Crystal Point Blonde Ale 5-Gallon Beer Making Ingredient kit

Crystal Point Blonde Ale — 5 Gallon Kit

The Crystal Point Trail starts just outside Munds Park and winds 6.8 miles through Coconino National Forest to a quartz-rich rock outcropping that gives the trail its name. On a clear day the summit offers sweeping views of Oak Creek Canyon and the ponderosa pine forest stretching in every direction. Locals have kept trail logbooks up there for decades — a small, quiet tradition in a place worth remembering.

It’s a trail I know well. It seemed like the right name for a beer that’s equally at home here.

Blonde Ale doesn’t ask much of you and gives a lot in return. Crystal Point is lightly hopped, clean and gold colored — the kind of beer that goes with any food, suits any occasion and can be enjoyed by people who just want their beer to taste like beer. Light in color but all malt — no rice, no adjuncts, no shortcuts. Just a well made, honest ale that delivers exactly what it promises.

A good first brew. A reliable regular. Both at once.

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: Gold
Body: Medium
Bitterness: Low
Hop Aroma and Flavor: Low
Alcohol: 5.2% ABV
IBU: 20

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.