Red Mountain Amber 5-Gallon Beer Making Ingredient kit

Red Mountain Amber Ale — 5 Gallon Kit

Red Mountain sits just off Highway 180 on the way to the Grand Canyon, an extinct volcanic cinder cone that erupted about 740,000 years ago and has been slowly revealing itself ever since. What makes it unusual among cinder cones is its U-shape — erosion has opened the interior into a massive natural amphitheater filled with hoodoos and towering pillars of rust-red volcanic rock that glow against the surrounding forest. The color is striking enough to stop traffic. Geologists and hikers have been pulling over for decades.

The name is straightforward. So is the beer.

Red Mountain Amber is a medium bodied ale built around caramel and nutty malt character from its specialty grain addition — the kind of warm, familiar flavor that makes amber ale one of the most reliably satisfying styles in American craft brewing. Centennial hops balance the malt assertively, adding bitterness and hop flavor that keeps things honest and prevents the sweetness from becoming cloying. Copper colored, balanced and approachable without being boring.

A beer as straightforward and solid as the landscape it’s named for.

No Temperature Control Required 

Our kits use a specially selected ale yeast that ferments cleanly across a remarkably wide temperature range — all the way up to 94°F — with no special equipment or monitoring required. Pitch the whole packet and let it work. Brew in July or January and it performs the same way.

The Dry Malt Difference
Our kits are made exclusively with dry malt extract. It’s more expensive than liquid malt extract but it doesn’t darken or pick up off flavors with age and temperature the way liquid extract does. Fresher ingredients, truer flavors — that’s why we’ve always used it and always will.

Color: Copper
Body: Medium
Bitterness: Medium
Hop Aroma and Flavor: Medium
Alcohol: 5.1% ABV
IBU: 35

Kit includes: Dry malt extract blend, specialty grains, hops, dry yeast, muslin grain bag, priming sugar, bottle caps and step-by-step instructions.

To brew this kit you’ll need: A 5-gallon or larger brew pot, a 6.5-gallon or larger fermenter with airlock, siphoning and bottling equipment, and about 53 clean bottles. A kitchen scale is helpful too.