The Malt Miller Brew Day in a box recipe kits have been developed to make brewing with the very best ingredients as easy as possible. Each kit contains all the ingredients required, crushed malt, hops, style specific yeast and priming sugar. Plus, kettle finings, yeast nutrient and where applicable vegan finings. Full instructions for brewing beer from grain as well as a recipe specific brew sheet.

A clean, sessionable Kellerbier recipe designed for home brewing, combining traditional German lager character with a subtle modern hop twist. Built on a soft, bready malt base of Clear Choice Ale malt, backed up with Munich for depth and a touch of Cara Gold for gentle sweetness and colour, this home brew delivers a smooth, balanced profile with plenty of drinkability.

Mandarina Bavaria hops take centre stage, layered throughout the boil to bring a refined mix of light citrus, orange and subtle herbal character, complementing the malt rather than overpowering it. At just under 4.6% ABV, this is a classic session lager for home brewers looking to create something authentic yet approachable. Fermented with Blitz Lager yeast and a controlled temperature profile, the result is a clean, crisp finish with soft malt expression and restrained bitterness.

For those looking to push their home brewing further, this recipe also includes an optional “mini-decoction” mash step. This technique enhances malt complexity, adding deeper bread crust notes and a richer mouthfeel without the need for a full decoction mash. It’s a simple way to bring more traditional lager character into your brew day while keeping the process accessible.

Ingredients Included

Clear Choice
Light Munich Malt
Caragold

Mandarina Bavaria Hop Pellets – 63g

WHC Blitz Lager x 1 11g Packet

ProMix 1 Sachet

Brausol 1 x 7ml Dose

Dextrose Priming Sugar 200g

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Method

Beer Style (main): Pale Malty European Lager
Beer Style (sub): Kellerbier
Batch Size: 23
Original Gravity: 1.043
Final Gravity: 1.008
ABV %: 4.6
Mash efficiency: 80

THE MASH
Temperature °C (Step 1): 65
Length (mins) (Step 1): 60
Temperature °C (Step 2): 75
Length (mins) (Step 2): 10

THE BOIL
Boil time (mins): 60

Hop / kettle additions and timing:

18g Mandarina Bavaria @ 60min
20g Mandarina Bavaria @ 15min
25g Mandarina Bavaria @ 5min
Add Promix @ 5min

Yeast: WHC Einstein x 2 11g Packet

Fermentation temperature/steps:

Cool wort and pitch yeast at 12c and steadily raise to 16c over the fermentation period of 10 days. Once this is completed and you have achieved your final gravity raise the temperature to 18c for 48 hours and then start dropping as cold as you can, ideally around 2c, over a 4 day period. Hold at this temperature for 5 days before moving to package you beer.

BrauSol:  Add into the fermenter at the point when you start cold crashing

Carbonate to apx 2.5vol CO2 via forced carbonation if adding to a keg or with the 200g bag of dextrose to bottle condition – check out our priming calculator for exact amounts of sugar to add

Comments:

Once packaged, this lager will benefit from a period of conditioning (lagering) – ideally for a few weeks at least but it will improve the longer you can leave it. Conditioning temperatures are ideally quite cold foo this beer style, around 4c.

Mini-Decoction Mash (Optional Step)

To add extra malt depth and a more traditional lager character, this recipe includes an optional mini-decoction step. Around 20 minutes into your main mash, remove roughly 3 litres of thick mash (mostly grain with minimal liquid) and heat it separately. Hold at around 72°C for 10 minutes, then bring to a gentle boil for a further 10 minutes, stirring regularly to avoid scorching. Return this portion to the main mash and continue as normal.
This process enhances melanoidin development, giving you deeper bread crust notes, a richer mouthfeel, and a more authentic malt profile without the time commitment of a full decoction mash.

Fußball King Recipe Sheet Instructions

Brew Day in a Box – General Instructions

Our Brew Day in a Box recipe kits are suitable for both experienced brewers and those at the beginning of this amazing, rewarding hobby.

Each box is far more than just packaging, the design includes useful pop outs that can be saved to record your brew day notes and beer specifics such as starting and finishing gravity. Plus 4 beer mats and a tap handle hanger for writing your beer description.