American Wheat Ale - 5-Gallon Kit
An American Wheat, Woody Mountain Wheat is hopped more aggressively than its German cousins and is fermented with yeast that produces a cleaner flavored beer, without the banana and clove flavors characteristic of a German Hefeweizen. This kit makes a light and refreshing beer with pleasant Cascade hop flavor and aroma. No need for specialty grains in this kit.
I'm not sure how 5-Gallons became the standard batch size for homebrewers, but it's been that way for as long as I can remember, and since before home beer brewing was even legal. To brew this kit, you'll need a 5-Gallon or larger brew pot as well as at least a 6.5-Gallon fermenter, airlock, siphoning and bottling or kegging equipment. 5-Gallons fills about 53 12-ounce bottles. A good kitchen scale for measuring hops would help too.
The Dry Malt Difference
Our kits are made exclusively with Dry Malt Extract. Dry malt is more expensive, but I think it makes better extract beers. Unlike liquid malt extract, dry malt doesn't darken or pick up off flavors with high storage temperatures and age.
Kit includes: dry malt extract blend, specialty grains, hops, yeast, muslin grain bag, priming sugar, bottle caps and step-by-step instructions.
Color: Straw
Body: Medium
Bitterness: Low
Hop Aroma and Flavor: Medium
Alcohol Content: 5.2 % A.B.V.
IBU: 22
Original Gravity: 1.050