be consistent with the BJCP style guides, but we believe it is similar to 16B - Oatmeal Stout.

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).

This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 22B: American Strong Ale.

American Gladiator is an American Strong Ale recipe designed for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery.

Rather than being a distinct style, American Strong Ales are a grouping of beers with a similar balance and profile, all of which are strong, bitter and malty without quite entering barley wine territory. Stepping into the ring at 8.3% we have our very own American Gladiator - strong, with a bitter attitude, boasting a solid juicy malt backbone and the perfect balance of any great performer. On top of all that, be sure to brace yourself for a solid punch in the form of resinous piney and grapefruity American hops. Ding ding ding, get in the ring and brew it!

This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 17C - Wee Heavy.

Wee Willy is a Wee Heavy recipe designed for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery. Also known as a Strong Scotch Ale, beers of this ilk came about during the 1800s in Scotland.

This recipe was fittingly designed in Dunedin, our very own Edinburgh of the south. The Scot’s knew what they were doing, as Wee Heavies are perfect for winter drinking and rainy days. This beer is full of deep and rich malty flavours and aromas. It exhibits bready, biscuity and gentle toasted notes with smooth toffee and caramel flavours which are rounded out with dried fruit esters and warming alcohol. The restrained but balancing level of bitterness, earthy floral hops, a full chewy mouthfeel and moderate levels of carbonation make for dangerously tasty drinking. So, don yer kilt and get brewing. Just like Haggis, it’ll taste as good as it sounds!

ABV: 6.8%

This recipe was not specifically designed to be consistent with the BJCP style guides, but we believe it is similar to 17D - English Barleywine.

This limited edition recipe was originally the first in our new "Lallemand edition" series - sponsored by Lallemand and Gladfield! It proved so popular that we sold out so we've decided to keep it going without the free yeast (sorry!).

"By Jupiter" is our version of an English Barleywine - full of complex malt flavours balanced by English hops fermented with an English yeast. This kit contains 7.5kg delicious malt by Gladfield - plan your brew day accordingly, give the mash some time to fully convert & extract. 

We would probably bottle the whole batch just to experience the journey of how a high gravity beer (By Jupiter, the gravity!) develops over time.

Target ABV 8.5% & up (you can add sugar to boost the gravity if you prefer it stronger)

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 uses some ingredients that are not included and must be sourced locally - coriander seeds and orange zest. See the recipe for details.

This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 24A - Witbier.

White wit-ch is a Belgian witbier recipe designed for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery.

A witbier is a spiced wheat beer with a long history said to date back to the use of blended botanicals in beer by the monks of 14th century Belgium. Thereafter, witbiers were produced by small farms around the town of Hoegaarden from the 16th to the 19th century when they began to fall out of favour. In the 1960’s, a Belgian called Piere Celis resurrected the witbier in his brewery (Brouwerij De Kluis), which later became Hoegaarden. Hoegaarden’s Wit Blanch is produced to this day and is one of the best-known wit beers on the market. Celis later went on to establish Celis Brewery and produced America’s original witbier. Now you can brew your own too!

This recipe should drink true to style - pale/straw coloured, hazy, bready, delicately spiced with its herbal hops, coriander seed and orange zest complementing but not overwhelming the yeast character. Dry, but not overly dry, with a touch of sweetness and a lovely, soft mouth feel, while remaining crisp and refreshing with an effervescent level of carbonation. It’s the perfect summer quaffer.

ABV: 5.1%

This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 10A - Weissbier

Heffervess is a Weissbier/Hefeweizen recipe designed for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery. Careful attention to the brewing approach described in the notes, will result in a true-to-style German wheat beer.

Heffervess will pour pale and cloudy with an almost luminous shine from the yeast and wheat, capped with a long-lasting and pillowy white head (especially if bottle conditioned). Classic aromas and flavours of bananas and cloves will be supported by soft, bready and grainy malts and spicy, floral hops. The beer will present with a creamy, soft body and low bitterness, finishing dry and spritzy. Heffervescent!

ABV: 5.4%