Home Brewing ingredients include malted barley which is a starch source for fermenting into alcohol. A brewers yeast used for fermenting. Hops for flavouring and reducing the sweetness of the malt. Also maize and rice can be used as starch with additional sugar sweetening for some malted barleys. The main ingredient of beer is water but simply add the ingredients to produce beer. As the main ingredient, hard and soft water can be better for certain types of beers. Pilsen malt is best making pale lager with soft water and stout such as Guinness is best made in hard water areas.

Home Brewing Ingredients

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What are the 5 main ingredients in beer?

The main ingredients in Beer are Grains, Hops, Yeast and Water. These are the basic ingredients and are used universally to make a great beer. Often you will find that flavourings have been used as well as these. Choose your favourite flavour from our selection of home beer brewing kits.

  • Youngs 500g Crushed Wheat Malt
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    Youngs 500g Crushed Wheat Malt

    The 500g Wheat Malt Crushed from Youngs is a bitterless black malt and the principle ingredient in lagers and pilsners. It produces a hint of roasted flavour, it starts slightly sweet and finshes exceptionally clean. Crushed Wheat Malt Features Youngs...
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  • Youngs 113g Challenger Vacuum Packed Leaf Hops
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    Youngs 113g Challenger Vacuum Packed Leaf Hops

    The 113g Challenger Vacuum Packed Leaf Hops from Youngs is used in aid of homebrewing beer, it has a bitter variety with an exceptionally good aroma. It is used in traditional bitters, Challenger can impart a pleasant and complex marmalade/toffee/citrus...
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  • Youngs 100g Goldings Hops
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    Youngs 100g Goldings Hops

    The 100g Goldings Hops from Youngs is a relative of the cannabis family hop, this is perfect for beermaking as it provides aroma and bitterness, these hops can be added to beer kits to experiment and customise the flavours and aromas. They are vacuum...
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  • Youngs 1.5kg Coopers Malt Extract Light
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    Youngs 1.5kg Coopers Malt Extract Light

    The 1.5kg Coopers Malt Extract Light from Youngs is made from malted and unmalted barley which gives a pale, light colour. This can of extract is made from the finest ingredients and it's the ideal start for making a pale, golden beer with your own...
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  • Youngs 500G Spraymalt Medium
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    Youngs 500G Spraymalt Medium

    The 500g Medium Spraymalt from Youngs boosts the beers natural body and results in a more rounded, mellow note to the final brew. This produces a rich malt flavour ideal for bitters. Spraymalt Medium Features Youngs Spraymalt Medium 500grm/7423 Boosts...
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  • Youngs Yeast Nutrient 500grm Tub
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    Youngs Yeast Nutrient 500grm Tub

    The 500g Yeast Nutrient from Youngs is essentially a fuel for the yeast, allowing it to grow properly, aiding a healthy, successful brew. This nutrient will ensure a rapid and complete fermentation process. This chemical is ideal for adding to hedgerow,...
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  • Youngs 1L Definitive White Wine Enricher
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    Youngs 1L Definitive White Wine Enricher

    Definitive 1L White Wine Enricher is a little can of concentrated grape juice that's ideal for adding to any wine or country wine kit to improve the fermentation process and add to its vinosity. The grape juice is packed full of sugars, so for an added...
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  • Youngs 50g Wine Tannin
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    Youngs 50g Wine Tannin

    The 50g Wine Tannin from Youngs is used to help preserve wine and add zest. Tannin is present in grapes and extra tannin is often needed in non-grape wines, it is responsible for the flavour in wine, especially red wine. Wine Tannin Features Youngs Wine...
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  • Youngs 100g Fuggles Hops
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    Youngs 100g Fuggles Hops

    The 100g Fuggles Hops from Youngs are used extensively in Bitters and Pale ales but are also unsurpassed for flavouring the darker British styles. It is used to help brew these ales and provide a well rounded, grassy and a slightly floral aroma. Fuggles...
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  • Youngs 5g Cider Yeast Sachet
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    Youngs 5g Cider Yeast Sachet

