maukestroBEER & CIDER AT HOME

A little patience. A batch of your own.

Stock the bench

Small batch.
Clear starting point.

Tell us your batch size before buying ingredients. We check the amounts, equipment and what you already have.

On the supply shelf

Pale base malt

Whole or milled at pickup

$2.20 / lb

Crystal malt

For color and a little sweetness

$2.80 / lb

Pellet hops

Choose a citrusy or earthy profile

$2.50 / oz

Dry ale yeast

One 11-gram packet

$5.50

Dry cider yeast

One 5-gram packet

$4

One-gallon beer kit

Malt extract, hops, yeast and recipe; equipment separate

$24

One-gallon cider pack

Yeast, nutrient and recipe; juice and equipment separate

$12

Basic equipment set

One-gallon fermenter, airlock, siphon, tubing and cleaner

$48

Three-gallon kettle

Stainless steel with lid

$36

Swing-top bottles

Six 16-ounce bottles

$22

Prices are per item or stated measure. We confirm availability and the total before setting an order aside. For a first beer batch, you’ll also need a kitchen pot, bottles and the sanitizing supplies specified in the recipe. For cider, add one gallon of juice suitable for fermentation; we’ll help you read its label.

Your first beer brew day

One step at a time.

  1. Read, clean, set out

    Read the recipe all the way through. Clean the equipment, then sanitize anything that touches the cooled brew, following the sanitizer’s directions.

  2. Warm and simmer

    Mix the malt extract with water in your pot. Add hops at the times written in the recipe. Set aside about three hours for the whole brew day, including cleanup.

  3. Cool and add yeast

    Cool the liquid to the recipe’s temperature, move it into the sanitized fermenter and add yeast. Fit the lid and airlock so gas can escape; do not seal it in a closed bottle.

  4. Wait, then bottle

    Keep the fermenter at the recipe’s temperature. Fermentation commonly takes one to two weeks, sometimes longer. Confirm it has finished using the recipe’s gravity checks before bottling; allow the stated conditioning time afterward.

Starting with cider? There is no malt-and-hop boil. Use the pack’s juice directions, clean and sanitize the equipment, add yeast, and follow its fermentation and bottling checks. The recipe sets the timing.

January 16, 2027 · 10am–noon

Winter beginners’ class

$20 per person · six seats. Watch a one-gallon extract brew at the shop. We cover cleaning, reading a recipe, cooling, adding yeast and what happens after brew day. Equipment is provided for the demonstration; you take home a printed recipe, not a finished batch.

Select the class on the pickup request to ask about a seat. We confirm space before taking payment at the shop. No kit purchase required.

Before you buy

Does the beer kit include equipment?

The $24 beer kit contains ingredients and a recipe only. The $48 equipment set is separate; a pot, bottles and sanitizing supplies are also needed.

Can you mill the grain?

Yes. Milling is included in the malt price. Tell us whether you want it whole or milled, and we prepare it for the agreed pickup day.

Let’s put your batch together.

Choose ingredients, equipment or the class. We confirm the details and agree on a time. Brew for yourself, not for sale.

Plan an order for pickup