3 Gallon Malt Extract Homebrew Beer Kits
These 3-gallon malt extract homebrew beer kits have been designed and packaged for the beginner to the intermediate brewer. Some of these recipe kits may contain specialty grains, Belgian candi syrup and/or lactose.
We have included the estimated AVB, recipes and instructions on all of our malt extract kits, and as with all of our OBK beer recipe kits, the ingredients are not picked and packaged until your order has been placed and is ready to ship. (more info below)
We have included the estimated AVB, recipes and instructions on all of our malt extract kits, and as with all of our OBK beer recipe kits, the ingredients are not picked and packaged until your order has been placed and is ready to ship. (more info below)
A bitter but well balanced malty, clean smooth and well attenuated copper coloured German-style ale. Typically fermented at cooler temperatures than most ales, this brew has a crisp malt character and assertive hop bitterness. A long lasting, dry, bittersweet and nutty finish. Low hop flavour and restrained fruity esters from yeast.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$32.49
This is a simpler, basic Amber Ale. Mild hop flavour and aroma, with a fuller malt background. There is sweetness derived from the amber and dark malt extracts. Very drinkable, easy to brew beer.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$31.99
Specialty grains assist with both the caramel aroma and balanced flavour. Similar to an America Pale ale, this extract kit has more caramel richness and citrusy American hop character.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$33.99
A well-hopped American interpretation of the strongest and richest of the English ales. Hop character is very evident throughout the flavour, but keeps it's balance with a matching heavy malt base. Alcohol strength and hop bitterness combine to leave a very long finish. Strong and intense malt and hop flavours in this large brew. Sweetness is subtle. Resinous, pine, grapefruit and citrus hop flavour matched with caramel, bready malt flavour.
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Est. ABV: 8.5% | Recipe & Instructions
$48.99
This brew is malty, slightly sweet and rich with aromas of chocolate, caramel, and a pleasant toastiness. Hop aroma is there, but as a complementing background aroma of floral and citrus. Malty nuttiness in the flavour combined with robust chocolate character with a medium bitterness.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$33.99
A decidedly bitter and hoppy, moderately strength pale ale. Aroma is a prominent citrus, resinous pine aroma with some clean malt sweetness coming through. Flavour is intense hop flavours from American hops, citrus, fruity, grapefruit and pine. Excellent bitterness.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$39.99
Enjoy 3.25 gallons of hoppy, refreshing American Pale Ale using this beer recipe kit that employs both extract and specialty grains. Citrus and grapefruit flavour and aroma come through along with a sweetness that the caramel malt steeping grains provide.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$33.99
Aroma is coffee-like roast and hints of chocolate and floral/citrus hops. Flavour is roasted grain, coffee, chocolate, caramel, and a mild bitterness. Overall a very dark, roasty, creamy ale.
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Est. ABV: 7% | Recipe & Instructions
$46.49
A new twist on the classic amber style of ale. The base of the beer is built on amber dry malt extract to bring a malt caramel richness to the beer. The beer is then accented with traditional Belgian Candi Syrup to bring in some dark fruity flavours, nuttiness, toffee and even more caramel. Flavouring additions from the hops and yeast balance out the malt with fruity and floral flavours, aromas and esters.
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Est. ABV: 5.5% | Recipe & Instructions
$37.99
A moderate-strength golden ale that has a subtle Belgian complexity., slightly sweet flavour, and dry finish. Flavour is smooth and light initially, comparative to a Pilsner, but finishes dry with some medium hop flavours of floral and earthy. Some soft yeast character will be present as well, esters produced are orange/lemon-like. Aromas are much of the same classic Belgian floral, fruity esters.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$33.99
A deep reddish/brown, moderately strength complex Belgian ale. Dubbel's contain rich, complex flavours from a malty body. Sweetness on the palate yet finishes moderately dry. Complex malt, and yeast esters produce slightly raisiny flavours as well as flavours of dried fruit, clove and a hint of burnt sugars. Balance is always toward the malt with little to no hop flavour. Medium bitterness that doesn't persist into the finish.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$35.49
A golden, complex, effervescent, strong Belgian-style ale. Fruity and spicy in flavour with subtle hints of alcohol is the style. Supported by a soft malt character and displays flavours and aromas of pears and oranges from the yeast's fruity esters. Alcohol's are soft and spicy. Mild bitterness and a fruity, earthy, and floral finish from the hops.
