Beer Brewing
Northern Brewer's wide selection of beer brewing supplies has all your home brewing needs covered. Our beer ingredients are the freshest you'll find, and our beer brewing equipment can help beginners get started and outfit the most advanced brewers. Check out some of our most popular brewing items below, or dive into a category for our complete selection.
Omega Yeast OYL-004 West Coast Ale I
Clean, crisp flavor characteristics with low fruitiness and mild ester production. A very versatile yeast for styles that desire dominant malt and ...
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Omega Yeast OYL-200 Tropical IPA
A unique strain formerly classified as Brettanomyces but since found to be Saccharomyces. Produces a beer with tropical fruit characteristics of ma...
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Omega Yeast OYL071 Dried Lutra Kveik
The same shockingly clean Lutra that you love in liquid yeast form is now available in a convenient dry format. Dried Lutra's clean canvas, huge te...
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Omega Yeast OYL-021 Hefeweizen Ale
The most popular German wheat beer strain used worldwide. Produces an authentic balance of banana esters and clove phenolics that can be manipulate...
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Omega Yeast OYL-071 Lutra™ Kveik
Isolated from Omega's Hornindal Kveik (OYL-091) culture, Lutra™ is shockingly clean with unrivaled speed when pitched at 90°F (32°C). The strain is...
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Omega Yeast OYL-091 Hornindal Kveik
Hornindal produces an intense tropical flavor and aroma with notes of fresh pineapple, mango, and tangerine. Compliments fruit-forward hops as well...
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Omega Yeast OYL-009 West Coast Ale II
A versatile strain and a good choice for a "House" strain. Provides a soft, clean profile with hints of nut, and a slightly tart finish. Ferment at...
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Omega Yeast OYL-012 Pacific NW Ale
Produces a malty and mildly fruity ale with good depth and complexity. This strain is a great alternative to other American strains, especially whe...
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Omega Yeast OYL-500 Saisonstein Monster
The first in our line of hybrid strains. Saisonstein Monster OYL-500 is a genetic hybrid resulting from the mating of strains OYL026 and OYL027, cr...
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Omega Yeast OYL-605 LACTOBACILLUS BLEND
This blend contains two Lactobacillus species - brevis and plantarum - giving the blend a wide active temperature range. The Lactobacillus plantaru...
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Omega Yeast OYL-002 American Wheat
The best choice for fans of refreshing American wheat beers. This is a true top cropping yeast that produces a dry, slightly tart, crisp beer with ...
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Omega Yeast OYL-006 British Ale I
A proven and popular choice for all British styles. This strain allows both malt and hop character to come through the profile. Highly flocculant a...
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Omega Yeast OYL-107 Oktoberfest
A classic Oktoberfest strain, this yeast produces rich, full-bodied, malty beers. This strain is also a good choice for vienna lagers, bocks, and d...
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Omega Yeast OYL-005 Irish Ale
Probably the most well known strain for producing classic stouts, this is a popular choice for many dark beers and high gravity beers. Beers fermen...
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Omega Yeast OYL-015 Scottish Ale
This well known and proven strain produces complex, flavorful Scottish style ales. Often used as a "house" strain. Hop character is not muted with ...
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Omega Yeast OYL-016 Extra Special
A time-honored ESB strain best suited for all English-style ales including milds, bitters, porters, and English style stouts. Ales produced with th...
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Omega Yeast OYL-017 Kolsch
True top cropping yeast strain from a traditional brewery in Cologne, Germany. Beers will exhibit some of the fruity character of an ale, with a cl...
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Omega Yeast OYL-106 German Lager I
Easily the most widely used lager strain in the world. This yeast produces a distinct malty profile with some ester character and a crisp finish. I...
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Omega Yeast OYL-061 Voss Kveik
Voss Kveik is a proprietary strain that you will not find anywhere else. A traditional Norwegian "kveik" strain from the farmhouse brewery of Sigmu...
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Omega Yeast OYL-103 American Lager
Complex and aromatic lager strain from one of the oldest breweries in the country. Ideally suited for a variety of lager beers, but an excellent ch...
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Omega Yeast OYL-052 DIPA Ale
An ale strain isolated from a famous double IPA brewed in Vermont. Produces a unique ester profile reminiscent of peaches. This strain complements ...
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Omega Yeast OYL-044 Kolsch II
An appropriate yeast for light beers such as kolsch, alt, blond and honey. Accentuates hop flavors. The slight sulfur produced during fermentation ...
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Omega Yeast OYL-003 London Ale
This attenuative strain will create a complex mineral character with moderate fruity esters. Beers will finish dry with a wonderful balance of full...
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Omega Yeast OYL-001 Alt
A strain for the traditional top-fermenting style from Düsseldorf. Alt was considered the "old" style from before the advent of bottom-fermenting l...