    The 5g Cider Yeast Sachet from Youngs is a very low foaming strain that will ferment between 10 - 35°C, adhering to the ideal fermentation for cider; measured and steady. This yeast is known for its exceptional reliability and consistently delivers...
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  • Youngs 5g Ale Yeast Sachet
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    Youngs 5g Ale Yeast Sachet

    The 5g Ale Yeast Sachet from Youngs is used to make a full-bodied, fruity Ale with a hoppy, estery nose and palate. It is a prime example of traditional top-fermenting English ale yeast, it has such characteristics as its high-temperature tolerance, high...
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  • Youngs 5g High Alcohol / Dessert Wine Yeast Sachet
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    Youngs 5g High Alcohol / Dessert Wine Yeast Sachet

    The 5g All Purpose High Alcohol/Dessert Wine Yeast Sachet from Youngs will make 5 gallons which is 23 litres of wine, this is exceptional value. This yeast is ideal for High Alcohol/Dessert wine, it confers exceptional depth and complexity. It is...
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  • Youngs 5g Re-Start Wine Yeast Sachet
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    Youngs 5g Re-Start Wine Yeast Sachet

    The 5g Re-start Wine Yeast Sachet from Youngs will make 5 gallons which is 23 litres of wine, this is exceptional value. This yeast is ideal for re-style wine, it confers exceptional depth and complexity. It is important to use yeast as it determines the...
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  • Youngs 5g Sparkling Wine Yeast Sachet
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    Youngs 5g Sparkling Wine Yeast Sachet

    The 5g All Purpose Sparkling Wine Yeast Sachet from Youngs will make 5 gallons which is 23 litres of wine, this is exceptional value. This yeast is ideal for sparkling wine, it confers exceptional depth and complexity. It is important to use yeast as it...
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  • Youngs 5g All Purpose Red Wine Yeast Sachet
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    Youngs 5g All Purpose Red Wine Yeast Sachet

    The 5g All Purpose Red Wine Yeast Sachet from Youngs will make 5 gallons which is 23 litres of wine, this is exceptional value. This yeast is ideal for all purpose red wine, it confers exceptional depth and complexity. It is important to use yeast as it...
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  • Youngs 5g All Purpose White Wine Yeast Sachet
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    Youngs 5g All Purpose White Wine Yeast Sachet

    The 5g All Purpose White Wine Yeast Sachet from Youngs will make 5 gallons which is 23 litres of wine, this is exceptional value. This yeast is ideal for all purpose white wine, it confers exceptional depth and complexity. It is important to use yeast as...
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  • Youngs 5g Burgundy Red Wine Yeast Sachet
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    Youngs 5g Burgundy Red Wine Yeast Sachet

    The 5g Burgundy Red Wine Yeast Sachet from Youngs will make 5 gallons which is 23 litres of wine, this is exceptional value. This yeast is ideal for Burgundy style red wine, it confers exceptional depth and complexity. It is important to use yeast as it...
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  • Youngs 5g Bordeaux Red Wine Yeast Sachet
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    Youngs 5g Bordeaux Red Wine Yeast Sachet

    The 5g Bordeaux Red Wine Yeast Sachet from Youngs will make 5 gallons which is 23 litres of wine, this is exceptional value. This yeast is ideal for Bordeaux style red wine, it confers exceptional depth and complexity. It is important to use yeast as it...
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  • Youngs 5g Bordeaux White Wine Yeast Sachet
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    Youngs 5g Bordeaux White Wine Yeast Sachet

    The 5g Bordeaux White Wine Yeast Sachet from Youngs will make 5 gallons which is 23 litres of wine, this is exceptional value. This yeast is ideal for Bordeaux style white wine, it confers exceptional depth and complexity. It is important to use yeast as...
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  • Youngs 50ml Wine Sweetener
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    Youngs 50ml Wine Sweetener

    The 50ml Wine Sweetener from Youngs is used to sweeten dry wines once finished without the danger of re-starting fermentation, this is an artificial sweetener which is a mixture of Saccharin and glycero. Not only will your wine leave with that sweet...
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  • Youngs 100g Bentonite
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    Youngs 100g Bentonite

