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RECIPE KITS
Feeling a little overwhelmed with all of the possible ingredients to make a beer out of? Try one of our peer reviewed recipes and ingredient kits instead! Each of these recipes are designed and hand crafted by the staff at KJ.
All kits include the required ingredients and instructions.
Beer of the Month
Every month we make a new recipe and feature it at a discounted price for the entire month. They're available for purchase both online and in-store.
Just like all of our other recipes, these kits are designed to be easy to make, and include complete step by step instructions.
Winter Lager
$33.99
Winter Lager
Amber Lager – 5.5 Gal - OG 1.043 – FG 1.000 – ABV 5.2% - IBU 14 – SRM 8.5
Lagers are great for warm weather beer drinking, and if there is one thing I know about February in Ontario, it is not warm. Here comes a Winter Lager. It is still easy drinking like blonde lagers, but this one has an added malt character that adds body, a bit of caramel and graininess to the smooth lager profile we all love. The newly arrived 2020 Cascade hops will add an extra pine/floral character to the beer – but at the end of the day – this is an easy drinking lager.
This recipe uses one of Escarpment Labs new ‘fake’ lager yeasts called Jordal. Fake in the sense that they deliver clean lager like performance, but are designed to be fermented at an easy to maintain 18-22°C.
The last fun part about this recipe is that we use our “magic juice” ie, Amylo 300 to get the fermentation to finish at 1.000. This results in a lower calorie, and cleaner tasting beer.
This is a kick ass amber lager, that is deadly simple to make, and an absolute crowd (when that is allowed again) pleaser!
Full Description and Instructions
Ingredients
Grains
- Vienna x 4.5lbs
- Red X x 4.0lbs
- Acidulated Malt x .2lbs
Hops
- Cascade (7.9% A.A.) - 1.0 oz @ 5 minutes
- Cascade (7.9% A.A.) - 1.0 oz @ 0 minutes
Yeast
- KRISPY (Escarpment Labs)
- Due to supply constraints, we replaced Jordal with KRISPY. KRISPY is an evolved version of Jordal that we find creates a better, cleaner tasting beer.
Extras (Must be purchased separately)
- Amylo 300 (use 1/10th of an ounce when pitching the yeast)
- DME/Dextrose - 150g at bottling for priming