Sunbreak Premium Light Lager | All-grain Recipe Kit | 5 Gallons

Sunbreak Premium Light Lager All-grain Recipe Kit for Premium American Light Lager Character

Sunbreak Premium Light Lager is for brewers who want a clean, familiar American-style lager that still tastes intentionally brewed. Premium light lager grew out of the broader American adjunct-lager tradition: pale malt, a light corn contribution, restrained hops, and a crisp finish built for refreshment rather than intensity.

This all-grain kit gives you a bright, easy-drinking 5 gallon batch with soft grain sweetness, a dry finish, and just enough noble-style hop balance to keep it from tasting flat. Choose this kit when you want a crowd-friendly lager for warm weather, parties, draft service, or anyone who says they like “regular beer” but deserves a better one.

This is the all-grain version. If you want the extract format for a different brew day, see the companion listing: Sunbreak Premium Light Lager | Extract Recipe Kit | 5 Gallons.

Beer Profile

• Style: Premium American Light Lager
• Batch Size: 5 gallons
• Original Gravity: 1.040
• Final Gravity: 1.008
• ABV: 4.2%
• IBU: 16
• SRM: 3
• Fermentation Range: 50–58°F with lager yeast; 58–64°F with a clean hybrid yeast

Grain Milling

We automatically mill the grains included with SoCal Brewing Supply beer recipe kits so they are ready for brew day. If you want the grains left unmilled, please add that request in the shopping cart notes before checkout. We’ll do our best to support unmilled requests when packing your order.

Flavor and Brewing Character

Expect very pale color, light grain sweetness, a faint corn softness, low bitterness, and a crisp finish. This is not an aggressively hopped beer; the challenge and reward are clean fermentation, good clarification, and a smooth lager-like profile.

Fermentation Requirements

• Recommended fermentation range: 50–58°F with lager yeast; 58–64°F with a clean hybrid yeast.
• Pitch healthy yeast into fully chilled wort; do not pitch into hot wort.
• Use gravity readings, not airlock activity alone, to confirm fermentation is complete.
• Package only after gravity is stable and the beer tastes clean for the style.
• Plan for a diacetyl rest near the end of fermentation if using lager yeast, followed by cold conditioning when possible.

Detailed Kit Contents

• American 2-Row Malt: 104 Ounces
• Flaked Maize: 24 Ounces
• Carafoam® / Dextrin Malt: 4 Ounces
• Hallertau Mittelfrüh Hops: 1 Ounce
• SafLager W-34/70 or clean lager yeast: 1 Sachet

Why Brewers Choose This Kit

This is a practical house lager kit for brewers who want an approachable beer that still rewards good process. It is a strong fit for warm-weather brewing, draft systems, parties, and drinkers who prefer crisp beer over bitter or heavy styles.

Brewing Notes

• Default grain handling: included grain is milled by default and packed together unless a listing or order note says otherwise.
• Keep fermentation temperature steady; light lagers show fermentation flaws quickly.
• Give the beer cold-conditioning time if your setup allows.
• Use good sanitation and oxygen control after fermentation for the cleanest finish.

Download the Sunbreak Premium Light Lager all-grain brewing instructions PDF.

If you are bottle conditioning, Priming Sugar is sold separately. Use our Priming Sugar Calculator to calculate priming sugar from your actual packaged volume, beer temperature, and carbonation target.

If you are kegging, use our Keg Carbonation Calculator to match CO₂ pressure, serving temperature, and desired carbonation level before serving.

Brewing all-grain in a single vessel? A BIAB bag is a useful add-on for easier mash handling, grain removal, and cleanup.