Brew your own version of Fork & Brewer's award winning American Pale Ale "Exit Strategy".

A combination of U0S and NZ hops to create a well-balanced, refreshing and hoppy APA with subtle bitterness. GOLD MEDAL at the 2019 Brewers Guild of New Zealand awards.

ABV: 5.3%

Brew your own version of Fork & Brewer's award winning NZ Pale Ale "Hyperlocal". Dominated by industry favourites, Riwaka and Nelson Sauvin, with a little something extra thrown in to bring the hops together. Classic Sauvignon gooseberry and a little ribe-like blackcurrant. Sweet malt that hints at fragrant bush-honey, a solid minerality and a light citrus zing on the back palate.

This beer is insanely delicous and a must try if you love hoppy New Zealand Pale Ales.

This is the official recipe from "Brew Jesus" Kelly Ryan, head brewer at Fork & Brewer. 

ABV: 5.8%

This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 12B - Australian Sparkling Ale.

Fair Dinkum is an Australian Sparkling Ale designed for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery.

As a trans-tasman version of the style, this recipe was created using all New Zealand ingredients. Notably, Pacific Jade hops replace the more commonly used Australian grown Pride of Ringwood hop. This beer adheres closely to the style guidelines though, and those familiar with Cooper’s Sparkling Ale (brewed since 1862) shouldn’t be disappointed by this modern interpretation from across the ditch. With an initial sweet, bready impression, it is highly attenuated and dry with a robust balancing bitterness. Fruity esters reminiscent of pomme fruit give way to notes of citrus, which along with high levels of carbonation, add to a crisp refreshing finish.

Our Australian buddies might well try to claim the pavlova as their own, but with this recipe you can claim Fair Dinkum as your own perfect summer quaffer.

ABV: 5.5%

This recipe has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 01C - Cream Ale.

Sunshine of your Love is a cream ale designed for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery.

The sun is shining fiercely, it’s hot as hell and you have sweat running down your back after mowing the lawns. What is better than a classic lawnmower beer such as a cream ale? An easy drinking ale, well attenuated and refreshing with more character than typical American lagers.

This beer is all about balance, being subtle and restrained with med-low bitterness and low malt sweetness. Coming in at 5.0% abv, it’s light and crisp, with maize and sugar to lighten the body and soft spicy (herbal and floral) notes from the Willamette hops. High levels of carbonation will make it super refreshing. Suggested music pairing: Cream, Sunshine of your Love.

ABV: 5.0%

This recipe would have been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide, but there isn’t one for an Extra Pale Ale (XPA). Never fear though, Jamie McQuillan from Cell Division designed this recipe drawing on plenty of the good examples he has tried on his beer drinking and brewing journey long before he turned all funky on us!

XPA’s fall loosely under the category of American Pale Ale 18A, but expect an extra pale beer with a stripped back malt backbone allowing the hops to shine. Less bitter than an IPA, but somewhat akin to an IPA with a leaner malt backbone. An easy drinking hoppy summer crusher. Sounds a bit like a NZ Pilsner right? Well, how about a NZ XPA?

Jamie thought this would be the perfect vehicle for an extra special recent delivery of Kohia from Freestyle Hops. Kohia is their latest botanical blend combining Nelson Sauvin and Rakau with dried NZ passionfruit. This all adds up to a delicious, power-charged NZ XPA. It could be the next big thing! Get ahead of the pack and add a Prophecy Pale Ale kit to your shopping cart now.

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.

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 has been designed to be consistent with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 26A: Belgian Single, otherwise known as a Trappist Single, if brewed within the walls of a Trappist monastery.

Monk’s Table is a recipe designed for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery. For many of us who either work for and/or source our brewing supplies from the League of Brewers, brewing is a religious institution. Long before any of us picked up a mash paddle though, the Trappist Monks were honing their brewing craft, with a handful of monasteries retaining their godlike status as breweries to this day. Trappist Singles are a lower abv beer traditionally brewed to be consumed by the monks themselves. In essence, they are a monk’s table beer.

Typical of the style, this recipe is built upon a base of Pilsner malt, but also includes a little Vienna malt to enhance the supporting sweet, grainy finish, along with a touch of chit malt to encourage head formation. With a clean and crisp bittering from Hallertau Mittelfruh and later additions of resinous, earthy Styrian Goldings hops, this table beer will have you going back for refreshing sip after sip. It is all rounded out with punchy and fruity Belgian yeast notes.

I recommend you brew this beer well in advance of the summer months, bottle condition it with high carbonation for an authentic finish, and then crack open a bunch of bottles around the table during your summer festivities. Prost!

This recipe was not specifically designed to be consistent with the BJCP style guides, but we believe it is similar to 18B - American Pale Ale.

This is our take on the beer that is was leading the way for the craft beer revolution as we know it today: The iconic Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.

We've substituted in local malt and some local hops without changing the great balance and drink-ability this beer is known for - mainly because we believe craft is also about using local!

It doesn't get more local than brewing it yourself, right?

ABV: 5.4%

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.