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!

Thanks to the good folk at NZ Hops, we have been given a very limited amount of Nectaron® Cryo Hops® pellets to sell to our customers prior to them becoming available for everyone else!!

Passionately crafted over 17 years, Nectaron® provides an intense mix of distinctive pineapple stone fruit citrus that lends itself perfectly to a range of beer styles including NEIPA, IPA, Pale Ales and Lagers. Nectaron is best used late or when dry hopping and has proven itself as an award winning hop, delivering a consistent dose of high quality tropical hop character every time.

Cryo Hops® pellets are the concentrated lupulin of whole-leaf hops containing resins and aromatic oils. It is designed to provide intense hop flavor and aroma, enabling brewers to efficiently dose large quantities of alpha acids and oils without introducing astringent flavors or vegetative material. Cryo Hops® pellets can be utilized anywhere whole-leaf hops and hop pellets are traditionally applied.

The NZ Pale Ale is a style that does not currently feature in the BJCP Style guide, but if it did, we think this recipe would hit all the right notes. The Brewers Association (USA) have recently added the NZ Pale to their style guide, and in essence it is kiwi version of an American Pale Ale, celebrating kiwi rather than American hops.

Developed by Jamie McQuillan from Cell Division, this recipe is loosely based on award winning home brew APA recipe. It utilises a 100% NZ malt bill from the Canterbury Plains, providing a pale amber colour and just enough malt backbone to carry the punchy hops and firm bitterness. It finishes relatively dry and yet has enough body and a light perception of sweetness to keep you reaching for more. Expect classic kiwi hop notes rather than the tropical notes of some of our more recent hop varieties. Citrus, stone fruit and diesel undertones are rounded out with a generous dose of gooseberry flavour and aroma that only Nelson Sauvin hops can bring.

Get ahead of the pack with this delicious version of a newly recognised style and pay homage to our hop growing history at the same time. Cheers!

This recipe was designed to broadly fit within the 2021 BJCP Style guide 25B: Saison.

Wild One was created for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery to showcase a cool new wild yeast called Wilding. Isolated by Froth Technologies and hailing from the Rangitīkei District, Wilding throws fruity notes of banana, pear and apple esters, with spicy phenolic notes and a crisp, bone dry finish.

Saisons/farmhouse ales are hugely variable as a style and this one is designed specifically with the brewing properties of the Wilding yeast in mind. It is built on a base of pilsner malt with some Vienna added for a touch of biscuity character, along with some spicy rye malt for an improved mouth feel/length of finish. Motueka and East Kent Goldings hops bring fruity citrus and earthy and spicy, herbal and floral notes, with just a touch of honey.

Wild One could be considered the big sister to Jamie’s previous saison recipe, Haymaker Saison. It is equally pale, bright and refreshing but with a little more malt character and an extra flavour punch at ~6.5 % abv helped along by some lovely fermentation character from the Wilding yeast. To find out more about brewing saisons, you might like to read Jamie’s article, For the Love of Saisons, which you can find on The League’s blog. Cheers.

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Peacharine is a new advanced selection from Freestyle Hop's breeding programme.

This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 1D - American Wheat Beer.

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

Hailing from the 1980’s, American Wheat Beers emerged as breweries in the US attempted to emulate European beers, and then adding their own unique twists. American Wheat beers are a reinterpretation of the classic German Hefeweizen, brewed with less expressive yeast strains to produce a subtle fruity finish without the typical phenolics and banana esters of weizen yeast. A high proportion of wheat delivers a cloudy and pillowy drinking experience, with a slight tangy, lemony finish.

Delicious on its own, Fields of Gold also creates a beautiful foundation for fruit additions. Summer and the bounty of fruit it brings is just around the corner, so if you are considering fruit additions we recommend checking out Jamie’s brewing with fruit article on the LoB blog to get you started. Jamie’s top pick for this beer would be apricots.

If you like Garage Project Hapi Daze, you will love this one. Brewed with a unique NZ Hop combo of Motueka, Riwaka, Wai-iti and Nelson Sauvin to make a truly NZ Pale Ale. So quick and easy to brew with Brick Road - around 40 minutes prep time.

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Please note the amount of hops we have supplied may be more than the recipe requires due to the package size of hops we are able to provide. Please follow the recipe.

A tropical fruit platter of mango, pineapple and stone fruits. Made with wheat malt, lactose and tropical hops, this super-juicy Pale Ale will bring paradise to your lips. So quick and easy to brew with Brick Road - around 40 minutes prep time.

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New Zealand Pilsner style was first created by Richard Emerson. It is a lighter version of a European Pilsner, with a malt base designed to showcase the NZ hops. The distinctive fresh, fruity flavours of Riwaka, Motueka and Nelson Sauvin hops are the highlights of this refreshing beer. 

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