Quality homebrew ingredients, portioned for an easy brew day. This Schwarzbier recipe kit comes with every pre-measured ingredient you need to brew Martin's Schwarzbier, a 5-gallon all-grain batch, from grain to glass.

Schwarzbier is Germany's black lager, at home in Thuringia and Saxony, with Bad Koestritz and Kulmbach among its best-known homes. It looks like a stout but drinks like a lager: nearly opaque in the glass, yet light in body and dry on the finish. The dark malts give color and a faint cocoa note without the harsh roast of a porter or stout.

This one runs around five percent, using Carafa and chocolate malt for the near-black color, Munich malt for backbone, and Perle and Hallertau Mittelfrueh for a clean noble balance. Ferment it cold and it comes out crisp, the kind of dark beer you can drink a few of without fatigue.

What's In The Kit

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

Fermentables

• 5 lbs · Pilsner; German
• 4 lbs · Munich Malt - 10L
• 8.0 oz · Carafa II
• 8.0 oz · Caramunich® I → we include Crystal 50
• 4.0 oz · Chocolate Malt

Hops

• 1 oz · Perle Pellets (Boil, 60.0 min)
• 1 oz · Hallertauer Pellets (Boil, 5.0 min)

Yeast

• 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® I. 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).