Brew Your Own Beer Starter Kit with Mundsy's Milk Stout - 2-Gallons

Woodcock’s 2 Gallon Mundsy’s Milk Stout Starter Kit

Everything you need to brew your first batch of beer, in one box.

This kit pairs our Mundsy’s Milk Stout ingredient kit with all the equipment you’ll need to brew, ferment and bottle a rich, silky dark ale at home. Two gallons makes almost a case of beer — enough to share, enough to be proud of, small enough to brew in a standard kitchen without taking over your life.

Mundsy’s Milk Stout is a wonderful choice for a first brew — and a frequent surprise for people who assume dark beer means bitter beer. Lactose gives it a creamy, silky texture and a slightly sweet finish that sets it apart from drier stout styles. The deep black color comes from roasted malts, but the overall character is approachable and genuinely satisfying. Named for the Munds family, the pioneer ranchers who drove their cattle up from the Verde Valley to the cool high meadows of what is now Munds Park — the same pines I brew in today.

What’s in the box:

Ingredients: Dry malt extract blend, specialty grains, hops, yeast, muslin grain bag, carbonation drops and bottle caps.

Equipment: 3-gallon fermenting bucket with lid and airlock, auto-siphon, tubing and bottle filler, floating thermometer, heavy-duty bottle capper.

Step-by-step brewing instructions.

You’ll also need: An 8-quart or larger pot, about 22 clean 12-ounce bottles — rinsed empties from your favorite craft brewery work perfectly — and 3 gallons of drinking water. That’s it.

No temperature control needed

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 it in your kitchen in July or January and it performs the same way.

Why 2 gallons?

It’s the Goldilocks batch size. One gallon is too small to be worth the effort. Five gallons requires a large pot, a large fermenter and produces more beer than most beginners want to manage. Two gallons brews in a standard stockpot, ferments in a bucket that fits on a shelf and produces almost a case of finished beer. Enough to actually enjoy.

No temperature control needed

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 it in your kitchen in July or January and it performs the same way.

Why 2 gallons?

It’s the Goldilocks batch size. One gallon is too small to be worth the effort. Five gallons requires a large pot, a large fermenter and produces more beer than most beginners want to manage. Two gallons brews in a standard stockpot, ferments in a bucket that fits on a shelf and produces almost a case of finished beer. Enough to actually enjoy.

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.

Free shipping on all starter kits within the contiguous United States.

My guarantee

If you’re not happy with your kit for any reason, I’ll replace it or refund your order. No complicated process, no runaround. Just reach out and I’ll handle it personally.