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Omega Yeast OYL-011 British Ale V
A true top cropping British strain used in the production of beers featuring an upfront malt and hop profile. This yeast will finish slightly sweet...
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Omega Yeast OYL-029 Belgian Wheat
Produces beers with moderate esters and minimal phenolics. Expect apple, bubblegum, and plum-like aromas that blend nicely with malt and hops. This...
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Omega Yeast OYL-111 German Bock Lager Yeast
This German bock lager yeast produces a beer that is well balanced between malt and hop character. This profile makes it well suited for Bocks, Dop...
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Omega Yeast OYL-030 Wit
After nearly being lost in time altogether, Witbier has had a resurgence. This classic and distinctive strain will produce a beer exemplary to the ...
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Omega Yeast OYL-101 Pilsner I
THE authentic pilsner strain from a pilsner producer in the Czech Republic. Somewhat dry with a malty finish, this yeast is best suited for Europea...
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Omega Yeast OYL-057 HotHead Ale - Kveik Strain
A highly flocculent Norwegian kveik ale strain that has an astoundingly wide temperature range (62F-98F) with little difference in flavor profile a...
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Omega Yeast OYL-018 Abbey Ale C
A well known strain from a famous Trappist brewery, this yeast produces the distinctive fruitiness and plum characteristics found in that classic e...
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Omega Yeast OYL-028 Belgian Ale W
A truly authentic strain for brewing Belgian dubbel or Belgian tripel. This strain produces a nice balance of complex fruity esters and phenolics, ...
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Omega Yeast OYL-020 Belgian Ale R
A great choice for use in Belgian dark strong ales, this renowned strain has a relatively "clean profile" which allows a rich malt and distinctive ...
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Omega Yeast OYL-049 Belgian Ale DK
Clean Belgian type ale yeast from Antwerp. Good for Belgian style pale ales and amber ales. Biscuity, ale-like aroma with accentuated hop flavor an...
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Omega Yeast OYL-113 Mexican Lager
Used by one of the most popular beers from Mexico, this strain produces clean lager beer, with a crisp refreshing finish. Good for Mexican style li...
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Omega Yeast OYL-026 French Saison
Versatile strain that produces Saison or farmhouse style beers as well as other Belgian style beers that are highly aromatic (estery), peppery, spi...
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Omega Yeast OYL-033 Jovaru™ Lithuanian Farmhouse
This unique yeast complements farmhouse beers with citrusy esters and restrained phenols. The strain produces a character of lemon pith, black pepp...
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Omega Yeast OYL-014 British Ale VII
Creates ales with huge malt character, yet ferments to dryness to produce perfectly balanced beers. You will notice a slight nuttiness coupled with...
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Omega Yeast OYL-501 Gulo™ Ale
Gulo Ale is the latest creation to emerge from the curious minds of Omega Yeast. The progeny of Irish Ale (OYL-005) and French Saison (OYL-026), th...
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Omega Yeast OYL-024 Belgian Ale A
An authentic Belgian strain from a specific brewery in the Belgian Ardennes and a versatile one for the production of classic Belgian style ales. T...
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Omega Yeast OYL-217 C2C American Farmhouse
A coast-to-coast blend of a saison strain from a famous Northeast U.S. brewery and a Brettanomyces strain from a Northwest U.S. brewery. The blend ...
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Omega Yeast OYL-105 West Coast Lager
The authentic strain for producing California Common-style beers. Retains lager characteristics at temperatures up to 65°F and produces malty, bril...
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Omega Yeast OYL-090 Espe Kveik
Originating from the village of Grodås in Norway, Espe offers the unique profile of lychee, pear, and tropical fruit cup. The strain bolsters the s...
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Omega Yeast OYL-218 All The Bretts
This will be an evolving blend comprised of nearly every Brettanomyces strain in our collection (inaugural release will contain 12 strains). When u...
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Omega Yeast OYL-201 Brettanomyces claussenii
An alternative to other brett strains, this yeast contributes more Brett aroma than flavor. Fruity, pineapple like aroma. The recommended temperatu...
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Omega Yeast OYL-212 BRING ON DA FUNK
This blend contains the two Saccharomyces strains from blend #1 for primary fermentation and is spiked with Brettanomyces bruxellensis, Brettanomyc...
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Omega Yeast OYL-202 Brettanomyces bruxellensis
Exhibits a medium intensity Brett character. This classic strain is used in secondary fermentation for Belgian style beers and lambics. *NOTE:*Duri...
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Omega Yeast OYL-210 WHERE DA FUNK?
A blend of a mild Brettanomyces isolate from a Colorado brewery known for its Brett beers and two strains formerly classified as Brettanomyces but ...
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Omega Yeast OYL-211 BIT O' FUNK
This blend contains the two Saccharomyces strains from blend #1 for primary fermentation and is spiked with Brettanomyces bruxellensis for developm...
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