Our Best-Selling Beer Starter Kit.

20 years. Thousands of brewers. Tried. Tested. Loved.

If you’re reading this, you’re serious about good beer.

Good news: the Deluxe Brewery in a Box® is our most serious starter kit. This is what you buy if you want to make beer that tastes fresh-from-the-tap of a premium brewery, right from the first batch.

Think you love craft beer now? Wait ‘til you try your own, straight from your own home brewery.

What does this kit include?

Top-quality equipment
2 full-size glass carboys (fermenters)
Your choice of recipe (see below)
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Easiest homebrewing instruction available.

Multiple options to suit your preferred method of learning:

Print instructions with visuals
Digital manuals
Online videos
In-depth brewing instructional videos from Northern Brewer University

The Best Part: Choose Your Recipe

Fresh Squished IPA Grapefruit, melon, berries, lime, passion fruit. Dripping with vivid flavors, Fresh Squished is the hoppy equivalent of visiting your local fruit stand. View recipe Instructions

Irish Red Ale Looking for a perfectly-balanced, crowd-pleasing pint? There's a reason this kit is our best-seller. Three reasons, actually: rich coppery color, delicious medium-bodied taste, and it's ready in just a few weeks. View recipe Instructions

Caribou Slobber Brown Ale Like your brews tall, dark and drinkable? Then try Caribou Slobber Brown Ale. Perfect for fans of substantial craft beer, this ale is full-bodied, smooth, and deliciously dark without a hint of bitterness. Guaranteed to become your new favorite session beer. View recipe Instructions

Bavarian Hefeweizen Brew up a batch of our Bavarian Hefeweizen, and you'll feel the call of a traditional Bier Hall in every sip. This foolproof beer recipe kit yields a medium-bodied, malty and spicy brew, with a smooth mouthfeel and dense, whipped-cream head. A shining, hand-crafted example of Bavaria's signature brew. View recipe Instructions

Why Northern Brewer?

Northern Brewer is on a mission to create something worth sharing, and that’s why the Brew Share Enjoy Starter Kit was designed by brewers, for brewers. Northern Brewer has been in the thick of the home brew supply industry since 1993, and we pride ourselves in being experts of all things homebrewing. Above all else, the passionate team of homebrewers at Northern Brewer wants to make sure every person who uses any Northern Brewer beer making kit has an amazing first brewing experience. Our instructions are easy to follow, but just in case, every recipe kit is backed by our famous no-questions-asked guarantee. So what are you waiting for? We’ve got your batch!

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Full Details:

Your Choice of Recipe Kit
6 Gallon Glass Carboy (Primary Fermentor), Bung & Airlock
5 Gallon Glass Carboy (Secondary Fermentor), Bung & Airlock
Blowoff Hose, Funnel & Fermagraf°
Auto Siphon & Tubing
Bottling Bucket & Spigot
Bottle Filler & Tubing
Bottle Capper & Caps
Carboy Brush & Bottle Cleaning Brush
Brewery Cleaner & Carboy Dryer
No-Rinse Oxygen Wash Cleaner

Required but not included: a 4 to 5-gallon kettle, approx. 50 empty 12oz beer bottles that accept pry-off caps. See our Homebrew Kit - Beer Bottles, Kettle, Digital Thermometer, and Spoon.

Optional Add-Ons

Brewery Essentials Gravity Testing Kit.

This bundle deal includes a triple scale hydrometer, a test jar, and a beer thief at a fraction of the price of buying each piece separately. While this testing kit is not a requirement for you to be able to make your first batch of homebrew, it will give you the ability to quickly and accurately measure the alcohol content of your beer.

Vital Brewing Equipment Cleaning Kit.

The Deluxe Starter Kit includes 8 oz. of cleaning powder for your new brewing equipment. But if you want to set yourself up for future brew days, we recommend adding on the optional cleaning kit. Plus, you can save $8 by purchasing them as a bundle. (Note* we cannot ship this product by air)

Additional Equipment Upgrades

If you have a kettle that holds 5 Gallons of water, that will work with this kit! If you don't, we have a few options for you:

1. The acclaimed 8-gallon MegaPot kettle. It is large enough for all the recipe kit options for the Deluxe Starter Kit, and it will work perfectly as a mash tun when you're ready to advance to all-grain beer recipes. If you buy a kettle with this kit, you'll save $15!

2. The 8 Gallon Brew Kettle & Burner Kit. Take your brewing outside of the kitchen. Save $30 by buying this kit!

3. The almighty Brewhouse Ignition Pack. This kit will give you the most bang for your buck. It includes the 8-Gallon MegaPot Kettle, the Dark Star Burner, AND a Copperhead immersion wort chiller! Save over $40 by buying this kit!