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Est. ABV: 8.5% | Recipe & Instructions
$42.49
A dry, pale Belgian-style ale brewed with a dose of European and American hops. Light grain and fruity esters are the background for this brew, leading to the standout hop flavours of earthy, floral and citrus. A great hybrid of a Belgian Pale Ale and American IPA. Moderate bitterness.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$40.49
A fruity, moderately malty and somewhat spicy, easy drinking, copper-coloured ale. Belgian Pales are a somewhat complex ale, gathering flavours from a balance of the specialty grains, yeast, and hops. The malt brings flavours of slight caramel and biscuit, whereas the hops and yeast bring fruitier flavours like pear, orange, and citrus. Aroma has a subtle sweetness to it as well as some peppery notes.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$31.99
A strong, malty Belgian-style ale with flavours of dark fruit and moderate bitterness. Traditional Belgian Dark Candi Syrup is used to produce flavours of raisins, figs, toffee, ripe fruit and dark chocolate. Alongside the pure pilsen base malt extract which lends to the subtle grain flavours. The brew balanced and complex, through use of the specialty ale yeast which bring even more layers of fruit flavour and floral esters.
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Est. ABV: 9% | Recipe & Instructions
$49.99
A dark and delicious, full bodied stout with a Belgian-style influence. Flavours of chocolate, coffee and caramel pair with the floral, dark fruit and spicy character of the specialty yeast. A great winter brew.
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Est. ABV: 6.5% | Recipe & Instructions
$42.99
A very light, drinkable and quenching Belgian-style session ale. A great drinker with lots of subtle complexity. Slight grain and bread notes from the pilsen malt extract pairs well with the floral and fruity character of the hops and yeast.
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Est. ABV: 4% | Recipe & Instructions
$23.49
A strong ale that is complex with moderate spiciness, fruity esters and mild hop aromas. Notes of pepper, clove, citrus, and floral. Alcohols are soft and spicy. Malt character is light but just enough to display the hop and yeast combination of flavour. Medium bitterness.
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Est. ABV: 8.5% | Recipe & Instructions
$42.49
A session beer that is flavourful and refreshing. Drinkability is balanced with maltiness and bitterness, and finishes with a fruity/floral hop flavour. Bitterness is higher than that of a normal low strength ale. Fruity esters are present in the flavour from the English ale yeast and the English hopping brings out the floral qualities. Aroma is caramel/bready from the grain, and slightly fruity from the hops.
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Est. ABV: 4% | Recipe & Instructions
$28.99
This style of dark hoppy brew takes all the great qualities of a citrusy and pine flavoured India Pale Ale and adds layers of roast, chocolate, and caramel. A great hybrid of two styles. High bitterness from both the hops and the roasted grains. This one finishes dry and refreshing.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$40.49
An Easy drinking, approachable lightly flavoured and light bodied ale. Initial taste is soft malty sweetness with subtle bread and biscuit flavours. Lightly hop flavoured, low bitterness and finishes dry.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$26.49
A darker English ale with roasty characteristics. This is a malt forward ale with roasted flavours as well as chocolate, caramel, and toffee. Also has subtle floral English hop flavour and aroma. Very smooth in flavour with restrained bitterness.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$33.99
A simple, basic ale that focuses on drinkability. Faint notes of grain, cereal and corn-like aromas and flavours. A clean and light ale that's easy to brew and drink.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$30.99
A simple, caramel flavoured dark ale. Your basic ale with a touch more colour and more deeper, darker flavour notes. Caramel and toffee present make this a satisfying sessionable brew.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$30.99
An intensely hoppy, bitter, strong pale ale without the big maltiness or deeper malt flavours of an American Barleywine. Hop flavour is strong and complex using American finishing hops. A high amount of hop bitterness with minimal malt backbone getting in the way, though very slight caramel and toasty flavours come through to support the hops flavour. Pine, resinous, grapefruit, citrus, tropical and fruity are all notes provided by the American hops.
