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The ATF Kiwi Pilsner has a clean soft malty sweetness with hints of sweet hay balanced by a firm bitterness. Unlike its Bohemian grandparent it showcases the unique qualities of New Zealand hops with aromas of orange citrus and passionfruit up front with tropical fruit, lemon, lime, and stone fruit being a strong supporting act. 

Yeast is not included in the kit. If fermenting cold we recommend using SafLager SH-45. The ideal Lager yeast to enhance hop thiol release result, crafting beers with enhanced levels of fruitiness and intensified citrus and tropical notes

Alternatively we recommend using Fermentis SafLager W-34/70 or Lallemand Diamond Lager Yeast.

If fermenting warm we recommend using: SafLager SH-45 (up to 18℃). Alternatively we recommend using Fermentis SafLager W-34/70 or Mangrove Jack's Californian Lager Yeast.

Mangrove Jack's Californian Lager Yeast

Mangrove Jack's Californian Lager yeast is a unique lager strain that has the ability to ferment at ale temperatures and still provide a typical lager flavour profile. 

Fermentis SafLager W-34/70

Sensory testing performed by Fermentis on W-34/70 shows that it is a very robust yeast capable of providing a clean neutral flavour profile across a wide range of fermentation temperatures (12℃ - 20℃). Click here to download the Fermentis iPhone app for more information. 

The ATF Milk Stout has just enough sweetness to balance an abundance of dark roast flavours. Rich and robust with notes of dark chocolate, freshly brewed coffee, caramelised sugar and roasted malt; this creamy milk stout is incredibly satisfying.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Mangrove Jack's Liberty Bell yeast.

The ATF Kapiti Best Bitter is an excellent session beer with plenty of flavour. Earthy, spicy, and floral aromas and flavours with citrus notes sit on top of malty toffee sweetness, balanced by biscuity dryness and a pleasing bitterness with the quintessential underlying fruitiness typical of an English Ale.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Fermentis Safale S-04, or you could also try Mangrove Jack's Liberty Bell or Lallemand Verdant IPA.

Panhead Supercharger is an award winning beer that is extremely popular. Panhead describes the beer as follows:

Hops are where it starts for the born-again craft head and Supercharger APA is where Panhead delivers. This is an all-American show with Centennial, Citra and Simcoe overwhelming your nose, kicking you in the taste buds and departing with more bitterness than a Palm Springs divorce. It's a seriously addictive combination.

The ATF Extract Recipe - Supercharger Clone is our recipe to replicate this much loved beer.

This kit includes malt and hops that require steeping.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Froth Buddy (Assumed Origin: Sierra Nevada), or Lallemand's BRY-97 West Coast Ale Yeast. You could also try Safale US-05, Lallemand Nottingham High Performance Ale Yeast, or Mangrove Jack's West Coast Yeast.

The Details

Kit Includes

• Brick Road Hopped Light Malt x 2
• Mangrove Jack's Unhopped Spraymalt 500g
• Gladfield Light Crystal Malt (requires steeping)
  
• Gladfield Toffee Malt  (requires steeping)
• Citra, Simcoe, & Centennial pellet hops - 288g (in two vacuum sealed foil bags; one for steeping & one for dry hopping)

Additional Equipment Needed

• Stainless steel pot large enough to comfortably hold 10 litres.
  
• Stainless steel spoon to stir wort.
• Thermometer
• Grain Bag

The ATF Cold IPA is a crisp, clean brew with a firm bitterness and refreshingly dry finish. Hopped with Mosaic, Motueka, and Wai-iti, this beer bursts with bright citrus, tropical fruit, and delicate stone fruit aromatics. A bold fusion of clean lager-like drinkability and West Coast IPA hoppiness, this is the ultimate brew for those who love a refreshing yet hop-forward experience.

Yeast is not included in the kit. If fermenting cold we recommend using SafLager SH-45. The ideal Lager yeast to enhance hop thiol release result, crafting beers with enhanced levels of fruitiness and intensified citrus and tropical notes

Alternatively we recommend using Fermentis SafLager W-34/70 or Lallemand Diamond Lager Yeast.

