• OKTOBERFEST
  • AMERICAN WHEAT
  • CANADIAN ALE
  • CERVESA
  • CREAM ALE
  • HONEY ALE
  • FROSTER'S LAGER
  • BUXOM BAVARIAN
  • BUD LITE
  • BALLENTINE ALE

  • OKTOBERFEST $28.95
    This is a rich traditional brew for the cooler days of Autumn. Brewed with a full 6.6 pounds of malt extract for a little stronger malty sweetness and higher kick. Imported German Hallertau hops provide perfect balance.
  • 3 LB. Coopers Lager
  • 3 LB. Coopers Plain Amber
  • 4 oz. Caravienna Malt
  • 1 oz. Finishing Hops
  • 2 ea. Hop Bags
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 5 oz. Priming Sugar
  • 50 Bottle Caps
  • Place 1 gallon of water into the brew kettle. Put the flaked barley into the a boiling bag and place in the water. Bring the water to a boil and remember to remove the grain bag just prior to the boiling point.
  • Place the hops into a boiling bag and add them to the pot. Stir in the amber malt extract and boil for 15 minutes. Stir the kettle frequently to prevent darkening the wort.

  • Turn off the heat and stir in the Coopers Lager malt extract. Keep stirring to ensure syrup is fully dissolved, taking special care to run a spoon along bottom of pot.
  • Add one gallon of cold water to the kettle. Pour remaining water into your fermenter then add the cooled wort. Pitch yeast when temperature is between 70 and 80 degrees. 

  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.

    AUSTRALIAN MILD ALE $24.95
    This kit is a perfect summer brew using a quick brew method which produces a beer for when the weathers hot.  Here's the "down under" take on the traditional English session ale.  Mild is a perfect brew for summer due to it's lower alcohol and refreshing, thirst quenching flavor.  Kind of a "light beer" with real beer in it.
  • 3 LB. Coopers Australian Pale
  • 1 LB. Plain Light Dry Malt
  • 1 oz. Finishing Hops
  • 1 ea. Hop Bag
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 5 oz. Priming Sugar
  • 50 Bottle Caps


  • Place 2 quarts of water into the brew kettle and bring to a boil.  Remove from the heat and stir in the dry malt extract. Keep stirring until the powder is completely dissolved.
  • Stir in the can of Australian Pale Malt.  Rinse the can with hot water to get all of it.  Stir the pot to ensure syrup is fully dissolved, taking special care to run a spoon along bottom of pot.
  • Place the hops in the hop bag, tie closed and place in the pot.  Cover and let the kettle cool until you can touch it.  This will provide the time needed to extract fresh hop aroma.
  • Place 4 gallons of cool water in your fermentor. Remove the hop bag from the cooled wort and add wort to the fermentor.  Pitch the yeast. 
  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.

  • SLAM ATOMS $28.95
    Try this recipe for your next Boston Beer Party. It was developed by a bloke from down under after a visit to the States where he found that Sam Adam's was the only drinkable beer in America. He said, "This is a very different American beer, with the color of a plain pale ale, the tangy flavor of a larger and the full body and bitter aftertaste of an Indian Pale Ale."
  • Coopers Draft Lager 
  • 2 LB. Light DME
  • 1/4 LB. Caravienna Malt
  • 1 oz. Finishing Hops
  • 2 ea. Hop Bags
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 1 cup Priming Sugar
  • 50 Bottle Caps


  • Place 1 gallon of water into the brew kettle. Place the hop pellets into a boiling bag and tie it closed. Put the caravienna malt into the other boiling bag and place in the water along with the hops. Bring the water to a boil and remember to remove the grain bag just prior to the boiling point. Leave the hops in the pot. 
  • Stir in the dry malt extract into the kettle and boil for 10 minutes. Stir the kettle frequently to prevent darkening the wort.
  • Turn off the heat and stir in the Coopers Lager malt extract. Keep stirring until the malt is completely dissolved.
  • Turn of the heat and add one gallon of cold water to the kettle. Pour remaining water into your fermenter then add the cooled wort. Pitch yeast when temperature is between 70 and 80 degrees. 
  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.

