Make craft beer at home without the steep learning curve. This Dunkles Bock recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's Dunkles Bock, a 5-gallon all-grain batch, from grain to glass.

Bock traces back to Einbeck, a brewing town in Lower Saxony whose strong export ales were later taken up by Bavarian brewers in Munich. The dunkles version is the older, darker branch of the family: a deep copper to brown lager built on Munich malt, with bready and lightly toasted flavors and only enough hops to keep the sweetness in check. Fermentation stays cold and clean, so the malt does the talking.

This one lands near seven percent, strong enough to warm without turning heavy, and pours a dark amber under a tan head. It drinks smooth and slow, the kind of lager that suits colder months and a patient pour. A single charge of Perle hops sits well in the background.

What's In The Kit

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

Fermentables

• 10 lbs · Munich Type I
• 3 lbs · Pilsner; Floor Malted Bohemian
• 12.0 oz · Caramunich® III → we include Crystal 50
• 2.0 oz · Carafa® Special II

Hops

• 1 oz · Perle Pellets (Boil, 60.0 min)

Yeast

• 2 packets · German Lager (White Labs WLP830) → we include SafLager W-34/70 (German Lager)

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

Recipe At A Glance

A Note On Substitutions

This kit includes Crystal 50 in place of the recipe's Caramunich® III. We stock dry yeast only, so SafLager W-34/70 (German Lager) dry yeast stands in for the recipe's German Lager (White Labs WLP830).