If fermenting warm we recommend using: SafLager SH-45 (up to 18℃). Alternatively we recommend using Fermentis SafLager W-34/70 or Mangrove Jack's Californian Lager Yeast.

Mangrove Jack's Californian Lager Yeast

Mangrove Jack's Californian Lager yeast is a unique lager strain that has the ability to ferment at ale temperatures and still provide a typical lager flavour profile. 

Fermentis SafLager W-34/70

Sensory testing performed by Fermentis on W-34/70 shows that it is a very robust yeast capable of providing a clean neutral flavour profile across a wide range of fermentation temperatures (12℃ - 20℃). Click here to download the Fermentis iPhone app for more information. 

English Porter is a moderate-strength brown beer with a restrained roasted character and bitterness. It may have a range of roasted flavours, generally without burnt qualities, and often has a chocolate-caramel-malty profile.

The ATF English Porter has a pleasant mild roasted coffee and cacao character with underlying biscuity dryness and rich dark caramel/toffee flavours. This is balanced nicely by a restrained bitterness and floral, spicy hop character with hints of floral honey.

Whilst it has a full mouthfeel it finishes medium dry making it very drinkable.
Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Mangrove Jack's Liberty Bell yeast or SafAle S-04.

The ATF Tangy Fruit is a great refreshing beer bursting with tangy citrus and tropical fruit aromas.

Like wine, this beer uses acidity to balance the malt sweetness instead of bitterness. The acidity has a pleasant citrus quality very similar to fresh lemons/lemonade, which provides the beer with a light body making it refreshing and very drinkable.

The ATF Tangy Fruit's acidity is provided by WildBrew Philly Sour yeast, a unique yeast that primarily produces lactic acid during the initial phase of fermentation before switching over to ethanol production.

Philly Sour takes longer than most yeasts to begin and complete fermentation so it is important to pitch the right amount of yeast. Yeast is not included in the kit. 

The ATF Fullers 1845 Clone aims to replicate the strong, rich and fruity ale, that was specially commissioned to celebrate 150 years of the Fuller, Smith and Turner partnership. For best results this beer should be bottle conditioned for 100 days. Bottle conditioning should take place in a cool dark environment.

Fullers Brewers Notes

Best poured slowly, 1845 delivers a sweet, fruit cake aroma, a dark tawny colour and a dry finish that sings of spices and raisin. Those fruity characteristics harmonise perfectly with the biscuity malts amid a clever and complex range of subtle flavours, the depth of which you could only find in a live beer fermented in the bottle.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Mangrove Jack's Liberty Bell or you could also try Fermentis SafAle S-04.

If crash cooling it is possible to cause the yeast thermal shock, which may be an issue when bottle conditioning, particularly a higher alcohol beer. 

The ATF Celebration IPA places Centennial hops front and centre. Harking back to West Coast IPA’s of yesteryear, the ATF Celebration IPA has a light body with slight caramel tones and a firm bitterness leading to a dry finish. The Centennial hops are the star providing a prominent floral citrus flavour and aroma with notes of orange, grapefruit, and lemon.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Froth Buddy (Assumed Origin: Sierra Nevada), or Lallemand's BRY-97 West Coast Ale Yeast. You could also try Safale US-05, Lallemand Nottingham High Performance Ale Yeast, or Mangrove Jack's West Coast Yeast.

The ATF Chocolate Stout has a deep ebony colour and a thick creamy head. Rich, creamy, and malty sweet with roasty dark chocolate and coffee flavours and aromas, balanced by a firm bitterness and a mild floral, earthy, citrus hop character. A smooth rich chocolate undertone is provided by the addition of cacao nibs.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Froth Rudeboy (Assumed Origin: Youngs Brewery) or Mangrove Jack's Empire Ale yeast. You could also try Mangrove Jack's Liberty Bell yeast.

In addition to the ingredients included in the kit you will also need

• 60g of cacao nibs for the 24 L batch.
• 120g of cacao nibs for the 48 L batch.

