Rauchbier Extract Kit

O.G: 1055 / Ready: 2 months

German for "smoke beer", this lager style is a specialty of the Bavarian city of Bamberg. They're often based on an Oktoberfest recipe, but brewed with a proportion of beechwood-smoked malt to create a rich, warm smoke aroma and flavor. Our Rauchbier kit yields an amber-red beer with an off-white head, substantial maltiness, and woodsy smokiness (the secret is authentic German beechwood-smoked rauchmalt from the heart of Rauchbier country). Enjoy this one in front of a blazing fire.

Kit Inventory

Specialty Grains

  • 1.5 lbs. Rauchmalt
  • 0.5 lbs. Weyermann CaraMunich I

Fermentables

  • 6 lbs. Amber Malt Syrup
  • 1 lb. Amber DME

Boil Additions

  • 0.5 oz. Northern Brewer (60 min)
  • 0.5 oz. Argentina Cascade (60 min)
  • 0.5 oz. Argentina Cascade (30 min)

If you choose dry yeast

  • Saflager W-34/70. Optimum temperature: 48-59° F.

If you choose liquid yeast

  • Wyeast #2206 Bavarian Lager Yeast. Optimum temperature: 46-56° F.

All kits also contain a muslin mesh bag for steeping the grains (if required).


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