  • AMERICAN WHEAT BEER $28.95
    Another American classic for the Forth of July. American Wheat beer has the refreshing, light flavor of German Wheat beers without the heavy yeast character. American Wheat is perfect when served with a wedge of fresh lemon.
  • 1 Coopers Wheat Beer
  • 2 LB. X-Light DME
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 1 cup Priming Sugar
  • 50 Bottle Caps


  • Place 1 gallon of water into the brew kettle. Bring the water to a boil.
  • Stir the dry malt extract into the kettle and boil for 10 minutes. Stir the kettle frequently to prevent darkening the wort.
  • Turn off the heat and stir in the Coopers Wheat malt extract. Keep stirring until the malt is completely dissolved.
  • Add one gallon of cold water to the kettle. Pour remaining water into your fermenter then add the cooled wort. Pitch yeast when temperature is between 70 and 80 degrees. 
  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.

  • FROSTER'S SUMMER BREW $28.95
    Here's a classic beer from down under, unlike it's almost name sake which is actually brewed Up Over (in Canada). Froster's is one of my summer favorites and it's sure to convert a few of your neighbors to the joys of homebrew.
  • 4 oz. Carapils Malt
  • 1 ea. Coopers Canadian Blond
  • 2 LB. Extra Light Dry Malt
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 1 cup Priming Sugar
  • 1 hop bag
  • 50 Bottle Caps


  • Place 1 gallon of water into the brew kettle. Put the Carapils malt into one of the boiling bags and place in the water. Bring the water to a boil and remember to remove the grain bag just prior to the boiling point.
  • Stir the dry malt extract into the kettle. Place into the kettle and boil for 10 minutes. Stir the kettle frequently to prevent darkening the wort.
  • Turn off the heat and stir in the Coopers Lager malt extract. Keep stirring until the malt is completely dissolved.
  • Add one gallon of cold water to the kettle. Pour remaining water into your fermenter then add the cooled wort. Pitch yeast when temperature is between 70 and 80 degrees. 
  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.

  • CINCO de MAYO CERVEZA $28.95
    Here's a welcome recipe that is sure to get you ready for summer. Do you know that most Mexican beers are actually Bohemian Style Lagers? We've come up with a classic golden refresher that's quick to brew and great served ice cold on the deck or patio.
  • 1 oz. Finishing Hop Pellets
  • 1 ea. Coopers Mexican Cerveza
  • 1 LB. Extra Light Dry Malt
  • 1 LB. Corn Sugar
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 1 hop bag
  • 50 Bottle Caps


  • Place 1 gallon of water into the brew kettle. 
  • Place the hop pellets into the boiling bag and tie it closed. Place into the kettle and boil for 3 minutes. 
  • Measure out 3/4 cup of the corn sugar and save this for priming the bottles. Stir the remaining corn sugar and the dry malt extract into the kettle. Stir the kettle frequently to prevent darkening the wort. Boil for 5 minutes.
  • Turn off the heat and stir in the Cerveza Malt Extract. Keep stirring until the malt is completely dissolved.
  • Add one gallon of cold water to the kettle. Pour remaining water into your fermenter then add the cooled wort. Pitch yeast when temperature is between 70 and 74 degrees. 
  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.

  • BUD LITE $27.95
    A summertime favorite! A light bodies, sparkling, thirst quenching brew. This is as close to the original as a homebrew can get without being to embarrassed. I will confess that I brew and drink this recipe because sometimes you just want to be one of the boys or ladies.
  • 1 ea. Ironmaster American Lite
  • 1 LB. Extra Light Dry Malt
  • 1 pk. Brewer's Yeast
  • 1 cup Priming Sugar
  • 50 Bottle Caps


  • Place 1 gallon of water into the brew kettle. Bring the water to a boil.
  • Stir the dry malt extract into the kettle and boil for 5 minutes. Stir the kettle frequently to prevent darkening the wort.
  • Turn off the heat and stir in the American Lite extract. Keep stirring until the malt is completely dissolved.
  • Add one gallon of cold water to the kettle. Pour remaining water into your fermenter then add the cooled wort. Pitch yeast when temperature is between 70 and 80 degrees. 
  • Ferment and bottle using your usual methods.
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