Martin's American Lager Recipe Kit

Make your own beer at home and you may never buy a six-pack again. This American Lager recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's American Lager, a 5-gallon all-grain batch, from grain to glass.

The American Lager is the full-strength cousin of the light lager, the standard pale beer that defined American drinking through the twentieth century. Built by German-trained brewers working with local grain, it uses a portion of corn to keep the body light and the flavor smooth while pale malt supplies just enough backbone.

Expect a bright straw-gold pour, a clean grainy-sweet malt note, and a soft, rounded finish with only a light hop balance. A little Vienna malt adds a hint of extra depth over the lightest examples. It is a refreshing, sessionable lager that lives or dies on clean fermentation and a good cold conditioning.

What's In The Kit

Your American Lager recipe kit includes everything below, portioned and ready to brew. All you add is water.

Fermentables

• 7 lbs 8.0 oz · 2-row American Pale Malt (Briess) → we include 2-Row Pale Malt
• 1 lbs 4.0 oz · Flaked Corn
• 12.0 oz · Vienna Malt

Hops

• 1.25 oz · Hallertauer Pellets (Boil, 60.0 min)

Yeast

• California Ale (White Labs WLP001) → we include SafAle US-05 (American Ale)

Water treatment salts and any specialty extras are noted with the recipe.

Recipe At A Glance

A Note On Substitutions

This kit includes 2-Row Pale Malt in place of the recipe's 2-row American Pale Malt (Briess). We stock dry yeast only, so SafAle US-05 (American Ale) dry yeast stands in for the recipe's California Ale (White Labs WLP001).