Sarah's Irish Red 2-Gallon Beer Making Ingredient kit

Sarah's Irish Red — 2 Gallon Kit

My grandmother Sarah Fitzstephens Woodcock was born in 1890 in Corlummin, County Cork, Ireland. She came to the United States before she was nine years old, settled in western New York, and lived until 1965 — a year before I was born. I never got to meet her, but she left her name in the family and her homeland left its mark on this beer.

Irish Red Ale is exactly the kind of unpretentious, honest beer you'd expect from a brewing tradition shaped by hard work and modest means. This one gets its distinctive copper-red color from a small addition of roasted barley and its toffee-like warmth from a blend of caramel malts. Lightly hopped, medium bodied and quietly satisfying — the kind of beer that belongs on a cold night by a fire with nothing pressing to do.

A beer for slowing down. Named for someone I wish I'd known.

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-Red
Body: Medium
Bitterness: Medium
Hop Aroma and Flavor: Low
Alcohol: 5.1% ABV
IBU: 25

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

To brew this kit you'll need: An 8-quart or larger pot, the equipment in our 2-Gallon Starter Kit, and about 22 clean bottles. A kitchen scale is helpful too.