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%

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.

This recipe is designed to be in keeping with the 2021 BJCP Style guide 10C - Weizenbock.

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

As should be expected from a Weizenbock, it is a strong malty version of a German wheat beer, full of the classic yeast-derived flavours and aromas of a Weissbier. Built upon a grist of mostly NZ malts and wheat-driven at its core, the beer is amber in colour and has a bready and toasty depth to match, thanks to a generous dose of Weyermann’s Munich Type II (Dark) and a touch of dark crystal malt. Gentle bittering with Hallertau Hersbrucker hops, a creamy mouthfeel and a touch of warming booziness help round it all out. Wunderbar!

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

Dark Matter is a recipe created for The League of Brewers by Jamie McQuillan of Cell Division Brewery. You could say that a Dunkles Weissbier (otherwise known as dunkelweizen) is a traditional old-world version of a Bavarian wheat beer, which were mostly dark back in the day, with the paler and perhaps more well known Weissbier becoming more popular in the 1960’s.

True to style, Dark Matter combines the yeast and wheat characters of a Weissbier with the malty richness of a Munich Dunkel. You should expect the classic banana-and-clove-like weizen yeast notes on a supportive toasted bready malt, with a touch of caramel. It will pour a dark copper colour and drink smooth and creamy with a refreshingly dry and light finish.

Continuing the trend with some of Jamie’s recent recipes for traditional German beer styles, this kit includes optional instructions for a decoction mash, a technique that is traditionally used in the brewing of a Dunkles Weissbier. This will help bring out the bready and malty flavours and for brewers who are curious about decoction mashing, this is an excellent style of beer to start experimenting. Prost.

Be part of The League with this 540ml IPA glass, complete with League of Brewers logo.

This glass is an excellent choice for any IPA enthusiast, as it enhances the overall drinking experience by ensuring that the beer maintains its optimal carbonation, aroma, and flavor.

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.

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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 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!