Martin's Belgian IPA Recipe Kit

If you have been wanting to make beer at home, start right here. This Belgian IPA recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's Belgian IPA, a 5-gallon all-grain batch, from grain to glass.

The Belgian IPA is a modern hybrid, an attempt to marry the hop intensity of an American IPA with the spicy, fruity character that Belgian yeast throws off. It took shape in the 2000s as Belgian brewers answered the craft hop movement and American brewers reached for abbey and saison strains. The result comes out drier than most IPAs, with pepper and orchard fruit from fermentation sitting next to the bitterness.

Here the hopping leans continental, using Styrian Goldings, Saaz, and Tettnang instead of the usual American citrus, which lets the abbey yeast lead. The beer pours pale gold and finishes crisp and slightly warming.

What's In The Kit

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

Fermentables

• 10 lbs · Pilsner; Belgian
• 2 lbs · 2-row Belgian Pale Malt
• 1 lbs · Biscuit Malt

Hops

• 2 oz · Styrian Goldings (Boil, 60.0 min)
• 1 oz · Saaz Pellets (Boil, 15.0 min)
• 1 oz · Tettnang (Boil, 15.0 min)
• 1 oz · Tettnang Pellets (Boil, 0.0 min)

Yeast

• Belgian Ardennes (Wyeast Labs 3522) → we include SafAle BE-256 (Belgian Abbey)

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

Recipe At A Glance

A Note On Substitutions

We stock dry yeast only, so SafAle BE-256 (Belgian Abbey) dry yeast stands in for the recipe's Belgian Ardennes (Wyeast Labs 3522).