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Est. ABV: 8.5% | Recipe & Instructions
$48.99
The richest & strongest of all the English ales. A showcase of malt richness and intense, complex flavours. The character of these strong ales can change significantly over time, but both fresh and aged versions should be appreciated for what they are. Expected can be flavours of strong, intense, complex, multi-layered malt flavours ranging from bready and biscuity to nutty, dark caramel, toffee and molasses. Aged barleywine can bring notes of dark fruitiness and a dried-fruit character. Moderately sweet with just enough hop bitterness to keep in balance.
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Est. ABV: 8.5% | Recipe & Instructions
$47.99
A hoppy pale ale that features English hops that gives off floral and fruity flavours, and even somewhat earthy. Hops also provide a medium bitterness. Malt flavour is bready, and caramel. English ale yeast adds to the fruity flavours and aromas.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$39.49
An average strength pale ale, with a even balance of malt, hops, and yeast flavours with a mild bitter finish. Highly drinkable. Toasty, and biscuity malt flavours combine with the earthy, resiny, floral UK hops and is completed with the fruity esters from the English ale yeast.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$31.99
A great moderate-strength winter warmer style brew. Lots of complexity from chocolate and caramel from the specialty grains to spiciness from the spices and yeast. Great beer for the winter months and holidays.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$38.99
Hopbursting is a technique to add all hops late in the boil for maximum flavour and aroma. This is a pale, hop forward and very drinkable ale with a west coast flavour to it. Citrus, pine, grapefruit, it's all there from the late addition American hops.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$35.49
A higher strength Black IPA. Combing hop flavours of citrus, earthy, pine and candy with malt flavours of chocolate, subtle coffee and toast. A great hybrid of styles. The Imperial Black IPA movement is catching on and is sure to impress.
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Est. ABV: 8% | Recipe & Instructions
$51.49
A lightly flavoured but higher strength pale blonde ale. Simple recipe with great results, subtle flavours of grain, toast, bread matched with a touch of hops. Great drinkability and refreshing beer.
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Est. ABV: 8% | Recipe & Instructions
$44.49
This imperial brown offers wide variety of flavours. Toffee, caramel, toast, nuttiness and subtle hints of chocolate and coffee makes this beer a great sipper. Full bodied with plenty of aroma and mouthfeel.
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Est. ABV: 8.5% | Recipe & Instructions
$52.49
A very dark, sweet and full bodied ale with lots of roasty notes and reminiscent of a sweetened espresso. Dark roasted grains are prominent and lead to chocolate and coffee flavours. Added hop bitterness to balance with the sweetness of the lactose milk sugar. A cream-like mouthfeel on a big beer like this makes it an excellent dessert drink.
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Est. ABV: 9% | Recipe & Instructions
$52.49
An intensely flavoured, big, dark ale. Roasty, fruity, bittersweet with layers of complex flavour. Malty flavours stand out with fruity esters keeping it in balance. Character ranges from chocolate, cocoa, strong coffee, raisins, plums. Bitterness is aggressive to withstand malt backbone.
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Est. ABV: 8.5% | Recipe & Instructions
$49.99
A hybrid of brown ale and IPA. Full-bodied maltiness lends flavours of nuttiness, toast, caramel and chocolate, which are balanced by the citrus, pine, and bitter flavours of the Chinook hop. A great well-rounded beer for a little something different than your everyday IPA or Brown Ale.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$39.49
A light and refreshing Irish-style pale blonde ale. Simple and quenching. Light grain and bread flavours and aromas are combined with fruity and floral notes from the hops and yeast. A tasty beer with emphasis on drinkability.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$26.49
A dry and roasty stout. Easy drinking and plenty of flavour. Flavours of chocolate, roast, coffee, caramel and balanced with fruity yeast esters. Great everyday stout ale.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$31.99
The simplest of all the ales. When you just want something to drink without having to think about it. A "lawnmower" beer. Great for summer after doing yard work. Subtle flavours, dry, refreshing and quenching.
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Est. ABV: 4% | Recipe & Instructions
$23.99
A light flavoured, malt accented beer that is readily suited to drinking in quantity. A session beer. Refreshing, yet flavourful. Some describe it as a lower gravity brown porter. A malt focused beer combined with the English ale yeast makes for a wide range of flavours; caramel, toffee, nutty, chocolate, coffee, fruit, plum, raisin. Low bitterness, and a dry, roasted finish for great drinkability.