American Pale Ales (APA) are a refreshing hoppy beer with sufficient malt base to make the beer balanced and drinkable.

ATF Hoppy Ever After is an American Pale Ale with mango and tropical fruit upfront, complemented by citrus and pine that brings it all together. Built on a light caramel malt base with a dry finish to allow the hops to shine, ATF Hoppy Ever After will have you relaxing happily in your hoppy place.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Froth Buddy (Assumed Origin: Sierra Nevada), or Lallemand's BRY-97 West Coast Ale Yeast. You could also try Safale US-05, Lallemand Nottingham High Performance Ale Yeast, or Mangrove Jack's West Coast Yeast.

This recipe employs whirlpool hopping at a set temperature of 65℃ for 60 minutes. If you are unable to maintain a 65℃ whirlpool for 60 minutes you may wish to try the hop burst version.

Irish Stouts are a black beer with a pronounced roasted flavour, often similar to coffee. The balance can range from fairly even to quite bitter, with the more balanced versions having a little malty sweetness and the bitter versions being quite dry.

The ATF Irish Dry Stout’s wonderful aroma of roasted coffee with hints of roasted cacao will have you thinking you have just walked into a coffee roasters. Full of roasted flavours with a light body, low ABV, and dry bitter finish, this beer is very very drinkable all year round.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Mangrove Jack's New World Strong Ale yeast or Lallemand Nottingham High Performance Ale Yeast.

American Amber Ales are an amber, hoppy, moderate-strength craft beer with a caramel malty flavour. The balance can vary quite a bit, with some versions being fairly malty and others being aggressively hoppy.

ATF Hop Head Red is a malty hoppy beer with a beautiful red hue. It has a wonderful mix of citrus flavours and aromas (grapefruit, orange, lime) on top of a luscious malty caramel base with hints of dark fruits. With a full mouthfeel and sufficient bitterness to balance the caramel sweetness it is the perfect marriage of malt and hops.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Mangrove Jack's Liberty Bell Yeast.

This recipe employs whirlpool hopping at a set temperature of 65℃ for 60 minutes. If you are unable to maintain a 65℃ whirlpool for 60 minutes you may wish to try the hop burst version.

This is our interpretation of Emerson’s Bookbinder. In Emerson’s own words Bookbinder is:

A wonderfully drinkable interpretation of a classic English ale. Bookbinder is a blend of four malts combined with two classic Nelson grown European hops (Fuggles and Riwaka). The beer pours an attractive reddish brown, with a cream coloured head. Bookbinder has a sweet, perfumey, malt and hop aroma with a soft, malty, fruit and vinous palate that is both full flavoured and refreshing with a long, gently drying finish.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Froth Vape (Assumed Origin: Boddington’s),the yeast currently by Emerson's to produce Bookbinder. Alternatively we recommend using Lallemand Verdant IPA, or you could also try Fermentis S-04 or Mangrove Jack's Liberty Bell.

With the aroma of sweet crema brewed from freshly roasted coffee on top of subtle chocolate and nutty dark fruit caramel flavours, the ATF Velveteen Stout is a revelation.

Unlike a traditional dry stout, the ATF Velveteen Stout has no acrid bitterness or astringency from the use of large amounts of traditional dark malts.

It has a full malt backbone and a creamy velvety mouthful with sufficient hop bitterness to ensure it isn’t too sweet and leave you wanting more.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Froth Rudeboy (Assumed Origin: Youngs Brewery) or Mangrove Jack's Empire Ale yeast. You could also try Mangrove Jack's Liberty Bell yeast.

The ATF Extract Recipe - ESB has a complex malt flavour and aroma consisting of a malty biscuity base with layers of light to dark caramel flavours. In the background are delicate fruity esters provided by the yeast.

The hopping provides a firm bitterness that nicely balances the malt character along with a pleasant resinous, citrusy, herbal flavour and aroma with a spicy undertone. Whilst the hop flavours and aromas are apparent, they do not dominate.

