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Brewer's Best kits and supplies

Brewer's Best equipment and ingredient kits, 1-gallon recipes, malt extract, kettles, fermenting and bottling buckets, and carbonation drops.

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Beginner kits & first brewBeginner kits & first brew: 66Brewing systems & chillersBrewing systems & chillers: 22Fermenters & temp controlFermenters & temp control: 22Bottling & cappingBottling & capping: 44Ingredients & millingIngredients & milling: 55

What Brewer's Best makes in our catalogue

Brewer's Best is a long-running name on US homebrew shop shelves. Its Deluxe Equipment Kit pairs a Better Bottle PET carboy and boil kettle with an American Amber ingredient kit for 5 gallons; you still need bottles, per the listing. Ingredient kits come in 5-gallon (American Pale Ale, Double IPA, a sorghum-based Gluten Free Ale) and 1-gallon sizes (Hazy IPA, Chocolate Stout).

The rest of the range is the everyday kit: an 8 gal two-port kettle (201 stainless, 1.0 mm), a false bottom for 8 gal pots, a 7.9 gal fermenting bucket, a 6.5 gal bottling bucket, a Brew Belt heater that holds about 75–80°F per the maker, light and amber liquid malt extract, candi sugar, spices, carbonation drops and conditioning tablets.

Who Brewer's Best suits

  • Extract brewers who want recipe kits with clear instructions
  • Brewers replacing buckets, kettles and small parts
  • Bottlers who prefer pre-measured carbonation drops
  • Anyone brewing a gluten-free ale from sorghum extract

Carbonation drops are convenient, but weighed priming sugar lets you hit a style's CO2 target; compare with the priming sugar calculator.

Alternatives from other brands

For a complete first kit, Northern Brewer's 5-gallon starter and Craft A Brew's 1-gallon kits are the closest matches. Home Brew Ohio's Essential kit covers equipment, and Briess extract is a common base for your own recipes.

More kits live in the beginner kits hub.

Before you buy

Read each ingredient kit's batch size and the "you still need" line; some are ingredients only and assume you own a fermenter, bottling bucket and bottles. The 8 gal Basic Kettle lists 201 stainless at 1.0 mm, so it suits extract and partial boils more than heavy all-grain use.

Brewer's Best products appear in these rankings: best beer making kits for beginners, best homebrew kits and best 1 gallon beer kits. For a closer look, read Extract vs all-grain brewing and Bottling vs kegging homebrew.

Brewer's Best: questions

Are Brewer's Best kits good for beginners?
Yes. The Deluxe Equipment Kit includes a kettle, a PET carboy and an American Amber ingredient kit; you still need bottles, per the listing.
What size are Brewer's Best ingredient kits?
Most make 5 gallons; the 1-gallon line includes Hazy IPA and Chocolate Stout. Check each listing's batch size.
Is the Brewer's Best Gluten Free Ale really gluten-free?
It is sorghum based, which is the route to a gluten-free beer. Gluten-reduced beers made from barley with enzymes are different and not safe for celiac disease (TTB Ruling 2014-2).
What is an alternative to Brewer's Best kits?
Northern Brewer and Craft A Brew make comparable starter and recipe kits; Coopers and Muntons sell hopped extract kits.