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Craft A Brew kits and supplies

1-gallon beer, cider, mead, wine and kombucha kits from Craft A Brew, plus bottling kits, chillers, nutrients, water salts and finings.

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Craft A Brew in our catalogue

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Beginner kits & first brewBeginner kits & first brew: 88Brewing systems & chillersBrewing systems & chillers: 11Bottling & cappingBottling & capping: 22Hydrometers & metersHydrometers & meters: 22Ingredients & millingIngredients & milling: 66Yeast & nutrientsYeast & nutrients: 11Brewing chemicals & waterBrewing chemicals & water: 1313Cleaning & sanitizingCleaning & sanitizing: 11Wine, cider, mead & kombuchaWine, cider, mead & kombucha: 77

What Craft A Brew makes in our catalogue

Craft A Brew built its name on 1-gallon kits for kitchens and apartments. Each beer kit (American Pale Ale, Hefeweizen, Oktoberfest Ale, Irish Stout, Chocolate Milk Stout) includes a recipe and brewing equipment; you still need bottles and caps, per the listings. The Deluxe Light Lager kit adds a capper and caps, and refills such as the New England IPA let you reuse the gear.

Beyond beer, the catalogue carries Craft A Brew's 1-gallon hard cider, mead (you add honey), Cabernet Sauvignon and fruit wine kits, and kombucha kits. The supply line is wide: a 12.5 ft copper chiller for 5 gal, a 1-gallon bottling kit, a 100-cap capping kit, and labeled additives including gypsum, calcium chloride, Whirlfloc, gelatin, Campden tablets, potassium sorbate, pectic enzyme and yeast nutrient.

Who Craft A Brew suits

  • First-time brewers with a small kitchen
  • Gift buyers shopping for adults 21 and over
  • Brewers who want beer, cider, mead and kombucha from one brand
  • Small-batch experimenters who buy additives in small sizes

Craft A Brew's Chocolate Milk Stout contains lactose (milk sugar); tell guests with a dairy allergy or intolerance.

Alternatives from other brands

Northern Brewer's siphonless 1-gallon kits use a glass Little Big Mouth Bubbler. Mr. Beer's 2-gallon kit includes bottles, and BrewDemon's Little Demon is a 1-gallon conical. For cider, Brooklyn Brew Shop's kit is a close match.

See all small-batch options in the small-space hub.

Before you buy

Confirm the recipe name on the product page before you order: at least one listing in this line shows a mismatched recipe. Plan for bottles and caps unless the kit says they are included, and pick additives by the dose printed on each label.

Craft A Brew products appear in these rankings: best 1 gallon beer kits, best beer making kits for beginners and best homebrew kits. For a closer look, read Craft A Brew 1 gallon kit review, Extract vs all-grain brewing and Hydrometer vs refractometer.

Craft A Brew: questions

Do Craft A Brew kits include bottles?
Most 1-gallon beer kits list bottles and caps as something you still need. The Deluxe Light Lager kit includes a capper and caps; the 1-gallon bottling kit adds ten 12 oz bottles.
How much beer does a Craft A Brew kit make?
One gallon per batch, which fills about ten 12 oz bottles.
What does the Craft A Brew mead kit need?
Honey. The listing names it as the item you still need.
What is an alternative to Craft A Brew?
Northern Brewer's 1-gallon kits, Mr. Beer's 2-gallon kit and BrewDemon's Little Demon conical are the closest small-batch alternatives.