Martin's American Stout Recipe Kit

This might be the easiest way to make beer you will find. This American Stout recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's American Stout, a 5-gallon all-grain batch, from grain to glass.

The American Stout is what happens when brewers apply the country's love of hops to a dark, roasty beer. It keeps the burnt-grain backbone of an Irish stout, all coffee and dark chocolate and a hint of char, then ramps up the alcohol and bitterness and adds a layer of citrusy American hop aroma on top.

It is black in the glass under a dense tan head. The roast leans bitter rather than sweet, and Cascade rides over the top with a grapefruit note a traditional stout would never carry. At 6.3% and pushing toward 50 IBU, it is a bold, assertive beer, the roasty answer to a West Coast pale ale.

What's In The Kit

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

Fermentables

• 9 lbs · Pale Malt (2 Row) US
• 1 lbs · Caramel 60 → we include Crystal 50
• 1 lbs · Chocolate Malt
• 1 lbs · Munich Malt
• 8.0 oz · Barley, Flaked
• 8.0 oz · Roasted Barley

Hops

• 1 oz · Magnum (Boil, 60.0 min)
• 1 oz · Cascade (Boil, 10.0 min)
• 1 oz · Cascade (Boil, 0.0 min)

Yeast

• American Ale (Wyeast Labs 1056) → 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 Crystal 50 in place of the recipe's Caramel 60. We stock dry yeast only, so SafAle US-05 (American Ale) dry yeast stands in for the recipe's American Ale (Wyeast Labs 1056).