Budweiser Clone Beer Kit - All Grain

Craft your own crisp, refreshing beer with our Budweiser Clone Beer Kit - All Grain. Expertly designed to replicate the classic Budweiser style, this beer kit delivers a high-quality brewing experience in your own home. Enjoy the satisfaction of creating a light-bodied lager characterized by subtle malt sweetness and balanced by a clean, delicate hop bitterness.

This all-grain beer recipe kit includes carefully selected ingredients to ensure your brew matches the iconic Budweiser flavor profile. It features 4.5 lbs of premium 2-Row Brewers Malt, providing a gentle, grainy sweetness and smooth body, complemented by 2.5 lbs of Flaked Rice, contributing to a crisp, refreshing finish and a distinctively light texture. For hops, the kit contains 0.5 oz of Saaz Hops added at 60 minutes, imparting a delicate, clean bitterness, and another 0.5 oz at 15 minutes, offering subtle aromatic notes of earthy spice and mild floral hints. To complete your beer, the included packet of Lager Yeast has been specifically selected to produce clean, smooth lager characteristics with minimal esters.

With an ABV of 5.0%, an IBU of 10, and a balanced bitterness ratio (BU/GU) of 0.20, this kit delivers a satisfying and drinkable lager perfect for any occasion. The golden color (SRM: 3) and clear, crisp profile (Degrees Plato: 11.0, OG: 1.044, FG: 1.008) make this Budweiser Clone Beer Kit an ideal choice for homebrewers seeking authenticity and exceptional quality in their beer-making endeavors.

ABV: 5.0%
IBU: 10
BU/GU: 0.20
Original Gravity (OG): 1.044
Final Gravity (FG): 1.008
SRM: 3
Degrees Plato: 11.0

Malts:
4.5 lbs 2-Row Brewers Malt
2.5 lbs Flaked Rice
Hops:
0.5 oz Saaz Hops (60 min)
0.5 oz Saaz Hops (15 min)
Yeast:
1 packet Lager Yeast

Additives:

5 oz Priming Sugar Yeast

1 x Energizer/Irish Moss Combo Packet

Prepare Equipment:
Clean and sanitize all brewing equipment thoroughly.

Mash:

Heat 3.5 gallons of water to 165°F. Add crushed grains and flaked rice to your mash tun.
Mash at 150°F for 60 minutes, stirring occasionally to maintain temperature.

Sparge:

Heat 4 gallons of water to 170°F for sparging. Slowly rinse the grains, collecting wort until you have about 6.5 gallons of pre-boil wort.

Boil:

Bring the wort to a rolling boil.
Add hops at the following times:
0.5 oz Saaz at 60 minutes (bittering).
0.5 oz Saaz at 15 minutes along with yeast energizer/Irish moss.
Boil for a total of 60 minutes.

Cool and Transfer:

Cool the wort rapidly using an immersion or counterflow chiller to 50°F.
Transfer to a sanitized fermenter and top off to exactly 5 gallons.

Fermentation:

Pitch the yeast and ferment at 50°F for 2 weeks.
Lagering:

After primary fermentation, gradually lower the temperature to 35°F and lager for 4–6 weeks to enhance clarity and flavor.

Packaging Options:

Priming for Bottling:

Dissolve 5 oz of priming sugar in 2 cups boiling water and let it cool.
Transfer the beer from the fermenter into a sanitized bottling bucket, leaving behind sediment.
Stir in the priming sugar solution gently, without aerating the beer.
Bottle the beer using sanitized bottles and cap them securely.
Store bottles at room temperature for 2-3 weeks for carbonation.

Kegging:

Transfer the beer into a sanitized keg.
Seal and purge oxygen by burping the keg with CO₂.
Set the CO₂ regulator to 12 PSI and store at 38°F for 2-3 weeks before serving.