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Est. ABV: 4% | Recipe & Instructions
$26.49
A medium-bodied brown ale with emphasis on flavours of nuttiness, toast, caramel and toffee. Supported by chocolate and subtle roasted notes. Overall a full-flavoured highly drinkable brew.
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Est. ABV: 5% | Recipe & Instructions
$31.99
All the flavours you'd expect from a full-bodied stout, but with added layers oak, vanilla, and sweetness from the oak chips aging in the beer. Oak chips gives similar flavours of those beers that are aged in barrels. Add chips after primary fermentation is finished. Let side until, upon taste, is ready (typically one to two weeks soaking in the beer).
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Est. ABV: 7% | Recipe & Instructions
$47.49
A strong, rich, malty and sweet ale. This is a complex warming ale, a definite sipper. Malt character is nutty, caramel, subtle chocolate and balanced with a mild bitterness. Fruity esters come through from the yeast, dried fruit mostly, and increases with age.
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Est. ABV: 8% | Recipe & Instructions
$45.99
A substantial, malty dark ale with a complex and flavourful roasty character. Moderately strong malt flavours consist of a lightly burnt, black malt character with a bit of roasty dryness and some bittersweet chocolate and coffee. Also notes of bread, caramel and grain. Medium bitterness accentuated by roasted grains. Minimal hop flavours.
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Est. ABV: 7% | Recipe & Instructions
$43.49
A well hopped, fruity, dry and quenching blond ale. Flavours are a combination of fruity, spicy and floral with a supporting soft background malt flavour. Fruitiness is orange/lemon-like from the hops and yeast. Medium bitterness.
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Est. ABV: 6.5% | Recipe & Instructions
$39.99
Cascade hops help to create a distinctive pale ale. Its aroma and flavour can be described as spicy grapefruit. It is named for its habitat in the Cascade mountains of British Columbia and Oregon.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$41.49
Chinook hops are great for their high bittering value, making it quite popular. The spicy, piney and grapefruit aromas make it very alluring. These hops work well for lagers or pale ales.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$42.49
If you are looking for a hint of tropical fruit aroma such as grapefruit, lychee, and passion fruit Citra will give your homebrew those qualities. Developed in Canada in 2007, this hop is highly praised for its bittering.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$46.49
Brewing with Columbus will increase your bittering values, plus it adds a pungent earthy aroma. Also known by the name of Tomahawk.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$40.99
Brewing with Falconer's Flight gives the advantage of a pellet blend of the 7 varieties of C hops (Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Citra, Cluster, Columbus and Crystal). Originally developed to support the legacy of Glen Hay Falconer, of the Northwest Brewing Company, it offers a medium bittering value with a distinctly grapefruit flavour.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$38.99
Nugget hops are high in bittering qualities, with a pear or peach like flavour and a herbal aroma.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$38.99
Brewing with Simcoe hops is very popular with home brewers and using this kit is a great way for beginners to start making their own beer. This hop is low in bittering qualities and has an earthy pine or fruit flavour.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$43.99
The Warrior hops used in this kit will give a strong bittering quality to your beer. These hops also add a mild citrus and spicy flavour to your IPA.
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Est. ABV: 6% | Recipe & Instructions
$39.49
Combining the styles of the Belgian Tripel and an Imperial IPA, this leads to a mixture of great flavours from spicy, floral, citrusy, and hoppy. Pale and dry, this brew will be refreshing and drinkable despite it's higher strength. High on bitterness.
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Est. ABV: 8% | Recipe & Instructions
$44.99
The American IPA started out on the West Coast for the access to citrusy, grapefruit, and pine flavoured hops. That was decades ago, and now the style is among the most popular craft beer styles. And for good reason. Amazing bright hops lead to a vast array of juicy hop flavours and bitterness. Also a style served best fresh, and you can't get any fresher than brewing your own!
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Est. ABV: 7% | Recipe & Instructions
$46.49
A spicy, fruity strong dark amber ale reminiscent of the holiday season. A great sipper over the colder months. Full of cinnamon, nutmeg and all-spice to balance out the rich caramel malt sweetness and subtle chocolate notes.
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Est. ABV: 7% | Recipe & Instructions
$46.99