This kit includes malt and hops that require steeping.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Mangrove Jack's Liberty Bell Yeast, or you could also try Lallemand Verdant IPA.

The Details

Kit Includes

• Munton's Maris Otter Extract 1.5kg
• Brick Road Light Hopped DME 1kg
• Brick Road Hopped Amber Malt 1.5kg
• Gladfield Medium & Dark Crystal (requires steeping)
• East Kent Goldings & Pacifica (in two vacuum sealed foil bags; one for steeping & one for dry hopping)

Additional Equipment Needed

• Stainless steel pot large enough to comfortably hold 10 litres.
  
• Stainless steel spoon to stir wort.
• Thermometer
• Grain Bag

The ATF Fullers 1845 Clone aims to replicate the strong, rich and fruity ale, that was specially commissioned to celebrate 150 years of the Fuller, Smith and Turner partnership. For best results this beer should be bottle conditioned for 100 days. Bottle conditioning should take place in a cool dark environment.

Fullers Brewers Notes

Best poured slowly, 1845 delivers a sweet, fruit cake aroma, a dark tawny colour and a dry finish that sings of spices and raisin. Those fruity characteristics harmonise perfectly with the biscuity malts amid a clever and complex range of subtle flavours, the depth of which you could only find in a live beer fermented in the bottle.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Mangrove Jack's Liberty Bell or you could also try Fermentis SafAle S-04.

If crash cooling it is possible to cause the yeast thermal shock, which may be an issue when bottle conditioning, particularly a higher alcohol beer. 

The ATF TropiLager has a pleasant tropical pineapple aroma with notes of citrus along with a clean crisp malt aroma. The flavour is clean and crisp with a mild, slightly sweet, tropical fruit character leading to a smooth bitterness and drying finish. A very nice summer beer.

Yeast is not included in the kit. If fermenting cold we recommend using SafLager SH-45. The ideal Lager yeast to enhance hop thiol release result, crafting beers with enhanced levels of fruitiness and intensified citrus and tropical notes

If fermenting warm we recommend using: SafLager SH-45 (up to 18℃). Alternatively we recommend using Fermentis SafLager W-34/70 or Mangrove Jack's Californian Lager Yeast.

Mangrove Jack's Californian Lager Yeast

Mangrove Jack's Californian Lager yeast is a unique lager strain that has the ability to ferment at ale temperatures and still provide a typical lager flavour profile. 

Fermentis SafLager W-34/70

Sensory testing performed by Fermentis on W-34/70 shows that it is a very robust yeast capable of providing a clean neutral flavour profile across a wide range of fermentation temperatures (12℃ - 20℃). Click here to download the Fermentis iPhone app for more information. 

This is our interpretation of Emerson’s Bookbinder. In Emerson’s own words Bookbinder is:

A wonderfully drinkable interpretation of a classic English ale. Bookbinder is a blend of four malts combined with two classic Nelson grown European hops (Fuggles and Riwaka). The beer pours an attractive reddish brown, with a cream coloured head. Bookbinder has a sweet, perfumey, malt and hop aroma with a soft, malty, fruit and vinous palate that is both full flavoured and refreshing with a long, gently drying finish.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Froth Vape (Assumed Origin: Boddington’s),the yeast currently by Emerson's to produce Bookbinder. Alternatively we recommend using Lallemand Verdant IPA, or you could also try Fermentis S-04 or Mangrove Jack's Liberty Bell.

With the aroma of sweet crema brewed from freshly roasted coffee on top of subtle chocolate and nutty dark fruit caramel flavours, the ATF Velveteen Stout is a revelation.

Unlike a traditional dry stout, the ATF Velveteen Stout has no acrid bitterness or astringency from the use of large amounts of traditional dark malts.

It has a full malt backbone and a creamy velvety mouthful with sufficient hop bitterness to ensure it isn’t too sweet and leave you wanting more.

Yeast is not included in the kit. We recommend using Froth Rudeboy (Assumed Origin: Youngs Brewery) or Mangrove Jack's Empire Ale yeast. You could also try Mangrove Jack's Liberty Bell yeast.