    The 100g Bentonite from Youngs is used to aid the clearing of cloudy wines it is a naturally occurring clay. It swells up in the water and absorbs proteins in the wine, dragging them down to the bottom which helps with the cleaning. This handy tool is...
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  • Youngs 32g Pectolase
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    Youngs 32g Pectolase

    32g Pectolase from Youngs is used to break down pectin in wine, allowing pulp fermentation fruit wines to clear. Pectin occurs naturally in fruit and although useful for making jams and jellies, will cause wines to form a haze. Pectolase also increases...
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  • Youngs Citric Acid 500grm Tub
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    Youngs Citric Acid 500grm Tub

    The 500g Tub of Citric Acid from Youngs can be used as an alternative to natural citrus. Using this will give you a natural, fruity citrus flavour. The Youngs Citric Acid also aids healthy fermentation. Around one rounded teaspoon of the Youngs Citric...
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  • Youngs 500g Crystal Malt Crushed
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    Youngs 500g Crystal Malt Crushed

    The Crushed 500g Crystal Malt from Youngs is an extract of 80% from a Pale malt, this is also known as caramel malt. Use this malt for a lighter, pale beer within homebrewing. Crushed Crystal Malt Features Youngs Crystal Malt Crushed...
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  • Youngs 500g Flaked Barley
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    Youngs 500g Flaked Barley

    The 500g Flaked Barley from Youngs is a vital ingredient to incorporate into the malt mix notably when brewing stouts where its use should make up no more than 10% of malt content in your brew. Flaked Barley can also be blended with lighter malts to...
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  • Youngs 3kg Spraymalt Extra Dark
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    Youngs 3kg Spraymalt Extra Dark

    The 3kg Crushed Pale Malt from Youngs is the basic ingredient for all-grain beers, this malt, in particular, is for pale beers. This is the perfect base accessory for homebrewing and you'll have your own pale ale before you know it. Pale Malt...
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  • Youngs 500g Spraymalt Extra Dark
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    Youngs 500g Spraymalt Extra Dark

    The 500g Spraymalt Extra Dark will add richness, body and head retention to any beer kit that needs brewing sugar or as the main ingredient in your extract brew. A superb addition to any Stout, Porter or Brown Ale. Dark Spraymalt will improve the body,...
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  • Youngs 100g Citric Acid
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    Youngs 100g Citric Acid

    The 100g Citric Acid from Youngs can be used as an alternative to natural citrus. Using this will give you a natural, fruity citrus flavour. The Youngs Citric Acid also aids healthy fermentation. Around one rounded teaspoon of the Youngs Citric Acid is...
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  • Youngs 100g Yeast Nutrient
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    Youngs 100g Yeast Nutrient

    The 100g Yeast Nutrient from Youngs is essentially a fuel for the yeast, allowing it to grow properly, aiding a healthy, successful brew. This nutrient will ensure a rapid and complete fermentation process. This chemical is ideal for adding to hedgerow,...
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  • Youngs 500g Dried Sloes
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    Youngs 500g Dried Sloes

    The 500g Dried Sloes from Youngs is ideal for making sloe wine or sloe gin, it is often used as an alternative to fresh sloes when they are not available. This versatile package is also great for making yummy jams or jelly, to extract maximum flavour you...
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  • Youngs 50g Tartaric Acid
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    Youngs 50g Tartaric Acid

    The 50g Tartaric Acid from Youngs can improve and enhance the bouquet and flavours in wines as well as giving the wine extra character. If you're making an elderflower wine then this ingredient is essential for a fantastic flavour. It is found naturally...
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  • Youngs 100g Sodium Metabisulphite
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    Youngs 100g Sodium Metabisulphite

    The 100g Sodium Metabisulphite from Youngs ensures the fermentation of your homebrewed beer, wine or cider goes quickly and smoothly alongside the yeast nutrient from Youngs. This will keep your yeast healthy and alive during fermentation and will allow...
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